Autonomous Driving Simulation Technical Quality Engineer - Arene Reactor

About Woven by Toyota
Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society.

Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.

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TEAM

Arene’s goal is to open vehicle programming to everyone by simplifying vehicle software development and increasing deployment frequency without compromising safety and security. This will create a whole new market of vehicle application developers who, through software, integrate a vehicle into our daily lives in novel ways. Arene aims to significantly improve how vehicles are designed and developed, and we’re working closely with Toyota to realize this goal in its next-generation vehicles.

Arene Reactor is a function within Arene Engineering which aims to enable developers to test their applications as early as possible in the development cycle without requiring access to a real vehicle to reduce costs and deliver safer software. For this, we provide a highly customizable simulation core engine that simulates sensors and ground-truth data for both the tested vehicle and its surrounding virtual environment.

Automotive simulation for autonomous vehicles lies at the intersection of many subfields, such as robotics, safety engineering, computational physics, computer graphics, real-time computing, and simulation engine design just to name a few. We aspire to integrate facets of those various disciplines into a coherent body of knowledge that will help us tackle our challenges and achieve our mission.

If you want to work with other talented engineers to solve challenging and interesting problems, come join us!

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for technical quality engineers who are passionate about advancing the safety and reliability of self-driving software through robust automated testing and requirement management. Our team develops ground-breaking simulation solutions to validate AD/ADAS systems, and the complexity of these platforms demands high-quality test automation infrastructures.

We seek engineers with a strong sense of ownership and collaboration—candidates who thrive on designing and implementing automated test systems, building testing frameworks, and maintaining infrastructure as code. You will contribute directly to our codebase, partnering with team members to enhance our simulation capabilities and ensure our solutions meet the highest standards of reliability and performance.

This role requires hands-on experience with software development, an eagerness to learn new technologies, and excellent technical communication skills to work effectively across teams. If you are driven by improving software quality at scale through technical innovation, and you enjoy the challenge of building tools and systems for complex simulation workflows, we would love to hear from you.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Collaborate with other team members and other Arene teams to support simulation related software tool development

• Work closely with customers, simulation application developers, to support design and deliver solutions that meet their needs

• Lead the definition, documentation, and management of system and software requirements, ensuring traceability across the development lifecycle

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve processes for Verification and Validation, including test plan creation, test case definition, and results analysis, while enhancing testing workflow and infrastructure to ensure efficiency and reliability in simulation software development

• Ensure compliance with relevant automotive standards (ISO 26262) and support qualification efforts where required

• Adhere and incrementally improve the norms of the team in communication, workflows, coding standards, etc., while actively sharing these best practices with the team and providing training and support to ensure their consistent application

• Learn about and understand user workflows for simulation and testing

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Experience in deriving, tracking, and verifying requirements using the V-model process

• Experience with implementing unit and end-to-end testing

• Experience in object oriented language (modern C++, Python, Rust…)

• Experience with modern development tools (Git, Jira, Confluence…)

• Experience in system engineering or software engineering for complex systems

• Experience with requirement management tools (e.g., Jama, DOORs) and modeling/architecture tools (e.g. Enterprise Architect, Catia)

• Working proficiency and communication skills in spoken and written English

NICE TO HAVES:
• University degree in a STEM field

• Working knowledge of automotive industry standards (e.g., ISO 26262, ASPICE, etc.)

• Experience with software tool development

• Experience developing or executing process and quality management frameworks in engineering organizations

• Familiarity with agile and cross-team collaboration models in global, multicultural environments

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Important Points
・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.
・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.
・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

WHAT WE OFFER
・Competitive Salary - Based on experience
・Work Hours - Flexible working time
・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)
・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)
・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company
・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance
・Housing Allowance
・Retirement Benefits
・Rental Cars Support
・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.