JOB ID 27634

Automotive SoC Research and Development Management

  • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
  • Semiconductor, Research & Development
  • Tokyo
  • ¥5,700,000~¥10,400,000

As an automobile manufacturer that continues to evolve to provide "joy" to more people 10 years, 20 years, and beyond, we have been and will continue to challenge to create new values that are not bound by existing frameworks, so that we can continue to please our customers around the world.
The company, which has been providing multiple products loved by many customers based on its solid technical capabilities, is recruiting associates to integrate with the ICT society and create new services.


There is an urgent need to accelerate electrification, provide new value, increase the number of models to which new technologies can be applied, standardize development work to cope with the increase in variations for worldwide deployment, and deal with evolution later, in order to become carbon neutral.

We are looking for colleagues who can work together to develop SoCs that improve the AI performance of central ECUs and optimize power consumption in order to build optimal electronic control systems that realize free and enjoyable mobility and evolution of user convenience with high competitiveness and quality, and to develop technologies that enable continuous and timely market introduction.

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Job Description

  • Responsibilities
    We plan and develop custom SoCs with world-class AI performance and low power consumption to realize software-defined vehicles (SDVs).

    ● Planning next-generation SoCs based on future technology (semiconductor/AI/software) research and user needs forecasts and hypotheses

    ● Creation of SoC requirements and specifications based on performance target values for the vehicle (specification design and architecture development (hardware/software))

    ● AI evaluation and SoC optimization specification review, actual design and verification (functional/logical design and verification (hardware/software), physical design (hardware))

    ● Functional evaluation and process construction of completed SoC (actual device evaluation and mastery of hardware/software, various development environment setups (hardware/software))

    * Depending on your expertise, aptitude, and company needs, you may be ordered to transfer to tasks designated by the company.

    [Development Tools]

    Programming languages (C/C++/Python/tcl, etc.)

    RTL(Verilog/VHDL),System-C

    General EDA Tools for SoC Development
  • Requirements
    [Required Experience and Skills]

    *At least one of the following is required

    ● Circuit design experience

    ● Semiconductor development experience
  • Preferred
    [In addition to the above, any experience or skills desirable]

    ● Knowledge and development experience related to SoCs (both automotive and consumer applications)

    ● Knowledge and development experience related to image recognition

    (Recognition model training ~ evaluation, camera image quality adjustment, evaluation environment setup, etc.)

    ● Knowledge and development experience related to AI

    ● Knowledge and development experience in machine learning and deep learning

    ● Knowledge and development experience in HPC development

    ● Knowledge and experience in business strategy and specification formulation for semiconductor products

    ● Knowledge and development experience in cryptography and security

    ● Knowledge and development experience related to functional safety
  • Location
    Tokyo
  • Salary
    ¥5,700,000~¥10,400,000

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