Electrical and electronics jobs and career trends in the automotive industry

Trends in Electrical and Electronics Jobs

Electrification (electric vehicles)

Demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing and automakers are focusing on developing electric vehicles to replace traditional internal combustion engines. Stricter government regulations and advances in battery technology are increasing the range of EVs and the availability of charging infrastructure.

Automatic Driving Technology

Automated driving technology is evolving rapidly, with the development of advanced driver assistance systems based on sensors, cameras, AI, and real-time data processing. Research is underway on legal and ethical issues and safety improvements for the practical application of automated driving technology.

connectivity

Vehicle connectivity is improving as communications between vehicles and between vehicles and infrastructure evolve. This allows vehicles to connect to the Internet and provide services such as data sharing, real-time navigation information, entertainment, and vehicle diagnostics.

AI and Automotive Technology

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used in a variety of applications to improve vehicle safety and comfort. These include the development of automated driving systems, improved driver assistance features, voice recognition, natural language processing, and facial recognition.

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability

Automakers are working to develop vehicles that are more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Lightweight technologies, energy-efficient electronic systems, the use of renewable energy, and waste reduction are key initiatives.
Along with these trends, there has been an increase in job opportunities in R&D, circuit and packaging design, and electrical and electronic control design.

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  • MEMS Device Design Expert/MEMS Process Expert

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Aerospace & Robotics, Electrical & Electronic, Telecommunications, Manufacturer-Automotive, Energy, Automotive Parts
    • Electronics, Sales・Service Engineer, Sales・Service Engineer, Production Engineer, Production Engineer, Production Engineer
    • Kanagawa, Osaka
    • ¥8,000,000~¥18,000,000

    This global technology company is a leader in providing innovative solutions across various sectors, including telecommunications, consumer electronics, and enterprise services. The company has grown to become a key player in the development and deployment of advanced infrastructure for mobile networks, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Known for its extensive research and development efforts, the company consistently With a presence in over 170 countries, it is committed to With a presence in over 170 countries, it is committed to driving digital transformation and improving connectivity for businesses and consumers worldwide.

    Known as a company that invests heavily in cutting-edge technology development, spending more than 10% of its sales on R&D every year, this global manufacturer has continued to evolve, with an average annual growth rate of 26% in sales and 21% in operating income from 2014 to 2018. This is a very challenging and rewarding position.

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  • Senior/Technical Project Manager (Thermal Management & Actuators)

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • Electronics, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
    • Tokyo
    • ¥7,000,000~¥10,000,000

    A major automotive supplier of technologies such as lighting, electronics, sensors and autonomous driving systems.

    The role involves leading interdisciplinary teams, ensuring quality, cost, and timeline targets are met, and driving continuous improvement. Project Manager will oversee project planning, risk management, change management, and communication strategies across multiple global locations, while maintaining strong relationships with internal and external clients. The Project Manager will oversee project planning, risk management, change management, and communication strategies across multiple global locations, while maintaining strong relationships with internal and external clients.

    Details.

  • Circuit/System Development

    • Manufacturer, Machinery, Equipment
    • Semiconductor, Research & Development, Research & Development, Research & Development
    • Tokyo, Osaka
    • ¥12,000,000~¥20,000,000

    This company is a global leader in factory automation and sensing technologies, providing a wide range of innovative products such as sensors, measuring instruments, vision systems, and microscopes. Headquartered in Japan and operating in numerous countries worldwide, it is known for its strong direct sales approach and commitment to delivering high-value technical solutions that support manufacturing productivity and quality improvement. The organization emphasizes speed, innovation, and quality improvement. organization emphasizes speed, innovation, and customer-centric problem solving, enabling clients across various industries to optimize their processes with cutting-edge automation and inspection technologies.

    You will participate in the development of circuits/systems for new products, about 70% of which are "world firsts" or "industry firsts".
    The main role is to add value to the product from the circuit and system aspects, and to develop products that solve problems based on a good understanding of the customer's actual situation.
    You will discuss with product planning and sales staff, and propose and realize optimal functions, performance and configuration of products in cooperation with "optical structure" and "software staff".
    The identification and establishment of components, technologies, and devices is a particularly important task because it is directly related to the added value of the product.

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  • Hardware in the Loop Technician

    • Consulting & Professional Services, Consulting
    • Electronics, Sales・Service Engineer, Production Engineer
    • Tokyo
    • ¥3,500,000~¥5,500,000

    This company, headquartered in Germany, is the only company in the world that can achieve model-based development using only its own products, which is undergoing a rapid expansion, especially in the automotive industry.

    This job is to assemble our flagship product, the hardware in the loop simulator (HIL).
    They come in a variety of sizes, with the largest being about the size of a large refrigerator.
    The simulators created here are delivered to the advanced development departments of major automobile manufacturers for the ECUs (computers that control automobiles) of the next generation of vehicles.

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  • Control system software development (communication, network, IoT related)

    • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Program・Project Management, Circuit & Mounting Design
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥6,000,000~¥9,000,000

    We are a major foreign automotive parts manufacturer. We do telematics and IVI for major automakers.

    We are a major foreign manufacturer headquartered in South Korea. We have a very strong presence in the global market, especially in the areas of consumer electronics and automotive components. With many offices around the world and one in Yokohama, Japan, the Company develops, manufactures, and markets products, and is particularly innovative in automotive components in the areas of infotainment systems, telematics, and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This position is for control system software development as a bridge engineer at the Japanese subsidiary of LG, a large Korean multinational company with offices around the world.
    You will be responsible for software development of in-vehicle electronic devices, mainly in terms of explanation and correspondence with local staff, preparation of specifications, and progress management, in your position as a communication hub between major Japanese automobile manufacturers and the development department of our Korean headquarters.

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  • Production Engineering (multiple positions available for selection)

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts
    • Semiconductor, Production Engineer, Production Engineer
    • Aichi
    • ¥5,000,000~¥14,000,000

    The company boasts the No. 1 market share in Japan in the automotive components industry in the areas of thermal systems, mobility systems, powertrain systems, electrification systems, and electronic systems.
    Currently, the company is focusing on four areas: electrification, connectivity, advanced safety/automated driving, and non-automotive business (FA/agriculture).

    We are one of the world's top-class automotive parts manufacturers. We are involved in the production of electrical components, thermal products, and automatic driving related systems, etc., for a single vehicle.
    The turnover rate is less than 1% and the company has a very comfortable working environment, making it the No. 1 manufacturer in Japan in terms of technology and working environment from a medium- to long-term perspective.

    We have a number of production engineering positions available, so please apply according to your experience and expectations.
    1) Process design and elemental technology development
    2) Process and production technology development of mechanical products
    3) Production technology development of products for CASE vehicles
    4) Production technology development of power semiconductors
    5) Process design of assembly/processing processes Production technology
    6) Logistics production technology (rationalization of in-factory logistics and distribution DX)

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  • Functional Safety & Security Design / Process Development for ADAS Products

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
    • Tokyo
    • ¥10,000,000~¥14,000,000

    The company boasts the No. 1 market share in Japan in the automotive components industry in the areas of thermal systems, mobility systems, powertrain systems, electrification systems, and electronic systems.
    We are currently focusing on four areas [electrification, connected systems, advanced safety/automated driving, and non-vehicle businesses (FA/agriculture)].

    The company boasts the No. 1 market share in Japan in the automotive parts industry.
    We are currently focusing on four areas [electrification, connected systems, advanced safety/automated driving, and non-vehicle businesses (FA/agriculture)].
    We are aiming for comfortable and safe automated driving by incorporating "human senses" into automated driving, and are looking for people who can work together to "protect human lives and realize a society with zero traffic fatalities". We are looking for people who can work together to "save lives and realize a society with zero traffic fatalities.

    In this position, you will lead projects as a leader or PM/manager in either functional safety design/security design/process construction for ADAS products.
    You will be responsible for development related to functional safety, security, and processes for ADAS products, which are core components in the evolution of vehicle control system technologies, such as sensing systems using melas and automated driving.

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  • Automated Driving Software Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Aerospace & Robotics, Machinery, Equipment, Software platform
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Research & Development, Product Engineer (Hard/soft)
    • Shizuoka, Tokyo
    • ¥4,500,000~¥11,000,000

    A logistics startup that provides outdoor automated transport services for closed environments such as factories and logistics warehouses that have achieved Level 4 automated driving. Established through joint investment by a major manufacturer of automobiles and mobility equipment and an automated driving software developer, the company will begin mass production of automated EVs in 2022, and has already begun providing services to customers in Japan at more than 40 locations.

    Furthermore, the RaaS-type service, which packages installation support service, operation management system, maintenance service, and insurance, has realized an automated transportation service applicable to complex outdoor environments by converting a small EV based on a golf car and an automated driving system basically designed for public roads. This is a company with great momentum that is expanding its organizational structure to expand and operate the service in hundreds of locations nationwide in the future.

    This is a software engineer position for automated driving systems.

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  • Motorcycle & Powersports Sales Acquisition Manager (Powertrain/Electric Products)

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, Program・Project Management, Area・Regional Sales, Program・Project Management, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥5,000,000~¥8,000,000

    Top Global Sales | The company, a foreign automotive parts manufacturer, is expanding its software and electronics products. The company is a German company with long-standing roots in Japan and does business worldwide, and has a diverse workforce and a working environment with a turnover rate of 1%.

    We are looking for a Sales Acquisition Manager (Powertrain/Electric Products) for Japanese motorcycle manufacturers in our motorcycle business with HQ in Japan.

    The company, the world's top selling automotive parts manufacturer, is expanding its software and electronics products. The company is a German company with long-standing roots in Japan and does business worldwide, and has a diverse workforce with a 1% turnover rate.

    Details.

  • Future HMI technology development for high value-added BEV cockpit

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • IT, Program・Project Management, Research & Development, Design engineer,UI/UX designer, Electrical & electronic control design
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥20,000,000

    This company aims to provide new mobility solutions by leveraging expertise from both the automotive and electronics industries. electrification, connected technologies, autonomous driving, and the integration of entertainment, it strives to lead the next-generation luxury car market.

    Since its establishment, the company has pursued technological innovation and the enhancement of customer experiences, delivering unique services and products globally. Through the development of high-performance EVs, it also contributes to reducing environmental impact and achieving a sustainable society.

    An incredible opportunity to join a Mobility Tech Company to bring a new generation of vehicles to the market.
    This position involves developing next-generation Human-Machine Interface (HMI) technology for high value-added Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) cockpits.

    Details.

  • Embedded Broad Computer Technical Sales

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Electronics, Sales・Service Engineer
    • Tokyo
    • ¥5,500,000~¥8,200,000

    We are an electronics trading company that “purchases” and “sells” semiconductors, mainly integrated circuits, and electronic application equipment (laser equipment, aviation-related equipment, etc.).
    We purchase products mainly from overseas manufacturers and sell them to
    ・Semiconductors to major Japanese electronics manufacturers
    ・Electronic application equipment to government offices and universities
    .
    We have agency agreements with many major overseas semiconductor manufacturers and have the strength to provide total solutions to our customers, making us a company that goes beyond the framework of a trading company.


    We have agency agreements with many major overseas semiconductor manufacturers and provide total support from design to development and commercialization, including the provision of technical information and the supply of parts and materials.

    We have an environment in which employees can easily express their opinions to each other, and young employees can also speak up.

    Details.

  • Brake System_Development Technical Project Manager

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Program・Project Management, Research & Development, Research & Development, Program・Project Management
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥5,000,000~¥9,000,000

    Top Global Sales | The company, a foreign automotive parts manufacturer, is expanding its software and electronics products. A German company with long-standing roots in Japan and doing business worldwide, it has a diverse workforce and a working environment with a turnover rate of 1%.

    Various additional functions centered on ABS/ESP The company's Japan office is not only a contact point for customers, but also plays the role of leading the company's overseas offices.
    The office's position in relation to JOEM is not only to serve as a contact point for customers, but also to lead the company's overseas offices and to provide support to customers as their business grows, systems become more complex, and the company focuses on Japan. The role of the technical project manager is becoming more and more important due to the increase in business, the complexity of systems, and the alignment of global expansion centered on Japan.

    The company, the world's top selling automotive parts manufacturer, is expanding its software and electronics products. The company is a German company with long-standing roots in Japan and does business worldwide, with a diverse workforce and a working environment with a 1% turnover rate.

    Details.

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