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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  • Electrified eAxle/Component System Engineer (eMotor)

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • Electronics, Electrical & electronic control design, Electrical & electronic control design
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥5,000,000~¥9,800,000

    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 all over the world.

    The mission of the company is to "lead the global powertrain revolution from Japan", and you will be responsible for the development of electrifacation components.

    Details.

  • Electrification Component System/Software Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Research & Development, Product Engineer (Hard/soft)
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥5,000,000~¥9,800,000

    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 around the world, it has a diverse workforce and a working environment with a 1% turnover rate.

    Inverters and DCDCs for EV/HEVs This position is responsible for system and software development of converters and in-vehicle charging units, requirement specification analysis, customer support, coordination with overseas teams, vehicle evaluation and failure analysis, and new project support.

    Details.

  • Technical Sales / Presales (Requirements Definition Specialist)|Technical Sales / Presales (Technical Sales / Requirements Definition Specialist)

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • Sales, Sales Administration, Sales Operations, Sales Planning & Analysis, Call Center Operations, Area・Regional Sales, Retail Sales (B2C), Business Development & Strategy, Production Engineer, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥6,000,000~¥12,000,000

    Our company is the top company in Japan in car navigation systems. While the company has a long history and a stable foundation, it is also taking on the challenge of doing business with the trends of the times. As for products for individuals, we mainly manufacture and sell in-vehicle equipment such as car navigation systems, car audio systems, and drive recorders. For corporate customers, the company's main business is mobility solution services. In addition to its own brand of car navigation systems, the company also supplies OEM products to automobile manufacturers for their OEM car navigation systems. from 2020, the company is partnering with a major automobile parts manufacturer to develop an integrated cockpit for the next generation of CASE vehicles.

    In our company, which is undergoing a transformation into a solution service company, you will be responsible for projects from a technical perspective, standing between customers, business units, and technical departments.

    Details.

  • Circuit design/Verification Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic, Machinery, Equipment
    • Electronics, Circuit & Mounting Design, Mechanical Design
    • 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 support the circuit design of the division by proposing optimal systems and circuits, improving designs using electromagnetic field analysis and SI/PI analysis, and verifying high-speed signal waveforms in products such as small sensors, microscopes, precision measuring instruments, laser markers, and 3D printers for factory automation (FA).

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  • Vehicle Test & Validation Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Research & Development, Circuit & Mounting Design
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥6,500,000~¥9,500,000

    A global technology company dedicated to the future of safe and sustainable mobility, providing software and hardware solutions primarily for the automotive sector. The company's business focuses on advanced automotive safety systems, connectivity, and electrical architecture, designed and developed for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company also leads the industry in data and power distribution capabilities and plays a key role in the design of next-generation vehicle architectures.

    The company operates in more than 77 locations worldwide, with a particular focus on developing solutions for connected cars, sensors and electric vehicles. The company is particularly focused on developing solutions for connected cars, sensors, and electric vehicles. In addition, the company also promotes sustainable initiatives to achieve carbon neutrality.

    The company develops test cases and test methods that cover the system requirements of the product, creates verification plans, checks whether the system is working as required on the bench and in actual vehicles, creates test reports, and supports customers' vehicle testing. You will be responsible for planning test cases.
    You will be responsible for planning test cases and test methods covering system requirements, creating verification plans, checking with actual vehicles whether the system is working as required. You will be responsible for planning test cases and test methods covering system requirements, creating verification plans, checking with actual vehicles whether the system is working as required, creating test reports, and supporting customer vehicle testing.

    Details.

  • Field engineer

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic, Machinery, Equipment
    • Electronics, Sales・Service Engineer, Sales・Service Engineer, Service Technician, FAE
    • Saitama, Osaka
    • ¥7,400,000~¥7,700,000

    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.

    This is a field engineer position for products related to factory automation.

    Details.

  • Automotive Electric Compressor Design Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts
    • Mechanical, Research & Development, Mechanical Design, Electrical & electronic control design, Electrical & electronic control design
    • Aichi
    • ¥5,500,000~¥10,700,000

    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)].

    You are responsible for the design of electric compressors for electric vehicle thermal manegement systems.

    Details.

  • Cost Planning & Reduction Leader

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • Executive Management, Business planning・Business management, Logistics Operation, SCM, Financial Planning&Analysis,Cost Controller, Production Management
    • Tochigi
    • ¥5,900,000~¥10,900,000

    As an automobile manufacturer that continues to evolve to provide "joy" to more and more people 10 years, 20 years, and beyond, we have been and will continue to challenge to create new value, not bound by existing frameworks, to satisfy our customers around the world.
    The company, which has been providing multiple products loved by many customers based on its solid technical capabilities, is looking for a colleague to create new services by integrating with the ICT society.


    You will be responsible for planning and promoting cost reduction projects to achieve cost targets in the early stages of model development. Through collaboration with other departments, you will formulate achievable measures to balance business and products, and promote direct cost reduction of models.

    Details.

  • Electronic circuit design (microcomputer, SoC, digital, analog)

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • Electronics, Circuit & Mounting Design, Electrical & electronic control design
    • Aichi
    • ¥5,100,000~¥7,200,000

    Since its establishment in 1948, the company has continued to grow with the expansion of the automotive industry and the shift to IoT in factories with its device and solution products.
    In the CASE of the automotive industry, which is said to be a once-in-a-century period of change, as vehicles become more sophisticated, including EVs and automated driving, the demand for electronic devices combining the company's strengths in microcontrollers, power semiconductors Demand for electronic devices that combine the company's strengths in microcontrollers, power semiconductors, and solutions is expected to continue to grow.
    In particular, the company has special rights to sell in-vehicle microcontrollers from a certain manufacturer, which are installed in 40% of the world's automobiles, in the Chubu area, and supports the automotive industry in the Tokai region.
    The company aims to grow as a global supplier in the field of advanced electronics through a management strategy of strengthening cooperation with highly creative companies that are ahead of their time, while continuing to take on the challenge of constantly pursuing new areas while supporting the revolutionary era of the automotive society.

    You will be engaged in circuit design work for major automobile manufacturers and automotive parts manufacturers. We provide added value to our customers through our "ability to propose" and "technology."

    Details.

  • Project Engineer|Project Engineer in the space field

    • Manufacturer, Aerospace & Robotics
    • IT, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
    • Miyagi
    • ¥6,000,000~¥12,000,000

    We are a deep-tech venture company that is pioneering the future of the space industry. Through the development of re-entry and recovery technologies, we aim to dramatically improve the safety and cost efficiency of space utilization. By doing so, we are playing a role in accelerating the growth of the space industry and leading Japan to become a world leader in next-generation space technology. Would you like to join a team that creates new possibilities for space with cutting-edge technology?

    You will promote and support ongoing and near-term projects such as satellite development, return vehicle recovery, spacecraft development, and payload development. You will be responsible for a wide range of tasks, including cross-organizational project promotion, documentation, and coordination with internal and external parties to achieve the project's goals.

    Details.

  • Automotive Electronic Platform Strategy Planner|Strategic planning of electronic platform development for four-wheeled vehicles

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Business planning・Business management, Network, Infrastructure engineer, Electrical & electronic control design
    • Tochigi
    • ¥5,900,000~¥10,900,000

    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.


    You will be responsible for conceptualizing and planning E&E architecture strategies for the next generation of mobility.

    Details.

  • ADAS Camera Sensor Technology Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • Electronics, Research & Development, Research & Development
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥9,000,000~¥12,000,000

    A global automotive supplier with operations in 57 countries, shaping the future of mobility by focusing on key industry megatrends such as automated driving, electrification, and connectivity. The company was founded in 2000 as a joint venture with a major Japanese company and has its headquarters and engineering center in Yokohama, providing development, technology and products to Japanese customers.

    We are looking for a Camera Sensor Technology Engineer to develop camera optics, image sensors, and optoelectronic technology for automotive display displays and computer vision applications. The successful candidate will work closely with Japanese customers to adapt their technical needs into camera solutions, while collaborating with global product teams to drive development activities.

    Details.

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