IT jobs and career trends in the automotive industry

Industry Trends for IT Jobs

Acceleration of automated driving technology

While the Japanese market as a whole is facing a shortage of IT personnel, demand for IT-related positions is increasing every year due to advances in automated driving technology and connectivity.

Embedded software engineers: Involved in software development and algorithm design for automated driving systems, and increasingly being hired from outside the automotive industry.
Network and Infrastructure Engineers: Network design and development related to communication infrastructure and data transmission for automated vehicles is in high demand, especially for engineers with experience in the telecommunications industry.
Security-related: Knowledge in cyber security assessment and vulnerability countermeasures for automated vehicles, where human lives are at stake, is in high demand.

App Development and Cloud Services

With the advancement of connectivity, the development of in-vehicle systems, driver assistance applications, and other services provided through contact points with users is becoming more important, and mobile application development and cloud services are being utilized.

In-house training of IT personnel

The number of companies, including major Japanese companies, that have established internal training environments for IT personnel is gradually increasing against a backdrop of a shortage of IT personnel.

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  • Functional safety design / security design / process building for ADAS

    • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
    • IT, 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.

    Details.

  • Embedded Engineer Automotive Embedded Software Development Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded)
    • Aichi
    • ¥10,400,000~¥13,600,000

    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 undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation, the demand for microcontrollers and power semiconductors, which are the company's strengths, is expected to increase as vehicles become more sophisticated, including EVs and automated driving.
    Demand for electronic devices that combine the company's strengths in microcontrollers, power semiconductors, and solutions is expected to continue to grow.
    Among these, the company supports the automotive industry in the Tokai region with special sales rights in the Chubu area for in-vehicle microcontrollers from a certain manufacturer, which are used in 40% of the world's automobiles.
    The company aims to grow as a global supplier in the field of advanced electronics with 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 automotive society.
    We are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team.


    You will be engaged in in-vehicle software development work for major automakers and automotive parts manufacturers.
    This job is to develop new technologies that will be originally installed in automobiles.
    The company provides added value to its customers through its “ability to make proposals” and “technology,” which makes for very rewarding work.


    ・You will be able to experience a series of development from upstream process (requirement definition) to downstream process (verification) of development.
    This is a job that responds to the diverse needs of our clients by taking advantage of our knowledge of a wide range of electronic devices (microcomputers, memory, etc.).
     In addition, we offer a full range of educational opportunities such as support for qualification acquisition, various seminars and exhibitions to improve your skills.
    We have a young workforce and actively utilize flexible work styles (free-address offices, telecommuting and flexible work hours).

    Details.

  • Engineering Manager

    • IT, Software platform
    • IT, Program・Project Management, Research & Development, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
    • Shizuoka, Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥14,000,000

    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, realizes an automated transportation service that can be applied to complex outdoor environments by converting a small EV based on a golf car and an automated driving system that is basically designed for public roads. The company is expanding its organizational structure with the aim of expanding and operating the service in hundreds of locations nationwide.

    This position is for the head of the engineering department that supports the provision of automated transportation services for enclosed spaces to customers.

    Details.

  • Automated Driving Software Engineer

    • IT, 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.

    Details.

  • Infrastructure engineer Infrastructure engineer

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Product manager (Web/Application), Program・Project Management, EC consultant, Management, Internal SE, Other (Localization, QA), Operation&maintenance,Technical support, Data Analyst, Field App Engineer・Pre-sales Engineer, SE(Web, OPEN), Web producer,Director, SE(General purpose), Design engineer,UI/UX designer, Network, Infrastructure engineer, Product Engineer (Hard/soft), Cyber Security
    • Tokyo
    • ¥5,000,000~¥7,000,000

    We are a Japanese-affiliated company mainly engaged in the automobile purchase business and auction business. We are monetizing these two businesses by optimizing them through DX. As a result of sincere efforts to address market challenges, the purchase service has increased significantly from the second half of 2022, and the sales portfolio has changed dramatically since the company was founded.

    ■Outline of Business
    While the automotive industry we are working on is a huge industry that Japan should be proud of, it has an old structure and is littered with analog culture.
    We see a lot of opportunities in the market, especially in the process of buying and selling automobiles, and we are working to develop services to bring innovation.
    In this position, you will be responsible for infrastructure development and operation to realize the above.

    Details.

  • Software Engineer Software Engineer in Tokyo

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Product manager (Web/Application), Program・Project Management, EC consultant, Management, Internal SE, Other (Localization, QA), Operation&maintenance,Technical support, Data Analyst, Field App Engineer・Pre-sales Engineer, SE(Web, OPEN), Web producer,Director, SE(General purpose), Design engineer,UI/UX designer, Network, Infrastructure engineer, Product Engineer (Hard/soft), Cyber Security
    • Tokyo
    • ¥7,000,000~¥10,000,000

    We are a Japanese-affiliated company mainly engaged in the automobile purchase business and auction business. We are monetizing these two businesses by optimizing them with DX. As a result of sincere efforts to address market challenges, the company's sales portfolio has changed significantly since its inception, with a large increase in purchase services starting in the second half of 2022, and sales have doubled for two consecutive years.


    The company was founded in 1999 and its main businesses are “Purchase Business” and “Auction Business”, and it monetizes these two businesses by optimizing them with DX.
    - As a result of sincere efforts to address market challenges, the purchase service has increased significantly since the second half of 2022, and the sales portfolio has changed dramatically since the company's founding. In addition, the CAGR since 2018 has reached 43%.

    Details.

  • UI Designer UI Designer (Playing Manager/GM Candidate)

    • Manufacturer, Manufacturer-Automotive
    • IT, SE(Web, OPEN)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥10,000,000

    We are a Japanese-affiliated company mainly engaged in the automobile purchase business and auction business. We are monetizing these two businesses by optimizing them through DX. As a result of sincere efforts to address market challenges, the purchase service has increased significantly from the second half of 2022, and the sales portfolio has changed dramatically since the company was founded.

    The company was founded in 1999.
    - The company's core businesses are "purchase" and "auction", and it monetizes these two businesses by optimizing them through DX.
    - As a result of sincere efforts to address market challenges, the purchase service has increased significantly since the second half of 2022, and the sales portfolio has changed dramatically since the company's founding. In addition, the CAGR from 2018 has reached 43%.
    - In addition to being able to participate in the planning and production of large-scale websites used by over 7 million people per month, we are also responsible for the production of advertisements for major car manufacturers, tire manufacturers, and car navigation system manufacturers, which are our national clients.
    - We are confident that we can provide you with opportunities for success and growth through page production based on the latest web marketing and advertisement production that pursues the highest quality. We look forward to working together with you to create great websites and services!

    ■ Department Mission
    1. Understand Your Users !
    Understand your users ! It is very important to understand how much you understand (or try to understand) the users you are facing.
    This is the first step as a designer and will be the starting point for design thinking and UI / UX design.

    Integrate Your Product !
    Aim to create a service/product that can be felt as a single personality. It is important to be able to express opinions and take action from a bird's eye view (≠ subjective view) of the product (service) you are involved in.
    If the requirements of each section are reflected in the service from an individual and subjective perspective, the service will fall into a silo. Integrating the requirements of each section and incorporating them into the design of the service will lead to the creation of a service that has its own personality and is unique to MOTA.

    Documentation screening → SPI (personality test only) → First round interview (assigned site manager, online) → Executive interview (face-to-face) → Offer
    *The number of selection rounds may change depending on the situation.

    Details.

  • data analyst

    • IT, Software platform
    • IT, Data Analyst
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥10,000,000

    Founded in 2018, the company provides “Mobility as a Service (MaaS)” related solutions to urban and regional transportation issues.
    It mainly develops integrated analysis platforms for transportation data and data utilization platforms that help solve regional issues for
    companies and local governments. The company provides a platform for the integrated analysis of transportation data and the use of such data to help solve regional problems, thereby supporting efficient mobility and the formulation of transportation policies in the fields of public transportation, tourism, and environmental measures.

    About us
    We are a start-up company founded in November 2018 by our CEO, Hidaka, with the vision of “building the foundation for an ideal mobile society 100 years from now and shifting the mobile society to a higher level” to create a MaaS market and build a model. To realize this vision, we are developing three businesses centered on the platform development business.

    In order to realize transportation reform, we promote MaaS projects to solve social issues in cities and regions based on a deep understanding of the needs of Japanese government agencies, transportation operators, and various businesses. We are constantly exchanging information with key MaaS players around the world, analyzing and systematizing cutting-edge services, technologies, and business models to provide valuable MaaS products and solutions.

    ■About our three businesses
    ~~ We support urban and regional transportation DX that companies, local governments, and research institutions are working on~
    ① Platform development business
    We develop and provide solutions for the data integration platform “TraISARE” ( https://traisare.maas.co.jp/ ) to utilize vast amounts of MaaS data. We develop MaaS controllers, MaaS applications, and provide solutions to utilize the vast amount of MaaS data.

    The concept of MaaS is “to integrate various types of mobility into a single service that users can freely access and select according to their needs”. MaaS Tech Japan is responsible for identifying the services needed in each region of Japan and promoting and optimizing the development of those services.

    (ii) Consulting business
    We provide support for valuable social implementation of MaaS, focusing on contents related to MaaS data utilization.
    We support and accompany operators and local governments that are working on MaaS based on our extensive knowledge of policies, technical issues, business models, and other aspects to address the concerns that we often receive from operators and local governments:
    ●“How to develop MaaS business”
    ●“How to solve transportation issues using MaaS in the region”
    We support and accompany operators and local governments that are involved in MaaS based on our extensive knowledge of policy, technology, business models, and other aspects of MaaS.

    3) Media Business
    We are active in the media by holding MaaS seminars, study sessions, lectures, and publishing books.
    President Hidaka is the author of the Amazon bestselling book
    1) “MaaS: Game Change for All Industries Starting with Mobility Revolution”
    2) “Beyond MaaS: New Mobility Revolution Starting in Japan - Future of Mobility and Cities -”
    , He also speaks at more than 100 conferences in Japan and abroad annually, and works energetically to implement MaaS in an essential way.

    Details.

  • In-vehicle Systems Software Engineer

    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥6,000,000~¥10,000,000

    This company is a holding company that oversees the entire group and was established in 2021 with a trade name change from Business Operation Company. Its headquarters is located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and is primarily responsible for formulating management strategies and allocating resources across the group. Specific business activities are left to the subsidiaries, which support a wide range of fields such as electronics, entertainment, and finance.

    This position is in the Mobility Division, which is a new business for the group.
    This position will be responsible for developing services, applications, and system software, focusing on vehicle IVI systems, in order to deliver mobility services utilizing entertainment, cloud, and AI technologies to users through the company's JVs with automakers and other vehicle manufacturers. The position will be responsible for developing services, applications, and system software with a focus on vehicle IVI systems.

    Details.

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

    • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
    • 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.

  • Development of iOS application for cab dispatch service

    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), SE(Web, OPEN), SE(General purpose)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥6,000,000~¥10,000,000

    This company is a holding company that oversees the entire group and was established in 2021 with a trade name change from Business Operation Company. Its headquarters is located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and is primarily responsible for formulating management strategies and allocating resources across the group. Specific business activities are left to its subsidiaries, which support a wide range of fields including electronics, entertainment, and finance.

    We are looking for an iOS engineer for a new business division formed by a JV between a major Japanese electronics manufacturer and a cab company.
    Through the development of value-added services and service growth hacking, we aim to create a new market utilizing AI technology. This is a position with a great deal of discretion, with the possibility of becoming a leader in new business creation by gaining a wide range of business experience.

    Details.

  • project manager

    • Consulting, Operational Consultant, Program・Project Management
    • Tokyo
    • ¥8,000,000~¥10,000,000

    Founded in 2018, the company provides “Mobility as a Service (MaaS)” related solutions to urban and regional transportation issues.
    It mainly develops integrated analysis platforms for transportation data and data utilization platforms that help solve regional issues for
    companies and local governments. This helps to develop efficient mobility and transportation policies in the fields of public transportation, tourism, and environmental measures.

    In the MaaS project to realize an ideal mobile society, you will mainly promote the solution of issues faced by transportation operators in addition to new business planning and business construction. We will plan and design services while taking into consideration the needs and issues of each transportation operator.

    Details.

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