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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  • Project leader for Development of systems for (ADAS)

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, Program・Project Management
    • Aichi
    • ¥6,000,000~¥11,000,000

    We are one of the world's top 5 leading automotive parts manufacturers with strengths in powertrain, driving safety, car body, and CSS.
    Based on a stable foundation, we are expanding our business domain to the development of cutting-edge technologies such as software. We are constantly working on the latest technological development, including joint development with Toyota Motor Corporation.

    We are a major automotive parts manufacturer that manufactures and sells all in-vehicle products in-house.
    In line with the recent shift to SDV, we will accelerate our automated driving projects and software development in the future.
    Although we are a major parts manufacturer, we still have a corporate culture that is willing to take on the challenges of current business trends.
    We have a system in place whereby evaluations and other factors are changed to reflect individual performance, so this position is highly recommended for those who have a proven track record as an engineer and would like to further develop their career by running their own business.

    In this position, you will lead development projects for driver assistance (automatic driving/automatic parking/automatic valet parking) in the position of project leader for system development for driver assistance and automatic driving.
    We have many related products/core technologies ranging from ADAS sensors and sensing to vehicle control and HMI. You will be responsible for the development of cutting-edge products by leveraging our strength of having many related products and core technologies from ADAS sensors and sensing to vehicle control and HMI.

    Details.

  • Aichi _ Resident engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Program・Project Management, Product Engineer (Hard/soft)
    • Aichi
    • ¥6,000,000~¥10,000,000

    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 around the world, it has a diverse workforce and a working environment with a turnover rate of 1%. 2024 April, a new R&D facility will be completed and the company is working to develop even more advanced technologies.

    We are looking for an engineer to cover the entire product range of the division and work with engineers to perform tasks at Japanese automaker sites.
    This is a very challenging job where you will be expected to represent the company with a high level of awareness and provide value in the closest proximity to our customers.

    Top in 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 turnover rate of 1%. 2024 September, a new R&D facility will be completed and the company is working to develop even more advanced technologies.

    Details.

  • Android Engineer

    • Logistics & Transportation, Transportation, Trafic, Software platform
    • IT, SE(Web, OPEN), SE(General purpose)
    • Ehime, Hokkaido, Shizuoka, Fukushima, Toyama, Saga, Yamagata, Tochigi, Gifu, Chiba, Aichi, Fukui, Osaka, Shimane, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Niigata, Gunma, Okayama, Kagoshima, Nagano, Nara, Tokushima, Tottori, Akita, Miyagi, Fukuoka, Yamaguchi, Aomori, Saitama, Kagawa, Iwate, Okinawa, Shiga, Kochi, Kumamoto, Yamanashi, Kanagawa, Oita, Ishikawa, Miyazaki, Wakayama, Kyoto, Hyogo, Mie, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
    • ¥6,000,000~¥12,000,000

    It is a company that develops mobility-related services and promotes the digitalization of transportation and mobility.

    We are also one of only a dozen or so unicorn companies in Japan, and we are co-creating new mobility services with various companies.

    We are looking for an Android Engineer to join our company
    , which is the No.1 cab dispatch service provider in the industry, for 1) cab dispatch application and 2) in-vehicle application respectively.

    Each position is in a separate team.
    We are looking for people who have a high level of technical inquisitiveness and want to take on challenges in an environment where they can explore more and more efficient ways of creating, designing for ease of operation, automating testing, and so on.

    Details.

  • product manager

    • Logistics & Transportation, Transportation, Trafic, Software platform
    • IT, Product manager (Web/Application)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥6,000,000~¥12,000,000

    It is a company that develops mobility-related services and promotes the digitalization of transportation and mobility.
    Utilizing its proprietary apps and platforms, the company offers a variety of services, primarily cab dispatch services.
    is one of only a dozen or so unicorn companies in Japan, co-creating new mobility services with a variety of companies.

    We are a unicorn company that co-creates new mobility services with a wide range of companies.
    In order to deliver products to the market, he/she will lead the development of products by facing various stakeholders, discussing and building consensus, and playing a central role in communication.
    The ideal vision of where the product will go and the roadmap for its realization will be created.
    He/she is responsible for the "Why" and "What" of the product.

    Details.

  • Software Development Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, Product Engineer (Hard/soft)
    • Aichi
    • ¥4,700,000~¥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 through its device and solution products.
    In the automotive industry's CASE, which is said to be undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation, demand for electronic devices that combine the company's strengths in microcontrollers, power semiconductors, and solutions is expected to increase as vehicles become more sophisticated, including EVs and automated driving.
    Among them, the company supports the automotive industry in the Tokai region with special sales rights in the Chubu area for in-vehicle microcomputers from a certain manufacturer, which are installed in 40% of the world's automobiles.
    We will continue to take on the challenge of constantly pursuing new areas while supporting the revolutionary changes in the automotive society, and we aim 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.

    The client is engaged in the development of in-vehicle embedded software for a major automobile manufacturer and automotive parts manufacturer.
    This is a very rewarding job where you can experience a series of development from the upstream process (requirement definition) to the downstream process (verification).

    Details.

  • Data Scientist

    • Logistics & Transportation, Transportation, Trafic, Software platform
    • IT, Data Analyst
    • Ehime, Hokkaido, Shizuoka, Fukushima, Toyama, Saga, Yamagata, Tochigi, Gifu, Chiba, Aichi, Fukui, Osaka, Shimane, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Niigata, Gunma, Okayama, Kagoshima, Nagano, Nara, Tokushima, Tottori, Akita, Miyagi, Fukuoka, Yamaguchi, Aomori, Saitama, Kagawa, Iwate, Okinawa, Shiga, Kochi, Kumamoto, Yamanashi, Kanagawa, Oita, Ishikawa, Miyazaki, Wakayama, Kyoto, Hyogo, Mie, Hiroshima, Nagasaki
    • ¥6,000,000~¥12,000,000

    It is a company that develops mobility-related services and promotes the digitalization of transportation and mobility.
    Utilizing its proprietary apps and platforms, the company offers a variety of services, mainly cab dispatch services, and is one of only a dozen unicorn companies in Japan.
    The company is also co-creating new mobility services with various companies.

    As a data scientist supporting the taxi dispatch application business and the AI driver's license business for commercial vehicles, I am responsible for a wide range of tasks required to apply predictive models to actual services, including requirement definition, specification development, data analysis, data preprocessing, AI service implementation, and accuracy improvement for building machine learning models and algorithms for vehicle demand sharing prediction and hazardous driving behavior detection. You will be involved in a wide range of tasks required to apply predictive models to real-world services.
    We are looking for someone who can solve various problems with light footwork.

    Details.

  • Brake System_Adaptation Engineer for Actual Vehicle (Hokkaido)

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts, Software platform
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Other (Localization, QA), Product Engineer (Hard/soft)
    • Hokkaido
    • ¥5,500,000~¥8,000,000

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

    Development work for actual vehicle adaptation of ESP systems
    Development Function: Actual vehicle calibration with ESP systems
    Compliance functions: ABS, TCS, ESP, additional functions, NVH evaluation

    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 turnover rate of 1%. 2024 September, a new R&D facility will be completed and the company is working to develop even more advanced technologies.

    Details.

  • Development of AI infrastructure software to connect vehicles to the cloud

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts
    • IT, Data Analyst
    • Tokyo, Aichi
    • ¥9,000,000~¥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 serve as the developer of the AI infrastructure software that connects the vehicle to the cloud.

    Details.

  • Control design of production facilities

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts
    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded)
    • Aichi
    • ¥6,000,000~¥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 be in charge/lead the control design of production equipment for electronic controls and various sensor products.

    Details.

  • Development design and project management of forward and peripheral surveillance radar for advanced safety systems

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor, Electrical & Electronic, Automotive Parts
    • IT, Program・Project Management
    • Aichi
    • ¥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.
    The company is currently focusing on four areas: electrification, connected systems, advanced safety/automated driving, and non-automotive business (FA/agriculture).

    We are one of the world's top parts manufacturers, active both in Japan and overseas. We are currently focusing on EV, connected, ADAS, and security-related fields, and especially in the automatic driving field, we are conducting research and development of LV4. You will work as an engineer/leader/manager.

    In this position, you will be responsible for overall project management, requirement definition, and customer negotiation as a PM for the development and design of forward and peripheral surveillance radar for advanced safety systems.

    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.

  • Software Project Leader/Manager

    • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
    • IT, Program・Project Management
    • Tokyo, Hiroshima, Aichi
    • ¥7,000,000~¥13,000,000

    This global leader in connected technologies specializes in providing premium audio, visual, and telematics solutions, particularly for automotive, consumer, and enterprise markets. With a strong presence in Japan, the company develops advanced in-car audio systems, connected services, and infotainment solutions, often integrating AI and cloud-based technologies. Their focus includes enhancing in-vehicle experiences through high-quality sound, smart connectivity, and software-driven solutions, making them a Their focus includes enhancing in-vehicle experiences through high-quality sound, smart connectivity, and software-driven solutions, making them a key player in the automotive and consumer electronics industries.

    This role leads the software delivery for telematics projects, coordinating cross-functional, global teams to ensure on-time, on-budget, and high- Acting as the primary customer interface for software, the position requires strong project management capabilities, technical understanding, and communication skills in both English and Japanese.

    Details.

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