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.

Occupations

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SAP S/4HANA & DX Engineer/Architect - Enterprise Architecture
- Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
- Consulting, IT Consultant, Program・Project Management
- Tokyo
- ¥7,400,000～¥12,200,000
We are a global supplier created in 2021 through integration. Our mission is to realize an advanced and sustainable mobility society. The company has offices in 27 countries around the world and employs approximately 80,000 people. The company has a wide range of business areas including powertrain, chassis, ADAS/automatic driving, motorcycles, and aftermarket, and demonstrates its strength in the CASE area. 50% reduction of CO₂ emissions by 2030 is targeted, and large-scale production of motors and inverters for EVs is underway. The company also offers an attractive environment that supports employee growth and work-life balance by emphasizing diversity and flexible work styles.

You will be an engineer/architect in charge of system design, implementation, and optimization for DX promotion, including the global SAP rollout project.

Details.
Project Manager
- Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
- IT, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
- Kanagawa
- ¥9,000,000～¥12,000,000
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 Project Manager position is responsible for business and project execution and their profitability.
You will carry out your role as the life cycle owner of the project from estimation to the end of production.
In addition, your primary duties will include transitioning products to mass production on time and with high quality, as well as reporting on project status.

Details.
Production Technology Development DX Engineer
- IT, Software platform
- IT, SE(Web, OPEN), SE(General purpose)
- Tochigi
- ¥4,600,000～¥6,800,000
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 turnover rate of 1%. 2024 April, a new R&D facility will be completed and the company is working to develop further advanced technologies.

This position is responsible for programming and other tasks in production process development, and contributes to improving operational efficiency and promoting DX through the development of assembly and machining processes and manufacturing equipment.

Details.
Digitalization Project Leader (Logistics)
- IT, Software platform
- IT, Program・Project Management
- Tochigi
- ¥5,800,000～¥8,500,000
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 further advanced technologies.

This position is in charge of promoting digitalization in logistics operations, as well as improving operational efficiency through some production and parts planning tasks, KPI management, and improvement activities.

Details.
Software Development Leader, ADAS Product Project
- Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic
- IT, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
- Kanagawa
- ¥5,000,000～¥9,600,000
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%.

In this ADAS product development project for a Japanese automaker, you will be responsible for overall software development and leading the project to a successful completion.

Details.
Steering Security Staff
- IT, Software platform
- IT, Cyber Security
- Kanagawa
- ¥5,800,000～¥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 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 further advanced technologies.

This position is responsible for managing the entire software development project process from planning to development and testing, and overseeing quality and progress in accordance with customer requirements.

Details.
Diagnostics Project Coordinator
- IT, Software platform
- IT, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
- Kanagawa
- ¥5,800,000～¥8,500,000
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.

This position is responsible for project coordination, analysis, and activity planning based on On-Board Diagnosis (OBD) regulatory requirements, and supports product development in collaboration with customers and global teams.

Details.
Powertrain ECU/VCU Software System Designer
- IT, Software platform
- IT, SE(Control, Embedded), Product Engineer (Hard/soft)
- Kanagawa
- ¥5,800,000～¥8,500,000
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.

SWSD (Software Systems Designer) responsible for the development of control units (ECU, VCU) for diesel and gasoline engines and electric powertrains.

Details.
Functionality Development Engineer/System Architect
- IT, Software platform
- IT, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
- Kanagawa
- ¥4,600,000～¥8,500,000
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 further advanced technologies.

You will be responsible for designing various functions such as vehicle stability control, regenerative cooperative control, automatic braking functions and fail-safe functions.

Details.
Functional Safety Expert
- IT, Software platform
- IT, SE(Control, Embedded)
- Kanagawa
- ¥4,600,000～¥9,000,000
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%.

You will be responsible for customer contact work and technical discussions on functional safety for active safety, next generation braking systems and braking systems for automated driving.

Details.
Steering Hardware Project Leader
- IT, Software platform
- IT, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management, Program・Project Management
- Kanagawa
- ¥7,000,000～¥9,500,000
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 further advanced technologies.

This position leads the development of vehicle models in the EE hardware area of electric power steering (EPS) and oversees everything from specification formulation to customer negotiation, quality and progress management.

Details.
Software Project Component Manager
- IT, Software platform
- IT, Program・Project Management, Product Engineer (Hard/soft), Program・Project Management
- Kanagawa
- ¥5,800,000～¥8,500,000
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 1% turnover rate.

This position is in charge of software development projects for customers and leads from requirements organization to progress management and internal and external coordination.

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