Trends in Semiconductor Jobs and Career Opportunities in the Automotive Industry

Industry Trends in Semiconductor Related Jobs

market scale

The semiconductor market is estimated to be worth about $1 trillion in 2030, 1.8 times the $556 billion in 2021. In particular, demand for semiconductors for automobiles and electric vehicles is expected to grow rapidly, from $69 billion in 2021 to $170 billion, about 2.5 times higher. (Citation: Federation of the German Electrical and Electronic Industries)

Increased demand

The semiconductor industry is in demand along with the rapid growth of smartphones, automobiles, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. As a result, many companies are seeking talent to develop and expand new products.

Introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Automation

The semiconductor industry is also increasingly adopting artificial intelligence and automation, increasing the demand for engineers and programmers who can automate manufacturing and testing processes.

Importance of expertise

Semiconductor manufacturing technology is becoming more sophisticated, increasing the demand for specialized knowledge and experience for engineers and researchers. In particular, there is a need for personnel with expertise in areas such as manufacturing processes, design, and materials science.

Intensifying global competition

The global semiconductor market is becoming increasingly competitive, and multinational companies are seeking top-class professionals to enter new markets. In particular, Asian companies such as Taiwan and South Korea are on the rise, and Japan is rapidly strengthening its semiconductor sector, but is struggling.

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  • Semiconductor & Electronic Component Specialist

    • Manufacturer, Automotive Parts
    • Semiconductor, Research & Development, Electrical & electronic control design, QC・QA, Program・Project Management
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥10,000,000~¥12,000,000

    This company is an international automotive technology company specializing in advanced electronic systems and intelligent mobility solutions. The company develops and delivers innovative hardware and software technologies that enhance vehicle safety, performance, and driving assistance capabilities.

    Working closely with major automotive manufacturers, the company supports the development of next-generation vehicle technologies, including advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), automotive sensing solutions, and integrated electronic systems. With access to global engineering expertise and advanced technologies, the company plays an important role in supporting the automotive industry's transition toward safer, smarter, and increasingly software-driven vehicles.

    A global automotive technology supplier is seeking a Semiconductor & Electronic Component Specialist to support the development and execution of global semiconductor and electronic component strategies.

    The position focuses on component selection, technical evaluation, qualification, supplier development, and lifecycle management to ensure reliable and sustainable product development.

    You will collaborate with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and supplier organizations to maintain component quality, regulatory compliance, technology competitiveness, and long-term supply continuity.

    This is a technical specialist position combining semiconductor engineering expertise, electronic component management, supplier coordination, and global technology strategy.

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  • Senior AI Software Application Engineer

    • IT, SE(Control, Embedded), SE(Web, OPEN), SE(General purpose), FAE
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥15,000,000~¥35,000,000

    The company is a leading global provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing solutions. With a focus on delivering cutting-edge process technologies, they support a wide range of industries, including automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and data centers. Known for its extensive manufacturing capabilities, the company operates multiple state-of-the-art fabrication facilities worldwide. Their innovative approach ensures the production of high-performance chips for various applications, driving technological advancements and enabling the next generation of smart devices. Committed to sustainability, the company integrates environmental responsibility into its operations, aiming to reduce energy consumption and minimize its environmental footprint. With a strong emphasis on customer collaboration, they provide tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of clients across diverse sectors.

    As a Senior AI Software Application Engineer, you will play a key role in enabling customer success by supporting the deployment, optimization, and adoption of AI applications on advanced semiconductor platforms. You will work closely with customers to accelerate the development of AI workloads, including computer vision, transformer-based, and large language model applications. Acting as a bridge between customers, engineering teams, and R&D, you will troubleshoot technical issues, provide performance optimization guidance, and drive successful product adoption. You will also develop proof-of-concept solutions, benchmarks, and demonstrations that showcase the capabilities of the company's AI software stack. In addition, you will deliver technical training, workshops, and documentation to help customers maximize the value of AI technologies. The role requires a strong combination of AI software expertise, embedded systems knowledge, and customer-facing communication skills. This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of AI, software, and semiconductor hardware while influencing next-generation AI solutions.

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  • Semiconductor Principal Design Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Semiconductor, Research & Development
    • Hiroshima
    • ¥8,000,000~¥20,000,000

    This company is a global leader in semiconductor memory, specializing in the research, development, manufacturing, and sale of advanced memory technologies used in a wide range of products such as smartphones, data centers, automotive systems, and industrial applications. With a strong focus on innovation and engineering excellence, the organization plays a critical role in enabling technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. It operates within a highly collaborative and international environment, combining cutting-edge technical expertise with a strong emphasis on operational efficiency and talent development. The company is also known for fostering a performance-driven culture while maintaining a supportive workplace that values continuous learning, diversity, and employee growth.

    As a Principal Design Engineer within Micron’s NAND Engineering Group (NVEG), you will lead the design and optimization of advanced datapath architectures for next-generation 3D NAND memory products. You will be responsible for developing high-speed, low-power TSV (Through-Silicon Via) interface circuits and highly parallel internal bus architectures that enable improved performance, signal integrity, and power efficiency. Working closely with circuit design, process technology, DTCO, packaging, and product engineering teams, you will drive key architectural decisions and guide projects from concept through silicon validation. In this role, you will perform timing, signal integrity, and power integrity analysis while ensuring robust design-for-testability and redundancy implementation across complex memory subsystems. You will also support silicon bring-up, debug, and yield improvement activities, identifying opportunities to enhance product quality and manufacturability. Through technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration, you will help shape future NAND memory technologies that support AI, cloud, and high-performance computing applications.

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  • Customer Product Manager – Off-Highway / Technical Sales

    • Mechanical, Sales・Service Engineer, Business Development & Strategy, Product Engineer (Hard/soft), FAE, Account Manager (B2B)
    • Tokyo
    • ¥6,000,000~¥10,000,000

    This company is a well-established global technology and manufacturing company with a strong presence in the mobility and industrial sectors. The company develops and provides advanced engineering solutions to manufacturers worldwide, supporting improvements in performance, efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

    With an international business environment and strong technical expertise, the company offers opportunities to collaborate with domestic and overseas teams while working closely with major manufacturing customers.

    A global automotive and industrial technology supplier is seeking a Customer Product Manager to provide technical sales and application engineering support to Japanese manufacturers of agricultural machinery, construction equipment, and specialty vehicles.

    This position serves as the main technical contact between customers and internal engineering teams, helping identify customer requirements and recommend suitable products and technical solutions.

    The product portfolio includes transmissions, axles, hydraulic and pneumatic braking systems, electronic controls, and electrification technologies.

    This is a customer-facing technical position combining engineering knowledge, technical sales, product application support, and international coordination.

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  • Field Application Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Semiconductor, FAE
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥11,000,000~¥20,000,000

    The company is a leading global provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing solutions. With a focus on delivering cutting-edge process technologies, they support a wide range of industries, including automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and data centers. Known for its extensive manufacturing capabilities, the company operates multiple state-of-the-art fabrication facilities worldwide. Their innovative approach ensures the production of high-performance chips for various applications, driving technological advancements and enabling the next generation of smart devices. Committed to sustainability, the company integrates environmental responsibility into its operations, aiming to reduce energy consumption and minimize its environmental footprint. With a strong emphasis on customer collaboration, they provide tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of clients across diverse sectors.

    In this role, you will take full ownership of technology demonstrations, driving the design win strategy and process while serving as the primary technical interface for customer interactions. You will develop tailored presentations and proposals to help customers assess solutions, represent the strengths and weaknesses of the technology, and craft compelling value propositions to meet customer requirements. Additionally, you'll identify gaps in the product and service offerings, collaborate with internal teams to address these, and stay informed on industry trends and competitive threats. Your responsibilities will also include ensuring smooth transitions to post-design phases, resolving any obstacles, and coordinating with customers on design verification, performance, and tapeout logistics, all while striving to meet design win and production goals.

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  • Electrochemical Process Development Engineer | Process research and development of electrochemical products for next-generation energy

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic
    • Semiconductor, Research & Development, Research & Development, Production Engineer, Production Engineer
    • Aichi
    • ¥5,500,000~¥10,700,000

    In the automotive parts industry, we are a company boasting one of the top domestic market shares in thermal systems, mobility systems, power train systems, electrification systems, and electronic systems.
    Currently, we are focusing on four areas: electrification, connectivity, advanced safety/autonomous driving, and non-vehicle business (FA/agriculture)]. In particular, in the field of autonomous driving, we are conducting demonstration experiments on public roads for Level 4 autonomous driving, working toward the future of safe and secure mobility systems.

    To achieve carbon neutrality, you will be engaged in process development for electrochemical cell products used in environmentally related products, which are the main focus of business expansion.

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  • Ceramic Packaging Development Engineer | Ceramic Packaging Development Process Development

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic
    • Semiconductor, Research & Development
    • Gifu, Aichi
    • ¥5,800,000~¥12,600,000

    Since its founding, it has expanded its business in multiple fields such as electronic components, semiconductor-related products, and LED lighting, centered on its unique ceramic material technology. In particular, it holds a top-class global market share in ceramic substrates with high thermal conductivity, achieving stable business growth driven by the expansion of AI data centers and the electric vehicle market. Leveraging manufacturing technology and quality assurance systems that competitors find difficult to replicate, it continues to provide differentiated products to the global market.

    It also focuses on improving employee work comfort, establishing systems such as free time, employee dormitories, and stock ownership plans. In recent years, it has ranked high in listed company rankings and is gaining attention as a company with "high hourly wages × minimal overtime." With a stable management foundation and technical capabilities, it provides a workplace environment that enables long-term career development.

    You will be responsible for the development of ceramic electronic component products and process development tasks.

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  • Manufacturing Program Manager

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Semiconductor, Production Engineer, Production Management
    • Kanagawa
    • ¥9,500,000~¥14,000,000

    This company is a leading provider of advanced test and measurement solutions for the semiconductor industry. It designs, manufactures, and supplies innovative equipment that enables semiconductor manufacturers to test and inspect integrated circuits (ICs) during production. 's portfolio includes probe cards, wafer test interfaces, and systems used in various applications such as memory, logic, and mixed- signal devices.

    With a strong focus on performance and reliability, this company helps ensure that semiconductors meet stringent quality standards before they are used. It operates in a global market and maintains a reputation for high- quality products, often partnering with semiconductor foundries, assembly houses, and other industry leaders.

    As a Manufacturing Program Manager, you will lead highly customized semiconductor manufacturing projects from initial customer engagement through final product delivery, serving as the central coordinator between customers and internal teams. You will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and global stakeholders to ensure technical requirements, project milestones, and customer expectations are successfully achieved. The role involves developing and managing project schedules, monitoring progress, identifying risks, and implementing solutions to keep projects on track. You will facilitate cross-functional communication, drive decision-making, and ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle. Additionally, you will oversee project execution to maintain high standards of quality, cost efficiency, and on-time delivery.

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  • Next-Generation Power Semiconductor Process Development | Process Development for Next-Generation Power Semiconductor Devices

    • Manufacturer, Electrical & Electronic
    • Semiconductor, Research & Development, Research & Development, Production Engineer, Production Engineer
    • Mie, Aichi
    • ¥5,500,000~¥14,300,000

    In the automotive parts industry, it is one of the largest companies in Japan in the thermal systems, mobility systems, power train systems, electrification systems, and electronic systems businesses.
    We are currently focusing on four areas [electrification, connected systems, advanced safety/automated driving, and non-vehicle businesses (FA/agriculture)].

    You will be involved in planning, designing, and process development for high-voltage, high-current power semiconductor devices (Si-IGBT, SiC-MOSFET, GaN-HEMT) for inverter systems for electric vehicles.

    Details.

  • Tool Install Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Semiconductor, Production Engineer, Production Engineer
    • Hiroshima
    • ¥5,000,000~¥7,500,000

    This company is a global leader in semiconductor memory, specializing in the research, development, manufacturing, and sale of advanced memory technologies used in a wide range of products such as smartphones, data centers, automotive systems, and industrial applications. With a strong focus on innovation and engineering excellence, the organization plays a critical role in enabling technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. It operates within a highly collaborative and international environment, combining cutting-edge technical expertise with a strong emphasis on operational efficiency and talent development. The company is also known for fostering a performance-driven culture while maintaining a supportive workplace that values continuous learning, diversity, and employee growth.

    As a Tool Install Engineer, you will lead the installation, expansion, relocation, modification, and decommissioning of semiconductor manufacturing equipment within Micron's production facilities. Working closely with equipment owners, process engineers, facilities teams, contractors, and vendors, you will manage project scope, budget, schedule, safety, and quality to ensure successful tool deployment and startup. You will oversee hookup and construction activities, conduct design reviews and risk assessments, support equipment qualification, and drive continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis and digital technologies to enhance operational efficiency, safety, and cost performance.

    Details.

  • Metrology Application Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Semiconductor, FAE
    • Hiroshima
    • ¥5,000,000~¥9,000,000

    This company is a global leader in semiconductor memory, specializing in the research, development, manufacturing, and sale of advanced memory technologies used in a wide range of products such as smartphones, data centers, automotive systems, and industrial applications. With a strong focus on innovation and engineering excellence, the organization plays a critical role in enabling technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. It operates within a highly collaborative and international environment, combining cutting-edge technical expertise with a strong emphasis on operational efficiency and talent development. The company is also known for fostering a performance-driven culture while maintaining a supportive workplace that values continuous learning, diversity, and employee growth.

    As a Metrology Application Engineer, you will drive the development, optimization, and sustainability of metrology solutions that support semiconductor manufacturing quality, yield enhancement, and process control objectives. You will collaborate closely with process integration, process, equipment, manufacturing, and technology development teams to create and refine metrology recipes, improve defect detection capabilities, and transfer new technologies into high-volume manufacturing environments. In this role, you will be responsible for monitoring recipe health, exploring new metrology methodologies, supporting capacity and productivity improvements, and implementing quality and yield enhancement initiatives aligned with Micron's technology roadmap. You will analyze manufacturing data, resolve process-related issues, manage risks, and support continuous improvement efforts that improve product reliability, operational efficiency, and manufacturing excellence. Through strong technical expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and effective communication with global teams, you will contribute to the successful deployment of advanced metrology solutions that enable next-generation memory products and technology advancements.

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  • Regional Product Support Engineer

    • Manufacturer, Semiconductor
    • Semiconductor, Production Engineer, Production Management, QC・QA, FAE
    • Kanagawa, Mie, Hiroshima
    • ¥10,000,000~¥16,000,000

    A leading global semiconductor equipment manufacturer headquartered in the United States, the company specializes in advanced wafer fabrication technologies and holds a top market share in key process segments such as etching. It supports major semiconductor manufacturers worldwide through a strong network of global operations across Asia, Europe, and North America. Known for its cutting-edge innovation and collaborative, multicultural work environment, the company delivers high-performance solutions while fostering continuous learning, technical excellence, and cross-border teamwork.

    As a Regional Product Support Engineer, you will serve as the technical escalation expert for advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, providing high-level support for complex hardware, process, and system-related issues across customer sites. You will work closely with field service engineers, account teams, customers, and global product engineering groups to diagnose challenging equipment problems, drive root cause investigations, and implement effective solutions that improve tool performance, productivity, and reliability. In this role, you will lead escalation management activities, conduct data analysis and problem-solving initiatives, support alpha and beta tool installations, and contribute to continuous product improvements by providing field feedback to engineering teams.

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