Embedded Software Engineer, Smart Logistics Software

Tokyo
Woven City – Mobility Products /
Employee /
Hybrid
About Woven by Toyota
Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society.

Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.

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TEAM
Toyota is redefining what it means to move. We're challenging the current state of mobility by enhancing the movement of people, goods, information and energy. Centered around three core concepts - A Living Laboratory™, Human-Centered, and Ever Evolving City™ - Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.

We do this by bringing together a diverse community of people with a shared passion for the future of mobility to co-create, develop and refine innovative products and services. This cross-section of social infrastructure, mobility, and people provides a unique opportunity for inventors, residents and visitors to interact seamlessly with new technologies throughout daily life in an environment that emulates a real city.

We’ll expand “mobility” not only for people but also for goods or information. Our project is going to provide innovative logistics services for the mobility of goods in Woven City by using delivery robots, smart devices and simulation technology. We believe that super-easy movements of goods can change our value and lifestyle.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for a skilled and self-motivated embedded software engineer to join us in building the next generation of smart infrastructure at the core of the Smart Logistics products and services using cutting-edge technologies. As we are deploying initial production services, we are also constantly looking ahead and exploring new horizons for the betterment of the mobility of goods. As such, we are looking for a talented engineer to help us maintain a reliable production environment while evolving our platform towards future applications. We strive to maintain a safe working environment where everyone’s opinion is valued and can contribute ideas to the products and development processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Design, develop, maintain, and deploy high quality and reliable software for the IoT devices at the core of the Smart Logistics product
    • Continuously improve test quality and coverage, as well as CI/CD pipelines and monitoring stack
    • Collaborate with hardware, backend, frontend and business teams to further improve overall system design and contribute to the evolution of the next generation of Smart Logistics IoT devices
    • Monitor deployed devices, diagnose issues and coordinate with the Woven City on-site operations team
    • As necessary, travel to Woven City to perform on-site troubleshooting, maintenance and device provisioning

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience
    • 5+ years of hands-on experience developing embedded software, including object-oriented design, debugging, testing and use of version control systems and CI/CD
    • 3+ years of hands-on experience developing software for embedded Linux on ARM64 platforms (E.g. Raspberry Pi, i.MX, Rockchip)
    • Proficiency and hands-on experience with type-hinted Python using modern tooling (E.g. Mypy, Poetry, uv, Black, ruff, Pytest) 
    • Business-level written and spoken English and limited working written and spoken Japanese
    • Strong communication and collaboration skills in a multicultural and diverse workplace environment
    • Strong sense of ownership and initiative, ability to learn new technologies quickly in a dynamic environment

NICE TO HAVES

    • Familiarity with data communication protocols like AMQP/MQTT and message brokers like RabbitMQ
    • Familiarity with industrial communication protocols such as Modbus or EtherCAT
    • Experience developing/deploying containerized applications using Docker or Podman
    • Experience with observability tools such as Open Telemetry and Grafana 
    • Understanding of DevOps development methodology, including building, testing, documentation, and monitoring
    • Experience working with Yocto/BitBake or Buildroot build systems
    • Proficiency with programming languages such as C/C++, Rust or Go
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Important Points
・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.
・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.
・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

WHAT WE OFFER
・Competitive Salary - Based on experience
・Work Hours - Flexible working time
・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)
・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)
・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company
・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance
・Housing Allowance
・Retirement Benefits
・Rental Cars Support
・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.