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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
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Woven by ToyotaCreating high-quality automated driving systems or advanced driver assistance systems is both challenging and an urgent priority. It is crucial to meticulously design software architecture, development processes, environments, and testing methodologies to meet this goal. The Global Audit & Assessment team’s mission is to establish and strengthen quality assurance, including auditing methods and analysis of measured data for development projects, and to ensure that development activities across teams are properly executed and produce high-quality outputs. We believe that active involvement and effective communication, coupled with expertise in processes, tools, and development management, are essential to drive these efforts. We are looking for an outstanding Senior Software Quality Assessor/Engineer to develop a mechanism that ensures the safety and quality of our software products. You will collaborate with diverse teams, including system design, architecture, development, testing, project management, and other support teams. We seek individuals who can adapt to derive solutions across teams and apply experience in software quality management. Building relationships with team members and stakeholders is essential. You will report to the Team Lead of Global Audit & Assessment. This role is hybrid, with work in the office 3+ days per week. Responsibilities include defining the software development processes required across the organization and supporting their adoption and implementation by developers; collaborating with stakeholders, including project managers, software developers, and customers, to ensure software quality objectives are met; reviewing quality assurance processes, including code reviews, testing procedures, and defect tracking, to ensure they are robust and effective; conducting regular audits and assessments of engineering projects and products to ensure compliance with defined software development processes, identifying areas of non-compliance or improvement and recommending corrective actions; preparing and presenting audit reports to management detailing audit results, identified issues, and recommendations for corrective action; and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of software quality using state-of-the-art automation tools.
- 5 years of experience in the development of automotive software for mass production vehicles in the automotive industry - Knowledge of software processes such as Automotive-SPICE - Knowledge of ISO 26262 standards - Experience in building a supporting tool for quality assurance and establishing it efficiently - Business-level language proficiency in Japanese and English
- Experience in quality assurance activities for mass production - Knowledge of ISO standards related to quality (e.g., IATF 16949, ISO21434) - Experience in software audit according to company standards - Work experience related to software quality metrics (e.g., Cyclomatic complexity) - Experience in Requirement management tools like DOORS, Jama, Integrity, and Polarion - Work experience in Agile/Scrum development by using Jira/Confluence
- Competitive Salary - Based on experience - 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)
