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Woven by ToyotaThe AD/ADAS group at Woven by Toyota is developing a scalable, data-driven approach to autonomous and assisted driving. Our AV Performance Team develops strategies and executes testing globally for Toyota’s Personally Owned Vehicle (POV). Team members include testing experts that build, execute and refine test methods - in simulation, closed course, and real world environments - enabling data driven decisions about the functions we develop and their integrated performance. The testing feedback from our team is critical to accelerating vehicle development and delivering production-ready solutions based on cutting edge research and development in the domain. Our Product Delivery organization is looking for a Software Test Technical Specialist that is passionate about building robust, scalable, and automated software validation methods for AD/ADAS systems. This individual will be responsible for defining and executing test strategies that validate software interfaces, input/output behavior, state transitions, and interactions between components.
- 5+ years of AD/ADAS software testing experience - Strong software testing experience - Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and automating tests for software components, APIs, or embedded software - Strong debugging and root cause analysis skills, with experience interpreting logs, traces and system behavior to resolve software issues - Programming skills for test automation - Experience developing test scripts, test harnesses, or test tools using Python, C++, or similar programming languages - Understanding of software interfaces and system behavior - Ability to understand API specifications, data flows, state transitions, and sequence diagrams, and to design input/output-based tests and component interaction tests - Ability to work cross-functionally - Ability to work independently across multiple teams, manage ambiguity, and drive alignment on testing scope and acceptance criteria with Product, Systems Engineering, and Development stakeholders - Experience with CI/CD and automated regression testing - Practical experience with automated testing, regression testing, and continuous integration environments using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI - Japanese and English reading, writing, and communication skills
- Experience with automotive software standards or processes - Understanding of automotive software development and safety-related processes such as ISO 26262, ASPICE, AUTOSAR, MISRA, or SOTIF - Familiarity with requirements management tools like JAMA - Experience with simulation, SIL, HIL, or vehicle testing - Experience in development or validation of AD/ADAS areas such as perception, prediction, planning, control, sensor fusion, or driver assistance features - Experience validating software using SIL/HIL environments, simulation platforms, log replay, or vehicle testing - Technical leadership as an individual contributor - Experience technically leading test architecture, test strategy, or quality improvement initiatives as an individual contributor rather than as a people manager - Knowledge of ML model evaluation - Knowledge or experience evaluating machine learning models, including performance metrics, dataset quality, edge-case analysis, regression evaluation, and model behavior validation in safety-critical systems
- 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)
