Test Strategy Technical Specialist, AD/ADAS
Woven by Toyota3 months ago
Tokyo, JapanSenior
Responsibilities
- Define test strategies for autonomous driving software and related vehicle functions.
- Analyze system requirements and select verification and validation methods, including simulation, closed-course, proving-ground, and on-road testing.
- Lead validation planning covering test scope, objectives, coverage, and acceptance criteria.
- Lead technical discussions with software development, system engineering, test execution, validation, and tool teams.
- Prioritize testing based on risk, safety impact, system complexity, and development phase.
- Provide technical guidance to validation engineers and test teams without requiring direct people management.
- Create and continuously improve system-level test methods and best practices.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in system verification, validation, performance testing, or quality engineering for AD/ADAS.
- Experience defining test strategies from system requirements and selecting appropriate test methods or environments.
- Strong understanding of system-level behavior, interfaces, performance metrics, and end-to-end software behavior.
- Understanding of simulation-based testing and real-vehicle testing.
- Experience analyzing logs, metrics, traces, and test results to identify defects, regressions, and requirements or coverage gaps.
- Experience leading testing activities through influence rather than direct people management or personally executing every test.
- Practical experience with automated testing, regression testing, and continuous integration environments using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
- Basic knowledge of C++ and Python.
- Business-level communication skills in English and Japanese.
- Preferred: knowledge of automotive software development and safety processes such as ISO 26262, ASPICE, AUTOSAR, MISRA, or SOTIF.
- Preferred: familiarity with requirements management tools such as JAMA.
- Preferred: experience leading test architecture, test strategy, or quality improvement initiatives as an individual contributor.
- Preferred: experience evaluating machine-learning models, including performance metrics, dataset quality, edge cases, regression, and model behavior in safety-critical systems.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Flexible working time.
- 20 days of paid holiday per year, prorated.
- 6 days of sick leave per year, prorated.
- Weekends, Japanese national holidays, and other company-defined holidays off.
- Japanese social insurance, including health insurance, pension, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and long-term care insurance.
- Housing allowance, retirement benefits, and rental car support.
- In-house software and language training programs.
- Interviews are conducted via Google Meet unless otherwise stated; applicants may submit an English or Japanese resume, with English preferred.
- Equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.
About Woven by Toyota
Woven by Toyota develops software for automated driving, advanced driver assistance, and software-defined vehicles, primarily for Toyota and its partners. Its products include Arene (a vehicle software platform), AD/ADAS technologies, and the Woven City test course, supported by cloud and AI infrastructure. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, it operates as a Toyota Motor Corporation subsidiary focused on vehicle software and mobility systems.