Research Engineer for Spatial Intelligence, Vision AI Platform
Woven by Toyota14 hours ago
Tokyo, JapanSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop novel computer vision algorithms and connect research concepts to products and business through rapid prototyping.
- Design, prototype, and develop production-ready systems for spatial intelligence and human-computer interaction.
- Convert research ideas and prototypes into robust, scalable, and maintainable systems in collaboration with researchers and backend/frontend engineers.
- Build interfaces across web, mobile devices, robots, smart glasses, and urban infrastructure.
- Collaborate with researchers on experimental ideas and publish papers.
- Present research findings internally and externally.
Requirements
- Master's degree in computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Programming experience in Python and proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision, with publications at top-tier conferences or journals such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or ICRA.
- Strong verbal and written English communication skills.
- Ph.D. in a relevant technical field is preferred.
- Experience with 3D computer vision, scene reconstruction, spatial reasoning, generative AI, agentic AI, multimodal foundation models, multimodal large language models, or generative AI products is preferred.
- Experience defining evaluation metrics and benchmarks, training deep learning models on large-scale datasets, or developing high-performance scalable implementations is preferred.
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.
- Tokyo-based role with interviews conducted via Google Meet unless otherwise stated.
Categories
AI ResearchML Engineering
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.