ADAS Resident Engineer

About the Department: The Industrial Autonomy & Engineering unit empowers businesses to accelerate digital transformation by applying intelligence at scale across products, processes, and ecosystems. The team supports customers in designing and building software-defined, sustainable, AI-enabled, and security-focused intelligent products that improve customer experience and performance. The organization partners closely with Automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to bring Software-Defined Vehicles to life through AI, IoT platforms, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, engineering expertise, and data-driven solutions. The company is recognized globally for leadership in this domain. The work culture emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, delivery excellence, innovation, strong governance, and customer-centric solutions while contributing to the future of mobility. About the Project: Multi-program engagement with a leading global Tier-1 customer for end-to-end ADAS system development. The multidisciplinary team works closely with the customer across: - Project Management - System Architecture Design - Software Development - AI Integration - System Integration - System Validation - Functional Safety - Security - Process Compliance The project focuses on quality, scalability, governance, and production-ready ADAS solutions. About the Position: - Frontline on-site technical role embedded with a major automotive customer with high ownership and quick decision-making - Exposure to the complete lifecycle including development builds, integration, launch, early production, and field/warranty activities - Opportunity to build strong OEM relationships while influencing engineering priorities and quality improvements - Develop expertise in customer processes, issue triage, and cross-functional coordination Job Responsibilities: - Serve as the on-site technical interface between the customer and internal engineering teams for ADAS ECUs/sensors - Handle customer-reported issues end-to-end including reproduction, log collection, root cause coordination, and closure - Lead structured problem-solving activities and customer deliverables including action plans and 8D reporting - Support software/hardware updates, flashing, configuration control, and version management - Validate fixes through bench and vehicle testing - Participate in customer meetings, build events, and design/quality reviews - Coordinate engineering change requests, implementation timing, and release tracking - Support launch and early production activities including warranty and escalation handling - Maintain issue dashboards and status reporting - Build strong relationships with customer engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams - Ensure clear bilingual communication across teams Required Skills: - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Automotive, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, or related field) - 5+ years of experience in ADAS/ECU engineering, integration, or validation with direct customer/OEM interaction - Ability to diagnose system-level issues using logs, traces, and diagnostics tools such as CAN, UDS, and DoIP - Strong coordination skills across cross-functional teams - Fluent Japanese and English communication skills for meetings, documentation, and customer interaction Language Requirements: - Japanese/English bilingual - Advanced business-level Japanese is mandatory - English required for offshore communication - Japanese required for customer communication Employment Type: - Full-time employee Working Hours: - 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Flexible working hours available - Core hours: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Work Location: - Yokohama / Customer location