Solutions Architect, Arene Professional Services

Solutions Architect

Tokyo / Nagoya, Aichi

Product & Technology – Customer Applications

Employee

Hybrid

About Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota's once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation—expanding what "mobility" means and how it serves society. Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we're working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.

The Customer Applications LoB's (Line of Business) mission is to strengthen the relationship between Woven and customers, and to co-create with customers to enhance development collaboration, productivity and automation while ensuring quality and safety. Arene Professional Services is a department of Customer Applications and exists to transform jobs, train organizations, customize software products, develop a customer helpdesk function, and prepare others for software implementation.

Who Are We Looking For?

We are looking for a seasoned professional with experience in Systems Engineering and Automotive Software Development who loves working in a fast paced, challenging and dynamic environment. As a Solutions Architect in our organization, you will play a key role in designing and implementing cutting edge solutions for automotive applications and development platforms. Your expertise will be instrumental in driving innovation, optimizing performance, and ensuring the success of our automotive software products.

Responsibilities

• Solution Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical architectures and design software solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of our customers
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment, ensuring the delivery of high quality solutions
• Integration: Evaluate and recommend integration strategies for automotive systems, applications and development platforms.
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including architectural diagrams, technical specifications, and best practices, to facilitate knowledge sharing and project scalability
• Act as a subject matter expert across our Arene Product offerings providing expert consultation and support to clients, addressing technical challenges and ensuring successful project delivery

Minimum Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, systems engineering) experience
• Experience with development or implementation/consulting in the software or industries experience
• Experience working in customer facing roles (solutions architect, project manager, project lead, program manager, customer success manager or similar role) in automotive, aerospace or other safety critical industry
• Fluent to native level Japanese proficiency, with business level English proficiency

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience in the automotive industry
• Understanding of Toyota's Organization and Cultural Practices
• Proven success launching products in a global market

Important Points

All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated. The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version. We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

What We Offer

• 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)

Our Commitment

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