Software Engineer, Robot Simulation

Woven by Toyota is the mobility technology subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Our mission is to deliver safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility for all. Through our Arene mobility software platform, safety-first automated driving technology and Toyota Woven City — our test course for advanced mobility — we’re bringing greater freedom, safety and happiness to people and society. 

Our unique global culture weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation and time-tested Japanese quality craftsmanship. We leverage these complementary strengths to amplify the capabilities of drivers, foster happiness, and elevate well-being.

Woven by Toyota is the mobility technology subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Our mission is to deliver safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility for all. Through our Arene mobility software platform, safety-first automated driving technology and Toyota Woven City — our test course for advanced mobility — we're bringing greater freedom, safety and happiness to people and society.

Our unique global culture weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation and time-tested Japanese quality craftsmanship. We leverage these complementary strengths to amplify the capabilities of drivers, foster happiness, and elevate well-being.

TEAM

The Logistics Robotics is responsible for developing navigation capabilities such as localization, mapping, planning, control and tele-op, and integrating them into our delivery robot system which will be deployed in the Toyota Woven City in 2025 and more. Our approach is a mixture of data driven and analytical methods, in other words, ML and classical approach which can solve real problems in the city. Also, we heavily leverage digital twin tools to accelerate our software development, prototyping hardware design and quality assurance, then iterate PoC as quickly as possible by working closely with Hardware, Cloud, Biz and UX team as one team.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

You will be responsible for designing and implementing the simulator and its related systems for logistics robots in this position. You are expected to develop not only the simulation capabilities but also the test and cloud framework using the simulator. You will also lead the integration with all the software stacks to ensure the entire system quality. You will report to the function manager, and this is a hybrid work style role.

• Drive the simulator integration with all the software stacks (robot, facility, backend, and frontend) with stakeholders across teams
• Build CI/CD pipeline on the cloud platform to validate the software stacks in various scenes and scenarios
• Design and implement the test framework (scenario description, randomization, parameter sweeping, etc.) for QA (Quality Assurance) and RA (Risk Assessment) with test case management
• Develop the simulator's core components (physics and sensor simulation, sync and async communication, robot and scene model, dynamic obstacles, etc.)
• Develop and support the generalized robotics simulator platform for external inventors

• Education Background - MS or higher in Robotics or related fields
• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Experiences in robot system development using ROS2 (C++/Python) on Linux
• Experiences in developing simulation test frameworks on cloud platforms (AWS/Docker/GitHub Actions)
• Experiences in robot simulation development using Unity (C#) with physics and sensor simulation
• Business-level English

• Development of a generalized robotics simulator platform
• Navigation scenario validation with dynamic obstacles
• Overall understanding of robot algorithm
• Overall system understanding including backend and frontend
• Sync and async communication
• 3D computer graphics for sensor simulation and UI
• CAD and BIM conversion for robot and scene models
• Synthetic data generation with PBR
• Experiences in QA and RA using simulation

All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.

WHAT WE OFFER

・Competitive Salary - Based on experience

・Work Hours - Flexible working time with NO core-hours

・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 Security - all applicable (Health Insurance, Pension, Workers' Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance)

・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.

WHAT WE OFFER

・Competitive Salary - Based on experience

・Work Hours - Flexible working time with NO core-hours

・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 Security - all applicable (Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance)

・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.