Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Software Platform

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

Arene's goal is to open vehicle programming to everyone by simplifying vehicle software development and increasing deployment frequency without compromising safety and security. This will create a whole new market of vehicle application developers who, through software, integrate a vehicle into our daily lives in novel ways. Arene aims to significantly improve how vehicles are designed and developed, and we're working closely with Toyota to realize this goal in its next-generation vehicles.

The Vehicle Software Platform team is responsible for designing and building frameworks for state-of-the-art mobility in vehicles. This includes middleware components such as scheduling for real-time systems, inter-process communication, and operating system abstractions.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

The ideal candidate for this role comes from a strong generalist software engineering background. This individual would have experience working with modern C , Linux O.S. or Real-Time Operating Systems, and system software.

We are looking for software engineers who are excited to help build a state-of-the-art automotive platform that is "software first". We envision the Arene platform will change the way vehicles are made. Our team is developing tools and systems using modern software techniques, and we need software engineers who excel at building robust software systems to solve challenging problems at scale.

• Develop and own software frameworks written in Modern C for our in-house runtime API. This includes middleware components such as scheduling for real-time systems, inter-process communication, and operating system abstractions.
• Leverage experience to develop solutions with sound design principles, extensibility, maintainability, and safety in mind
• Set the roadmap by working with Vehicle Integration, Cloud Services, Hardware, Embedded and Autonomy software teams, and influence strategic decisions within and globally outside the team
• Be a leader, support best software practices, and mentor junior engineers
• Use strong triage skills to root-cause issues across a complex software stack, and develop processes to streamline unknown future issues smoothly
• Develop solutions for software to be run in a CI test environment, with a strong emphasis on automation to prevent regressions
• Write clear and comprehensive documents including: proposals, specifications, design documentation, user documentation, tutorials, and post mortems

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field
• 5 years of software development experience
• Strong Modern C programming and working knowledge of at least one scripting language like Python, Bash, JavaScript, or Ruby
• Record of building software frameworks that are fast, simple, and error-free
• Strong background in object oriented programming and writing reusable C code
• Good understanding of inter-process communication, Linux userspace development, and knowledge of Linux kernel development
• Ability to operate effectively and autonomously across multiple teams, and navigate technical ambiguity with only high level direction
• Ability to transition systems from prototype stage to production-quality
• Ability to evaluate approaches and choose the best one based on fundamental qualities and supporting data
• Good communication skills. Ability to explain technical concepts through design documents and reviews.

• Tools/dashboard development for latency analysis, and Continuous Hardware in the Loop (CHIL) test suite development
• Knowledge and/or experience working with different sensors - camera, lidar, gnss
• Knowledge/expertise in ROS, vehicle autonomy stack
• Insight into real-time, distributed, parallel computing, and low-level hardware
• Developing safety critical/hard real time applications (aerospace, automotive, robotics, etc.)
• Familiarity with automotive or embedded processor architectures (ARM/x86)
• Vehicle software standards such as AUTOSAR, MISRA, CERT, and ISO 26262 standard for automotive functional safety
• Developing an IVI system or an instrument cluster
• As a bonus: Platform framework experience with any of the following: Android Automotive OS, 3D Graphics platforms (e.g. Unity or Unreal), or Flutter

WHAT WE OFFER

We are committed to creating a modern work environment that supports our employees and their loved ones. We offer many options of the best programs to allow you to do your most meaningful work and to help you shape the future of mobility.

・Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage

・A rewarding 401k program

・Flexible vacation policy

・Family planning and care benefits

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Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

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