Software Resident Engineer (Nagoya/Toyota City)

About the role

GKN Driveline Japan Limited is looking for a Software Resident Engineer to work at a large vehicle OEM in Nagoya/Toyota City. The role acts as the technical interface between the customer (a Japan OEM) and the GKN ECU software team, leading reporting, open-issue tracking, timeline and escalation management. It also involves supporting low-voltage power electronics designs for Electronic Control Units and managing customer change requests for electrical software.

Key responsibilities

• Liaise with the customer and act as the technical interface between the OEM and the GKN ECU software team
• Lead customer interface ECU software reporting, open issue tracking, timeline management and escalation management
• Analyze, link and distribute customer needs to the GKN electrical software design and test team
• Verify and debug the overall base software, such as E-Electrical Diagnostics
• Support the development team with architectural and detailed designs, including the Technical Safety Concept for Software and cybersecurity-related specifications
• Support SW-PL on detailed planning and customer coordination
• Interface with the customer on vehicle design FMEAs and diagnostics interfaces
• Report, meet, explain and present within the OEM
• Support and debug software issues in the lab and at the customer during commissioning, testing, diagnosis and inspection
• Support release of electrical software design outputs from ECAD tools according to GKN processes, and facilitate customer releases
• Understand ECU software tests; ECU hardware knowledge preferred

Required profile

• Engineering degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Customer management experience
• Relevant engineering experience in automotive software/electronics
• Fluent Japanese for writing, reading and speaking with the OEM customer; basic English
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, and a Japanese driver's license
• For the first year before working at the OEM, basic technical training at Daikoji Technical Center in Japan is required

Required skills

• Embedded software design, development, calibration and management tools
• Automotive software know-how (communication protocols, diagnostics, AUTOSAR, MISRA)
• Good basic knowledge of electricity, electronics and microcontrollers
• Understanding of Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262 and cybersecurity requirements (UN R 155/156)
• Model-based development and code generation (UML, MATLAB/Simulink, Target Link, C++)
• E-motor controls and inverter know-how, and Software Requirements Specification