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.

TEAM

The Behavior Actuation team develops state-of-the-art vehicle control and estimation algorithms from prototype to production. We leverage control theory, optimization, and machine learning to design and implement real-time vehicle control solutions with measurable impact on autonomy performance. In this role, the candidate will ensure that the control algorithms used are sufficient to achieve both external product requirements and our own internal capability goals.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

An engineer who is excited at the prospect of their controls knowledge benefitting millions of vehicles in production and who:

Has a solid understanding of control theory, particularly MPC, and estimation.
Has a pragmatic mindset and desire to solve real world problems.
Will be a good teammate and will work collaboratively with others.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Write and edit C++ code to implement control algorithms in our team repositories

Review requirements and determine what control algorithms would be most appropriate and why

Review test data and occasionally ride along in test vehicles to understand current performance, proactively looking for areas of improvement

Be a DRI for a software component, responding to customer requests, and representing the team during appropriate V&V activities

Balance immediate production needs with speculative advanced development work

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Masters or PhD in Control Systems, Estimation, Robotics, or similar field

3+ years working in AD/ADAS or highly related fields (robotics, other control systems). Working in an academic lab counts for this.

Proficient in English, written and verbal

C++ programming experience

NICE TO HAVES

Experience with ML, especially learning-based control, RL, etc..

Experience with convex optimization

Vehicle dynamics knowledge

Japanese language skills

The base pay for this position ranges from $112,000 - $184,000 per year.

Your base salary is one part of your total compensation. We offer a base salary, short term and long term incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package. The total compensation offered to an employee will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and level.

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

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.

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