Junior Software Engineer - Driving Planning

TEAM

Dynamics and Control is a team that aims to develop safer and more secure vehicle maneuver applications for mass production vehicles. In advanced driving assistance systems such as autonomous driving, the ego-velocity and path planning technology is highly required so that the driving trajectory on public roads should be calculated efficiently and smoothly. Our driving planning engineers have been developing optimized velocity and path planning algorithms so as to emulate a skilled driver based on the surrounding environment and obstacles information acquired from the autonomous sensors and lane information from a high-precision map.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

An expert in developing the optimized ego-velocity, driving planning and decision-making technology for the autonomous driving system or advanced driving assistance system. The specific areas are as follows.
 
Longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics control such as acceleration, de-acceleration and velocity
Velocity management based on the acquired data by autonomous sensors and lane information from a high-precision map.
 
Virtual development and validation with closed-simulation models.
Optimal velocity and driving planning algorithms subject to environmental, perceptual capabilities, high-precision map and actuation constraints.
 
Cross-functional discussions about vehicle controller and actuator performance, and contribute to motion control design reviews

RESPONSIBILITIES

Developing driving planning algorithms to control vehicles in complex and sensitive surrounding environments
Realizing safer and more secure autonomous driving systems and driver assistance systems through collaboration across different functions
Developing efficient real-time ADAS applications for embedded systems
Becoming familiar with cutting-edge vehicle dynamics control and driving planning technologies, and incorporating them into feasible application software for real-time platforms
Evaluating application functionality and performance using data acquired by test vehicles or vehicle simulators
To understand and align with the customer’s requirements, and define the software requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering: software, electrical, mechatronic, robotics, industrial, aerospace or equivalent engineering field
Experience in coding with C, C++, or MATLAB/Simulink
Work experience of 1 to 3 years in software development for productization
Native Level Japanese (N1 or higher)
More than 2 years of work experience

NICE TO HAVES

Work experience in the automotive industry
Work experience in ADAS driving planning technology or vehicle dynamics control technology (e.g. ACC, AEB.)
Experience in developing the real-time application optimized for the embedded system
Experience with agile software management tools
Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python)
Experience in developing with Linux
Experience with coding based on the following conventions: CERT-C, MISRA-C