Architect - Arene Tooling

Woven Planet is building mobility for a safer, happier and sustainable world. A subsidiary of Toyota, Woven Planet innovates and invests in new technologies, software, and business models that transform how we live, work and move. With a focus on automated driving, smart cities, robotics and more, we build on Toyota's legacy of trust and safety to deliver mobility solutions for all.

For nearly a century, Toyota has been delivering products and services that improve lives. Automation that originated to increase the efficiency of daily activities has evolved into the safe, reliable, connected automobiles we enjoy and depend on today. Now, we are looking to the next 100 years and to extending that dream for a better life for all people from cars to smart cities.

Our unique global culture weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation and time-tested Japanese quality craftsmanship. The complementary strengths enable us to optimize safety, advance clean energy and elevate well-being.  We envision a human-centered future where world-class technology solutions expand global access to mobility, amplify the capabilities of drivers, and empower humanity to thrive.

Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota headquartered in Tokyo, is on a mission to design a happier planet through secure, connected mobility solutions. Woven Planet’s vision is “Mobility to Love, Safety to Live”. Under this shared goal, our three companies Woven Core, Woven Alpha and Woven Capital are transforming how people live, work, and play through new innovations and investment in autonomous vehicles, smart cities, robotics, and more.

Woven Alpha explores new business opportunities and incubates innovative projects that go beyond today’s Toyota, such as Woven City, Arene, Automated Mapping Platform, and the investment fund, Woven Capital, L.P. (Woven Capital).

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.

Learn more about Arene at: https://www.woven-planet.global/woven-alpha/arene

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

We are looking for a technical expert in tooling for modern software development, who is able to architect tooling for mobility where safety and security are critical components, using a variety of open source and proprietary technologies.

We offer a stimulating and cooperative team environment, where writing quality software that doesn’t compromise safety is our main priority. We use modern development processes and tools, use and improve existing standards, in an industry that’s keen to change. Our communication language is English, but we are primarily located in the exciting international metropolis of Tokyo. Our values harmonize the best of “Silicon Valley Innovation” and Toyota Craftsmanship. Relocation support is available.

We learn from each other, as well as support and encourage ongoing training such as:

・English and Japanese

・Automotive Development

・Software Safety and Security

・Modern Software Quality Management Practices

We put a strong emphasis on ethics and team values, which include:

・Be Reasonable

・Work with Integrity

・Be Empathic and Open to others

We believe in:

・Creative Ownership

・Growing together through teamwork

・Courage to make history

Ask us what these values mean to us.

・Architect a strategy around software development tooling (compilers, runtimes, libraries, linkers, debuggers, etc) which supports legacy use cases where necessary while significantly improving on the state of the art where possible for our industry;

・Support the engineering team’s implementation of the tooling strategy;

・Work with other architects in the team to align tooling with the development platform, as well as the onboard vehicle components;

・Frequently synchronize with suppliers and OEMs to ensure the tooling strategy meets their individual goals of safety, quality, time-to-market, and cost reduction;

・Consult with internal service organization to help suppliers and OEMs adopt new tooling and modern software development practices;

・Participate in various open source communities and standards bodies to create tooling which advances the industry’s needs while respecting the needs of stakeholders in other communities;

・Participate in hiring and up-skilling a team of technical experts;

・Enable the creation of an emotionally-safe world class engineering culture.

Successful professionals on our team should be able to demonstrate these skills on a daily basis:

・Excellent English communication and people engagement skills;

・Excellent customer and partners management skills;

・Excellent knowledge of engineering best practices in a safety environment;

・Extensive experience with modern software development tooling, particularly for C and C++;

・Experienced engineering practitioner in a commercial products context;

・An empathic leader capable of understanding human beings, identify their strengths and their weaknesses while supporting their growth;

・A leader capable of enabling a safety culture in which, no compromise can be made on safety and on security;

・Experience working in multicultural teams and openness to various cultures;

・Very good knowledge of modern software development practices;

・Mindset for ownership, growth, and a bias for progress;

・Deep commitment to quality.

Experience with the following practices, technologies and tools is valued, but not strictly required. We focus on growing as a team and will help each other learn these skills.

・Developing relevant modern software development tools, particularly C++ compilers, libraries, runtimes, sanitizers, fuzzers, debuggers, linkers;

・Deploying modern software development tools at scale;

・Contributing to open source projects;

・Participating in standards bodies;

・Japanese communication skills;

・Knowledge of quality management systems;

・Automotive Industry engineering;

・Security-conscious software design and implementation;

・Familiarity with the ISO 26262, SOTIF, or other standards for functional safety.

We know not everyone who could succeed in the Arene team will have a background in vehicles or robotics. We encourage people to apply from a variety of technical backgrounds, including (but not limited to):

・Video Games, Simulation, or High Performance Computing;

・Full life-cycle product development: from product-market fit, to production deployment;

・Manufacturing and supply chain management;

・Bilingual English and Japanese communication.

By submitting your application you agree to the following terms:

By submitting your application you agree to the following terms:

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

・We pledge that any information we receive from candidates will be used ONLY for the purpose of hiring assessment.