System Validation Engineer Leader

Job Description

Appealing Points:

• Opportunity to lead validation and verification for cutting-edge ADAS, camera, and radar systems, contributing to next-generation automotive sensing technologies
• End-to-end ownership of V&V strategy across SIL, HIL, and real-vehicle environments, enabling strong technical and project management growth
• Exposure to industry-leading standards such as Euro NCAP, functional safety, and Automotive SPICE, building highly valuable expertise in automotive system validation

Annaul Salary: 8 Million yen and Above

Job Responsibilities:

• Technical Project Management: - Develop an overall strategy for system integration, verification, and validation (V&V), including planning and cost estimation, and complete the process (obtaining approval from system PM and management). - Manage the system validation subproject team and provide timely V&V reports summarizing test results in SIL/HIL/actual vehicle environments . - Develop and execute validation strategies that meet camera and radar-specific performance requirements (detection accuracy, stability, Euro NCAP standards, etc.). - Manage system test leads and system integration test leads. - Set up a functional safety-compliant test environment and manage its development and delivery. - Manage the validation budget. - Manage test progress according to schedule, meet customer deadlines, and identify and share delay risks early.
• Working within the Team: - Work closely with the project management team to manage schedule, deliverables, cost, and quality with a consistent policy . Based on FMEA, consider and propose appropriate verification and validation methods for camera/radar-specific failures (sensor obstruction, detection failures, false detections, etc.) - Collaborate with other project TPMs (Technical Project Managers) to evaluate change requests from inside and outside the company and flexibly review the validation plan and costs
• Reporting: - Report the overall progress of system validation and performance KPIs to the system project manager - Communicate with customers regarding system validation to agree on performance KPIs, explain test policies, and plan and conduct joint tests - If issues such as insufficient test personnel/equipment, budget constraints, or schedule delays arise, organize countermeasures and promptly escalate them to management

Job Qualification:

• Extensive validation experience in the automotive industry (3 years or more)
• Experience in the development of camera products or ADAS-related products
• Experience in the development of ADAS, driver monitoring systems (DMS), and occupant monitoring systems (OMS)
• Deep knowledge of in-vehicle sensing technology (cameras and/or radar sensors)
• Knowledge of the fundamental principles of image processing, computer vision, or radar signal processing and verification and validation methods for perceptual systems
• Knowledge of embedded systems, software architecture, and system integration
• "Deep thinking" to deeply understand complex issues and stakeholder expectations
• Experience in management (planning, progress management, and priority-based control)
• Deep knowledge of automotive process models (e.g., Automotive SPICE?) (especially verification and validation process areas: SYS.4, SYS.5)
• Experience in risk management and risk-based testing
• Knowledge of automotive standards and regulations related to in-vehicle sensing (e.g., Euro NCAP, GTR)

Language proficiency: Business Level Japanese (JLPT N2) and Business Level english.

Company Description 

The company is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. As a technology company, the Company proposes innovative products and systems that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive driving. In 2019, the Group generated sales of 19.2 billion euros and invested 13% of its original equipment sales in Research and Development. On December 31, 2019, Company had 191 plants, 20 research centers, 39 development centers, and 15 distribution platforms, and employed 114,700 people in 33 countries worldwide. The company is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.