Senior Software Quality Assessor / Engineer

Team: Global Safety and Quality

Location: Tokyo

Commitment: Employee

Workplace Type: hybrid

TEAM Creating high-quality automated driving systems or advanced driver assistance systems is both challenging and urgent. It's crucial to meticulously design software architecture, development processes, environments, and testing methodologies to meet this goal. Global Audit & Assessment team's mission is to establish and strengthen quality assurance, including auditing methods and analysis of measured data for development projects, and to ensure that development activities among teams are properly executed and result in high quality outputs. We believe that active involvement and effective communication coupled with expertise in processes, tools, and development management are essential to drive these efforts. WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? We are looking for outstanding Senior Software Quality Assessor / Engineer to develop a mechanism ensuring the safety and quality of our software products. You will collaborate with diverse teams including system design, architecture, development, testing, project management, and other support teams. We seek individuals who can adapt to derive solutions across teams, applying experience in quality management for software. Building relationships with team members and stakeholders is essential. You will report to the Team Lead of Global Audit & Assessment, and this role is hybrid - you will work in the office 3+ days per week.

TEAM

Creating high-quality automated driving systems or advanced driver assistance systems is both challenging and an urgent priority. It’s crucial to meticulously design software architecture, development processes, environments, and testing methodologies to meet this goal.

The Global Audit & Assessment team’s mission is to establish and strengthen quality assurance, including auditing methods and analysis of measured data for development projects, and to ensure that development activities across teams are properly executed and produce high-quality outputs. We believe that active involvement and effective communication, coupled with expertise in processes, tools, and development management, are essential to drive these efforts.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for an outstanding Senior Software Quality Assessor/Engineer to develop a mechanism that ensures the safety and quality of our software products. You will collaborate with diverse teams, including system design, architecture, development, testing, project management, and other support teams. We seek individuals who can adapt to derive solutions across teams and apply experience in software quality management. Building relationships with team members and stakeholders is essential.

You will report to the Team Lead of Global Audit & Assessment, and this role is hybrid - you will work in the office 3+ days per week.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define the software development processes required across the organization and provide the support necessary for their adoption and implementation to developers
• Collaborate with various stakeholders, including project managers, software developers, and customers, to ensure software quality objectives are met
• Review the quality assurance processes to ensure that they are robust and effective. This includes code reviews, testing procedures, and defect tracking
• Conduct regular audits and assessments on the engineering projects & products to ensure compliance with defined software development processes. This will include identifying areas of non-compliance or improvement and recommending corrective actions
• Prepare and present audit reports to management that detail the results of your audits, including any identified issues and your recommendations for corrective action
• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software quality by using state-of-the-art automation tools

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years of experience in the development of automotive software for mass production vehicles in the automotive industry
• Knowledge of software processes such as Automotive-SPICE
• Knowledge of ISO 26262standards
• Experience in building a supporting tool for quality assurance and establishing it efficiently
• Business-level language proficiency in Japanese and English

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience in quality assurance activities for mass production
• Knowledge of ISO standards related to quality (e.g., IATF 16949, ISO21434)
• Experience in software audit according to company standards
• Work experience related to software quality metrics (e.g., Cyclomatic complexity)
• Experience in Requirement management tools like DOORS, Jama, Integrity, and Polarion
• Work experience in Agile/Scrum development by using Jira/Confluence