Software Product Assessor, Global Safety & Quality

Team: Global Safety and Quality

Location: Tokyo

Commitment: Employee

Workplace Type: hybrid

TEAM

Creating high-quality software, like 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.
The Global Quality Assurance 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, products, tools, and development management, are essential to drive these efforts.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for an outstanding Software Product Assessor to develop a mechanism to ensure our software’s quality. Our activities include not only process audit but also product assessment, which reviews the product from safety, security, and AI perspectives. You will collaborate with diverse teams, including system design, architecture, development, testing, project management, and other support teams. We seek individuals who can adapt product assessment to a real project. 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

Design a robust, end-to-end product assessment framework that covers safety, security, and AI quality standards. You will ensure these standards are not merely for compliance but are optimized to accelerate speed and efficiency in mass production
Lead product assessment not as a "checker," but as a technical partner. Use the assessment process as a forum for deep technical dialogue to help teams identify design, architecture, and coding risks early in the development lifecycle
Prepare and present product assessment reports to management that detail the assessment results, including any identified issues and recommendations for corrective actions
Continuously improve our operational efficiency by integrating state-of-the-art automation tools, transforming our product assessment workflow into a scalable, data-driven engine that evolves alongside Woven by Toyota’s engineering needs

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of experience in the automotive industry
Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and automotive industry best practices, like Automotive SPICE
Experience applying quality standards like ISO 250xx
Experience applying safety standards like ISO 26262/21448
Experience applying security standards like ISO 21434

NICE TO HAVES

Work experience related to software quality metrics and analysis for quality data (e.g., Cyclomatic complexity)
Work experience in Agile/Scrum development by using Jira/Confluence
Experience in Requirement management tools like DOORS, Jama, Integrity, and Polarion
Experience of collaboration and alignment with cross-functional/department stakeholders to progress the activity
Experience of utilizing AI/ML-related technology for Quality Assurance Activity
Experience of leading a hybrid team consists of different domains’ external experts/consultants
The dynamic interest of the automotive industry in advanced technologies and mass production practices