Software Resident Engineer (Nagoya/Toyota city)

Job Posting Title

Software Resident Engineer (Nagoya/Toyota city)

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GKN Driveline Japan Limited (Japan)

Job Description Summary

Job Description:

Role Purpose & Value 　

Liaison with customer (Japan OEM), acting as technical Interface between customer and　GKN ECU software team. Lead customer interface ECU Software　reporting, open issue tracking, timeline management, and escalation management.

To strengthen our engineering team we are looking for a software Engineer to be a resident engineer at a large vehicle OEM. Your key responsibilities will be contributor and support of low voltage power electronics designs for application to Electronic Control Units and be the Lead Customer Interface, understanding, analyzing and managing customer change needs and requests relating to electrical software and execution feasibility. Your ability to speak both Japanese and English at business level will be important as this you will need to analyze, link, and distribute customer needs the GKN electrical software design and test team.

Tasks and areas of responsibility:

• Verify and if needed, debug the overall base software, e.g E- Electrical Diagnostics

Support the development team by architectural and detailed designs including Technical Safety Concept for Software and CyberSecurity related content (Specifications, etc.)

• Support SW-PL on detailed planning and customer coordination
• Interface with the customer on vehicle design FMEAs and diagnostics interfaces
• Reporting /Meeting/explanation/Presentation within OEM
• Support and debug software issues in the lab and at customer through commissioning, testing, diagnosing, and inspection through development life cycle
• Support release electrical software design outputs from ECAD tools according to GKN processes, and facilitate customer releases
• Understanding of Tests of ECU software
• Preferable : Understanding ECU Hardware 
  

Internal training
For 1st year before working at OEM, require basic technical training at Daikoji Technical Canter in Japan.

Required Skills and Education

Skills and Experience that will set you up for success:

• Engineering degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• Customer management experience
• Embedded Software Design, Development, calibration, and Management tools
• Relevant Engineering experience in Automotive Software / Electronics
• Automotive SW Know How (e.g. Communication Protocols, Diagnostics, AUTOSAR, MISRA, ...)
• Basic Electrics, Electronics and Microcontroller Know How Good
• Understanding of Automotive SPICE, ISO26262 & Cyber Security ISO/SAE21434 requirements (UN R 155/156)           
• Knowhow of Model based development and code generation (UML, Matlab/Simulink, Target Link, C++ language)
• E-Motor Controls and Inverter Know how
• Software Requirements Specification Know how

Language

• Japanese
   (Fluent level for writing/reading/listening to communicate with OEM customer)
• English (Basic level)
  

Others

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Driver License in Japan 
  
          

About Dauch:

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.