Software Release Engineer

Woven by Toyota is the mobility technology subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Our mission is to deliver safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility for all. Through our Arene mobility software platform, safety-first automated driving technology and Toyota Woven City — our test course for advanced mobility — we’re bringing greater freedom, safety and happiness to people and society. 

Our unique global culture weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation and time-tested Japanese quality craftsmanship. We leverage these complementary strengths to amplify the capabilities of drivers, foster happiness, and elevate well-being.

TEAM

“Kaizen” is the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement, accomplished through cycles of reflection and action. Woven by Toyota’s Integration team is developing software tools and practices to achieve “Kaizen” in automated driving. Our goal is to operationalize modern CI/CD processes with a data-first approach to deliver performant software to our customers. 

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for a passionate engineer who is excited to contribute to autonomous driving and driver assist systems. As part of this role you will help build and maintain the software release systems, ensuring that software is delivered on time and with high quality. Your goal will be to release new autonomous driving software daily, monitoring new changes to software prior to releasing new software and investigating anomalies after the new software is cut. In addition you’ll aim to improve the development velocity via process changes, simulation testing, or other means, while maintaining a stable and robust main software branch. Experience in release operations and CI/CD releases process is preferred, especially in a safety critical environment such as automotive, aerospace, aeronautics, medical, etc. You will work cross-functionally with engineers developing and deploying CI/CD, simulation engineers, triage engineers, and autonomy development engineers in order to root cause regressions and in your endeavor to keep the main branch bug free.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Release Workflow Management: Support and enhance the release workflow, including daily release builds and production releases.
• CI/CD Pipeline Monitoring: Monitor and investigate anomalies revealed via CI/CD testing, software in the loop (SIL) testing, Hardware in the loop (HIL) testing, closed course vehicle testing, and initial autonomous public road testing in order to enable testing of new features and bug fixes.
• Large corpus data review: Utilize automated testing, tools, and dashboarding in order to make sense of the large corpus of simulation data created for each release and created during nightly tests.
• Enhanced Testing and Monitoring:  Implementation of more rigorous triage processes to root cause the source of incoming bugs/regressions and the utilization of tools like Arene SPL for downstream breakages testing.
• Integration with Production: Collaborate with production automotive release processes and influence best practices within the organization.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Utilize data-driven analysis to identify critical issues, prioritize efforts, and ensure optimal driving performance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to design upcoming features, requirements, and estimate their impact on driving performance.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of the release process, including changelogs, performance expectations, and risk assessments. Introduce scalable methods of automating reports and traceability.
• Work Breakdown: 90% release execution, 5% process improvement, 5% documentation

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of professional experience in related field.
• General understanding of common software development practices and DevOps.
• Familiarity in CI/CD tools and practices with experience in production environments.
• Experience with release management using GitHub Enterprise or similar tools.
• Track record of delivering high value results with consistent throughput to internal and external customers.

NICE TO HAVES

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, M.S. a plus.
• Experience shipping automotive production software, either OEM or Tier1. OTA specialization a bonus
• Proficiency in data science, statistics, root cause analysis, failure analysis.
• A generalist or robotics background, and a strong desire to learn new technical skills.
• Strong grasp of automated driving technologies spanning planning, control, perception, and localization.
• Experience with Python, C++, and Linux
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, JAMA, test management tools
• Japanese language proficiency

For positions based in Palo Alto, CA, the base pay for this position ranges from $94,500- $155,250 a year.

Your base salary is one part of your total compensation. We offer a base salary, short term and long term incentives, and a comprehensive benefits package. The total compensation offered to an employee will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and level.

WHAT WE OFFER

We are committed to creating a modern work environment that supports our employees and their loved ones. We offer many options of the best programs to allow you to do your most meaningful work and to help you shape the future of mobility.

・Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage

・A rewarding 401k program

・Flexible vacation policy

・Family planning and care benefits

Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

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