Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Energy Products

TokyoSenior7+ years

About Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society.

Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.

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TEAM

Toyota is redefining what it means to move. We're challenging the current state of mobility by enhancing the movement of people, goods, information and energy. Centered around three core concepts - A Living Laboratory™, Human-Centered, and Ever Evolving City™ - Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.

We do this by bringing together a diverse community of people with a shared passion for the future of mobility to co-create, develop and refine innovative products and services. This cross-section of social infrastructure, mobility, and people provides a unique opportunity for inventors, residents and visitors to interact seamlessly with new technologies throughout daily life in an environment that emulates a real city.

This team is responsible for planning services for BEV owners. They are composed of experts in electric power, software, UX, and new business development. They collaborate with the in-house power operations team in Woven City and other related departments within Toyota Motor Corporation to support Toyota’s transition to “Mobility Company” by creating new electricity services. You will report to a product delivery manager within the Energy Product team..

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

The objective of this position is to lead the development of the optimization engines of energy management systems as the core competency of the products which leverage BEVs to minimize energy costs effortlessly by automatically controlling charging and discharging behavior to achieve intuitive user experience. As our product needs to connect with multiple types of software to build optimization engines utilizing the obtained data, it requires past experience developing optimization systems for user friendly products using LLM / AI. Our team consists of talented engineers who have built the basic foundation of the system, but we require the technical expertise to design, build, and validate the machine learning and optimization models that sit at the core of our product, drawing on data from multiple connected software systems.
Beyond the technical, you’ll need to think from a user’s perspective, work across teams and most importantly, be able to communicate on a number of levels with technical / product / business stakeholders. Our products need to be understandable by other developer teams within the company and also at Toyota to be maintainable, reliable and extensible for our own needs. The team operates with an agile approach, emphasizing speed and efficiency in project planning. We are seeking someone who can enjoy the dynamism and problem-solving involved.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Utilize state of the art technology to design, develop, and deploy the optimization engine controlling BEV charging/discharging to minimize household energy costs

Build, train, and evaluate machine learning / optimization models (e.g., forecasting energy prices, demand, and vehicle usage; formulating and solving the control/optimization problem)

Work with other engineers and the product manager, understand the needs of the complex environment and align development accordingly

Identify issues, propose solutions, and solve problems, from a technical standpoint, by leading communication with internal & external stakeholders

Work with integration teams to ensure the technologies you create, work usefully and seamlessly

Mentor team members and promote engineering best practices through documentation, collaboration, and code quality

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent area

7+ years of relevant work experience in machine learning / optimization / data science

Strong programming skills particularly in Python & Go and ML frameworks

Experience taking ML models from prototype to production

Knowledge of one or more cloud compute platforms, such as AWS

Strong business communication skills with stakeholders

Strong background in areas relevant to designing core, well tested building blocks that others can rely on

Ability to think, design and code for the user’s perspective

An infectious passion for solving complex problems, learning new techniques and technologies

Business-level proficiency in Japanese / English

NICE TO HAVES

Experience with container technologies like Docker and container management systems like Kubernetes

Experience with build systems, continuous integration and/or continuous deployment (CI/CD)

Experience working with GPU compute (for ML components)

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Important Points

・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.

・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.

・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

WHAT WE OFFER

・Competitive Salary - Based on experience

・Work Hours - Flexible working time

・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)

・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)

・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company

・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance

・Housing Allowance

・Retirement Benefits

・Rental Cars Support

・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment