The posting
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
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop novel algorithms for computer vision applications, by connecting research elements into product and business through rapid prototyping, and present research findings both internally and externally
- Design, prototype, and develop production-ready systems that advance spatial intelligence and human-computer interaction. Bring research ideas and rapid prototypes into production as robust, scalable, and maintainable systems, working closely with researchers and backend/frontend engineers
- Explore and build novel interfaces that integrate across web, mobile devices, robots, smart glasses, and urban infrastructure
- Collaborate with world-class researchers to try experimental ideas and publish papers
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's in computer science, statistics, electrical engineering, other related areas or equivalent practical experience
- Programming experience in Python and proficiency in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or Tensorflow
- Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision, with a track record of publications at top-tier conferences or journals, e.g., CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ICRA, etc.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written in English
NICE TO HAVES
- Ph.D. in a relevant technical field
- Experience in research or algorithm development in areas such as 3D computer vision, including scene reconstruction and spatial reasoning, generative AI, and agentic AI
- Experience developing multimodal foundation models, including multimodal large language models (MLLMs), or generative AI products and services
- Experience defining and applying appropriate evaluation metrics and benchmarks for new features, models, algorithms, and end-to-end systems
- Experience training deep learning models on large-scale datasets
- Experience developing high-performance, scalable implementations of deep learning algorithms
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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
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.



