CW ADAS Evaluation Engineer II (99W207)

Position Title

ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) and ADS (Automated Driving Systems) Evaluation Engineer

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world's most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We're looking for diverse, talented team members who want to grow and challenge what's possible with us.

Who we're looking for

Toyota's Integrated Vehicle Systems (IVS) Division is looking for a passionate and highly motivated ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) and ADS (Automated Driving Systems) Evaluation Engineer.

The primary responsibility of this role is to support evaluations of current and future ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) and ADS (Automated Driving Systems) against defined performance requirements. Additionally, this engineer will support efforts required to develop any new performance requirements as needed.

Example activities include:

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, the person in this role will support the IVS division objectives to:

Note: this position may require up to 100% on-site attendance in the office, on proving grounds, or other locations

• Planning and executing evaluation activities in vehicles, in simulation environments, or to be performed by third party companies such as suppliers.
• Analyzing collected data from evaluation drives and simulation outputs
• Developing automation tools to improve data acquisition and analysis processes
• Evaluate and analyze ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) functions against performance requirements.
• Support the development of new performance targets and requirements.
• Communicate performance issues to through project leaders to suppliers & Toyota global counterparts, proposing appropriate countermeasures where needed.
• Implement quantitative benchmarking methods for ADAS (Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems) on competitor vehicles using GPS, camera, or other sensors.
• Configure, modify and troubleshoot test vehicles, sensors and data acquisition equipment.
• Complete data gathering evaluations on public roads and proving grounds.
• Analyze test data and make performance change recommendations to the system owners through project leaders.

What you bring

• Professional experience installing, troubleshooting, and using data acquisition & testing equipment in vehicles.
• Basic proficiency in creating or modifying tools and/or scripts to automatically analyze data using MATLAB, Python, C++, or other similar programming languages.
• Bachelors' degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical area.
• 2+ years of professional experience evaluating ADS or ADAS systems on vehicles.
• Professional experience driving vehicles on proving grounds.
• 1+ year of experience in 2 or more of the following sensors: machine vision cameras, radar, lidar, sonar.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% (US domestic).
• A valid US Drivers' License.

• What you may bring

• Experience developing software in shared repositories such as Git or SVN.
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems such as Windows, Linux, MacOS, etc.
• Experience writing scripts to automate standardized tasks or analyze large data sets.
• Experience developing or implementing new data acquisition systems for a bench or vehicle environment.
• Experience or functional knowledge of cloud computing systems such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or equivalent.