Lead, Management Role JOBS

【AMR】Technical Sales Manager【For Logistics & MFG】
Company
An AMR startup founded by a former automotive AD tech lead. Owns products such as autonomous transport robot that can switch between AGV mode on trajectory and autonomous mode without pre-defined trajectory, general purpose towing solution for 3rd party trolleys, and fleet management system. Since the product's release in 2022, sales have been steadily increasing. - Established: March 2020 - Workforces: 20+ - Capital: JPY 100M
Location
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Company

An AMR startup founded by a former automotive AD tech lead. Owns products such as autonomous transport robot that can switch between AGV mode on trajectory and autonomous mode without pre-defined trajectory, general purpose towing solution for 3rd party trolleys, and fleet management system. Since the product's release in 2022, sales have been steadily increasing. - Established: March 2020 - Workforces: 20+ - Capital: JPY 100M

Location

Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Job Description

As the number of cases increases, the company is looking for someone to design solutions in order to raise the level of their solution proposals and solve customer issues at a more advanced level. [Job Contents] - Through customer visits and communication with sales staff, understand customers' on-site operations and their challenges, and devise solutions that the company can provide. - Through communication with product and technical staff, organize what the company can provide and incorporate it into proposals. - After creating a solution, perform simulations to verify feasibility. - Calculate return on investment and quantitatively demonstrate the benefits of implementation to customers. - Gather internal knowledge to create project specifications, then present them to customers through sales. - Organize customer needs into technical requirements and provide feedback to product staff. - Generally, negotiations with customers are handled by sales, but will be conducted as necessary to improve the quality of proposals.

Requirement

[Experience required (must-have)] - Experience in defining requirements and creating customer proposals in the automation, robotics, or FA industries - Sales experience in the automation, robotics, or FA industries, or implementation consulting experience (otherwise, sales experience to the company's customers in the logistics or manufacturing industries) - Experience proposing solutions based on issues' understanding - Experience achieving concrete results in proposal-based sales and client work - Japanese language ability to understand customer needs through discussion - Experience creating proposals based on quantitative information such as return on investment and efficiency calculations - College graduate or above: No particular faculty is required, but understanding of technical content is essential [Preferred experience and skills] - Ability to understand both technical and business aspects - Experience visiting the site and converting abstract onsite issues into concrete measures and implementing them - Customer technical evaluation and verification of various new products and solutions - Working with sales and engineering departments to make proposals for orders, such as demos - Strengthening relationships with existing partners to expand business - Ability to explain in simple terms that even those without technical knowledge, such as management or business departments, can understand - Communication skills that allow you to get customers and related parties in the company involved and get the job done - Motivation to actively learn new technologies and business skills - Business-level English conversation and writing/reading skills Business level preferred

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Satellite Systems Engineer
Company
Build constellations of small SAR satellites developed and operated in-house to generate and provide data. Also use their unique data analysis capabilities to provide data-based solutions to the world's various challenges. Established: 2018 Capital: 100 million yen
Location
Koto-ku, Tokyo

Company

Build constellations of small SAR satellites developed and operated in-house to generate and provide data. Also use their unique data analysis capabilities to provide data-based solutions to the world's various challenges. Established: 2018 Capital: 100 million yen

Location

Koto-ku, Tokyo

Job Description

In a team responsible for the system development of company's satellite and the overall coordination of satellite development, you will be involved in various aspects of satellite design, development, testing and operation. Responsibility: Lead and oversee the design, integration and testing of satellite systems. Details of work: - Satellite system design - Mission design and analysis - Coordinate with cross functional teams - Interface management between subsystems - Develop test plans for satellite system testing - Support for satellite system operations - Satellite design schedule management - Troubleshoot and resolve issues - Prepare and review technical documents

Requirement

[Mandatory] - Experience of more than 3 years in satellite system design, testing, operation, or related fields - Experience in team work - Business level English [Preferred] - Preferred qualifications - Experience in satellite systems development - Experience with satellite system design and development with MATLAB - Experience in system modeling using SysML - Experience in project management Business level

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【Heavy Machinery Automation】Project Manager
Company
A startup tackling difficult automation of machines leveraging AI. Co-founded by members with AI / CS background. Having successfully delivered projects such as automation of excavator, food dispensing etc., currently focuses on construction machine automation. Year of foundation: 2016 Capital: 1.6 billion yen Workforces: about 30
Location
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Company

A startup tackling difficult automation of machines leveraging AI. Co-founded by members with AI / CS background. Having successfully delivered projects such as automation of excavator, food dispensing etc., currently focuses on construction machine automation. Year of foundation: 2016 Capital: 1.6 billion yen Workforces: about 30

Location

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Job Description

As a project manager, you will be managing the heavy machinery autonomous driving system development project. For each system development project, you will communicate with engineers and customers and work together to promote development. This is a rewarding position where you will be directly in touch with customers and involved in the development of an autonomous driving system for construction machines at the position closest to the site, and you will have a strong sense of getting closer to the realization of construction's future. Role / Responsibility: - Organizing the project goals and background - Establishing the project scope (budget and specifications) - Project planning and progress management (similar to the role of the product owner in Scrum development) - Internal communication work (reporting, facilitating discussions among engineers, etc.) - Negotiation with customers (contract type, project costs, specifications, etc.) - Communication with customers regarding projects (requirements design, reporting, PR, etc.) - Coordinating test implementation plans with customers - Technical sales to new customers - Other tasks as needed

Requirement

[ Minimum ] - Experience as a manager or leader in project management, etc. - 3+ years of experience in development projects, implementation projects, support, etc. involving communication with customers - Understanding of general software development management [ Preferred ] - Experience in designing, developing, verifying, and evaluating robotics systems - Experience in software development using Linux - Experience in development using ROS/ROS2 - Experience in hardware development such as mechanical design and electrical design - Experience in the construction industry [ Soft skills] - A bright and positive person - Someone who is open-minded and proactive in learning - Someone who recognizes the importance of collecting and sharing knowledge and know-how - Someone who values ​​output as a team - A hands-on attitude that involves working on your own and going onsite while leading project members Nice to have

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Satellite System Manager / Director
Company
A startup developing experiment satellites whose payload can be collected. Working on Japan's first atmospheric re-entry and payload collection. Utilizing the technology cultivated with this product, the company aspires to advance into space architecture and space transportation in the future. Year of foundation: 2021 Capital: 1.88 billion yen
Location
Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken

Company

A startup developing experiment satellites whose payload can be collected. Working on Japan's first atmospheric re-entry and payload collection. Utilizing the technology cultivated with this product, the company aspires to advance into space architecture and space transportation in the future. Year of foundation: 2021 Capital: 1.88 billion yen

Location

Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken

Job Description

You will be leading the system design and development of spacecraft, including orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs), deep space probes, and atmospheric re-entry systems, based on small satellites operated in low to geostationary orbits.

Requirement

Required skills: More than 5 years of experience in system development of small satellites or similar spacecraft (more than 3 years for PhD holders), or experience leading the system development of 3 or more spacecraft Nice-to-have skills: - Familiarity with spacecraft system configuration, mechanism, structure, functions, and their development and operation processes - Experience in spacecraft system design from concept level to detailed design - Experience in developing atmospheric re-entry systems - Experience in developing spacecraft propulsion systems - Development experience at a startup Soft skills: - Sympathy with the company's mission of "creating a world where everyone can live in space and enriching the future of humanity" - Ability to think and act independently in a startup at its early stage - Humbleness, consistent learning and growing - Not hesitant to communicate in English both inside and outside the company - Active involvement in new technology development Nice to have

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【Atmospheric Re-Entry】Propulsion System Manager / Engineer
Company
A startup developing experiment satellites whose payload can be collected. Working on Japan's first atmospheric re-entry and payload collection. Utilizing the technology cultivated with this product, the company aspires to advance into space architecture and space transportation in the future. Year of foundation: 2021 Capital: 1.88 billion yen
Location
Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken

Company

A startup developing experiment satellites whose payload can be collected. Working on Japan's first atmospheric re-entry and payload collection. Utilizing the technology cultivated with this product, the company aspires to advance into space architecture and space transportation in the future. Year of foundation: 2021 Capital: 1.88 billion yen

Location

Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken

Job Description

- As a playing manager, you will be responsible for research and development of their in-house developed hybrid thruster i.e. propulsion system for controlled re-entry, and high-thrust propulsion devices for future orbital maneuvers, as well as management of the propulsion system team. - Your duties will also include coordination / R&D management with collaborative research partners (universities, space agencies, etc.).

Requirement

Required skills: - More than 3 years experience in design and development of the propulsion systems for spacecraft, aircraft, or similar vehicles (including experience as a researcher at university) - Familiarity with design, analysis, and testing of propulsion systems for spacecraft, aircraft, or similar vehicles - Experience in joint research and joint projects with external parties Nice-to-have skills: - Familiarity with the manufacturing of propulsion systems and handling of propellants - Experience in finite element method numerical analysis for fluid dynamics (CFD, CAE) or related modeling (FORTRAN, MATLAB, etc.) - Experience in conducting combustion tests - Experience in setting specifications of thruster parts and its procurement - Experience in handling pressurized components (pressure vessels, valves, pipes, regulators, etc.) - Qualifications such as high-pressure gas production safety manager, explosives handling safety manager, etc. - Team management experience - Experience in managing joint research or joint projects involving multiple companies / universities Soft skills: - Sympathy with the company's mission of "creating a world where everyone can live in space and enriching the future of humanity" - Ability to think and act independently in a startup at its early stage - Humbleness, consistent learning and growing - Not hesitant to communicate in English both inside and outside the company - Active involvement in new technology development - Experience in developing spacecraft and reusable space systems - Experience in development at a startup Not hesitant to communicate in English both inside and outside the company

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Data Engineer【Publishing Industry】
Company
A joint venture founded by a trading company and 3 major publishers, aiming to bring sustainability to Japan's book distribution by digital transformation, including effective use of RFID and AI-driven optimization in publication / distribution.
Location
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Company

A joint venture founded by a trading company and 3 major publishers, aiming to bring sustainability to Japan's book distribution by digital transformation, including effective use of RFID and AI-driven optimization in publication / distribution.

Location

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Job Description

[ Role ] The recruiting company is building a workflow engine system using Apache Airflow and providing a platform with the mission of providing a data collection and processing infrastructure system and making publication distribution sustainable through data utilization. In this position, as a data platform engineer, you will be responsible for expanding the platform, as well as improving, investigating and verifying operational operations to cope with new customers and new measures. This is a very rewarding job that requires a wide range of technical understanding from the hardware layer, including networks, to the application layer. [ About this department ] The department provides supply chain optimization service powered by digital transformation (DX), in order to achieve sustainable publishing / distribution. Although coordination will be tough as there are many stakeholders that are publishers, distributors, and book stores, this is a rewarding position to be able to throughly transform the supply chain from up- to downstream. If you are tired of desktop verification, or wish to take on a new role, please join us in the challenge of industrial transformation! [ Technology stack ] Programing language: Python Framework: Apache Airflow Infra: Terraform Container: Docker GCP: Cloud Composer, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Big Query

Requirement

Mandatory: Two or more of the following - Experience in platform development, operation, and troubleshooting - Development experience using scripting languages (JS, Python, PHP etc) on the cloud - Practical experience in development using RDMS such as PostgreSQL - Experience using public clouds (GCP, AWS, Azure) - Experience building systems for workflow engines such as Apache Airflow, Apache NiFi - Database system design/tuning experience Preferred: - Environment construction and development in GCP - Data engineering experience - Experience in building and operating DWH such as Redshift, BigQuery - Project leader/sub leader experience - Network knowledge NA

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AI Engineering Manager【Infra Maintenance DX】
Company
A growing venture business whose mission is to automate the maintenance of social infrastructure by robotics and AI. Prioritize fee charging in subscription model with end user or license model with distributor, and avoid dead-end PoC. Their scope of solution provision is overall infra maintenance, not limited to drone service, which enables broader market access than their competitors. Founded in: October 2015 Number of employees: 122 Capital: 326 million yen
Location
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Company

A growing venture business whose mission is to automate the maintenance of social infrastructure by robotics and AI. Prioritize fee charging in subscription model with end user or license model with distributor, and avoid dead-end PoC. Their scope of solution provision is overall infra maintenance, not limited to drone service, which enables broader market access than their competitors. Founded in: October 2015 Number of employees: 122 Capital: 326 million yen

Location

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Job Description

◆Background We believe that managers responsible for people management will have a huge impact on the organization along the path to further strengthen and expand the foundation of the engineering organization. However, the manager position does not have much systematic know-how, making it difficult to be promoted in an organization with many player-oriented engineer members. The company has more than 10 AI engineers with diverse backgrounds, and is looking for an engineering manager who can bring out their strengths and connect them to business growth. ◆Role in the team You can start as a tech lead to understand the current development process and system, deepen mutual understanding with other members, and transition to people management. ◆Responsibility As an Engineering Manager, you will specifically be responsible for the following tasks: - Management of each team member (mentoring and coaching through 1on1) - Goal setting and evaluation - System design and operation - Strategy formulation for the engineering organization, collaboration with business strategy and product roadmap - Improve organizational performance ◆Business area: - Facility inspection Inspection of social infra / large factory / plant etc. owned by large enterprise or local government - Disaster countermeasure Rapid check of evacuation status and evacuation PR in the event of large-scale disaster without human operation - Security surveillance 24-hour security of wide area in factory / warehouse / harbour - Site management Process automation and advanced information management towards the efficiency improvement of construction site

Requirement

Required - Experience managing a development team of 5 or more people - AI development experience (emphasis on general engineering skills rather than knowledge of specific languages or frameworks) - Knowledge about CI/CD - Experience writing test code Preferred - Experience with agile development (Scrum development, etc.) - Experience managing a machine learning team - Machine learning development experience - Skills related to image processing/image recognition/image analysis - Deep learning/machine learning skills Business level preferred

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【Small SAR Satellite】Production Control
Company
Build constellations of small SAR satellites developed and operated in-house to generate and provide data. Also use their unique data analysis capabilities to provide data-based solutions to the world's various challenges. Established: 2018 Capital: 100 million yen
Location
Yamato city, Kanagawa prefecture

Company

Build constellations of small SAR satellites developed and operated in-house to generate and provide data. Also use their unique data analysis capabilities to provide data-based solutions to the world's various challenges. Established: 2018 Capital: 100 million yen

Location

Yamato city, Kanagawa prefecture

Job Description

Management of production, manufacturing, parts inventory/output, production schedule etc. for the small satellite constellation ■Specifically: - Management of production plans and procurement/purchasing plans - Manufacturing process planning and management - Production schedule management - Parts inventory/output management - Satellite manufacturing/assembly external partner management (personnel allocation/personnel management/contract management) ・Response to defects in the manufacturing process ・Coordination and negotiation with specialized teams, external partners, suppliers, etc. during in-house satellite development ■PR points - You can be involved in the development of small satellites with high performance at the forefront of new space of small satellite development and constellation. We will be able to play a role in achieving competitive satellite development in terms of costs and delivery times while maintaining quality for mass production. ・Involve in everything from production planning to shipping, develop a deep attachment to the satellite and feel the sense of fulfillment when it is launched. ・We have a flat organization, so it's an environment where you can actively share your ideas. ・As we are involved in the entire process of designing, developing, assembling, and launching small satellites, you can gain exposure to a wide variety of technologies

Requirement

Mandatory requirements ・Can commute to the new manufacturing base (Yamato city, Kanagawa Prefecture) every day ・Production/manufacturing management of products with high development elements or customized products ・Daily conversation level English, business level Japanese Desired requirements ・Production management and manufacturing management experience for spacecraft and artificial satellites ・Experience in building production systems ・Knowledge regarding production management Daily conversation level

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【Small SAR Satellite】Associate Project Manager
Company
Build constellations of small SAR satellites developed and operated in-house to generate and provide data. Also use their unique data analysis capabilities to provide data-based solutions to the world's various challenges. Established: 2018 Capital: 100 million yen
Location
Yamato city, Kanagawa prefecture

Company

Build constellations of small SAR satellites developed and operated in-house to generate and provide data. Also use their unique data analysis capabilities to provide data-based solutions to the world's various challenges. Established: 2018 Capital: 100 million yen

Location

Yamato city, Kanagawa prefecture

Job Description

The Satellite System Development Department designs, manufactures, and operates our own small satellites. The team is comprised of experienced members and advisors from traditional space industry, small satellite industry, and manufacturing industry that supports mass production. Up until now, "artificial satellite development" has only been produced in single unit mainly for government demand, but we have realized a speedy production system by reducing the size of satellites to 1/10 of the conventional size. We are looking for new members to join us as we move towards the mass production phase. - Satellite designing, development, manufacturing, launching schedule management and logistics management - External manufacturing partner management - Compatible with various regulations - Support for engineer design/manufacturing/testing work - Launch site support (persons who can travel overseas)

Requirement

Mandatory requirements Ability to work at a factory located in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture You can apply if any one (or more) applies to you. - Project management experience - Japanese and English, both business level (including reading and writing) - Proactive in communication, team building, and coordinating team members. - Experience in designing and manufacturing airplanes, cars, motorcycles, electrical equipment, etc. - Experience in mechanical/electrical environmental testing and quality control - Knowledge of development sites in the manufacturing industry - Experience in overseas transportation/overseas export license application - Self-starters, those with experience of anticipating and leading projects Business level

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AI Project Manager at Data Security Startup
Company
A startup providing secret-calculation-based data security and AI architecture design technology. Owns unique strength such as inter-business data linkage while keeping data secret. Year of foundation: 2016 Capital: JPY 100M Workforces: approx. 20
Location
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Company

A startup providing secret-calculation-based data security and AI architecture design technology. Owns unique strength such as inter-business data linkage while keeping data secret. Year of foundation: 2016 Capital: JPY 100M Workforces: approx. 20

Location

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Job Description

- Management in general of multiple engineering teams - Improvement of engineering organization and business process - Collaboration with software / ML engineers from within and outside Japan

Requirement

Mandatory skill / experience: - More than 2 years' experience leading project - Experience in end-to-end system development from requirement definition to implementation - Experience managing development resources (budget, progress, issue, quality) - Knowledge and experience about software development methodologies - Ability to communicate with customers in Japanese - Vitality to maintain high performance while learning Preferred skill / experience: - Significant success experience in project execution - Experience developing software on cloud platform - Knowledge in AI, ML, and math - Experience designing ML algorithm - Business level communication in English Daily conversational level or higher

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【Next-Gen Edge AI Sensing】Image Processing Algorithm Dev
Company
Japanese semicon maker holding top share in imaging sensor
Location
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Company

Japanese semicon maker holding top share in imaging sensor

Location

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Job Description

[ Mission as a team ] To fuse the optical and electrical evolution of stacked image sensor, which is the source of the company's competency, and conduct advance development and PoC for new products in imaging / sensing domain. [ Team's culture ] Members from wide range of technical background and ages are demonstrating different abilities toward technology development. The atmosphere eases frank conversation among members and managers. You can build career in wide scope from the root of technology development such as cooperation with academic or industrial partners overseas, to exit exploration into market in collaboration with business development members within the team. [ Responsibility ] You will be promoting alliance with industrial and academic partners overseas to facilitate the advance development of simulation technology towards AI model development utilizing image sensor. The mission takes overall approach that covers optics, sensor device, signal processing and AI technology. You are expected to lead advance technology development dealing with broad technical area with the axis on your expertise in image signal processing. [ Position ] Leader of a small team or senior member [ Possible career path ] You can gain experience of launching new business domain from zero as the project starts from alliance development with overseas organizations and relevant groups within the company group toward the new product realization. You can also lean cutting edge technology of wide range required to realize next-generation sensing technology.

Requirement

Mast have: - 3 years or more professional experience in image signal processing development - Implementation skill in languages such as C++, Python Nice to have: - Knowledge about image sensor or optics - Professional experience utilizing AI technology in image signal processing development Soft skills: - Will to challenge new technology and overcome difficulties to make it real - Strength in logical thinking and conceptual communication - Readiness to contribute to project with technical skills to pioneer new business - Vitality to push forward the tasks that takes cross-organization cooperation Must have: - TOEIC 700+ - Ability to understand technical document and communicate via email (work involves overseas collaboration) Nice to have: - Ability to conduct oral conversation on technical matters (to collaborate with dev centers and partner companies overseas)

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【Solar Panel Cleaning Robot】Mechanical Design Engineer or Manager
Company
Japanese venture company founded by robotics engineer. Main product is a cleaning robot for solar panels, which is equipped with fan and brush and can semi-autonomously operate under harsh environment. Target market is the desert area in the Middle East and India, where mega solar plants are operating and rainfall is less. The product has been developed since 2008, and is currently in the leading position among similar robots. They also develop other types of robots to be used for cleaning / inspection etc. for outdoor use, where their expertise in robustness can be best utilized. Year founded: 2004 Capital: JPY 30 million Number of employees: approx. 20
Location
Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken

Company

Japanese venture company founded by robotics engineer. Main product is a cleaning robot for solar panels, which is equipped with fan and brush and can semi-autonomously operate under harsh environment. Target market is the desert area in the Middle East and India, where mega solar plants are operating and rainfall is less. The product has been developed since 2008, and is currently in the leading position among similar robots. They also develop other types of robots to be used for cleaning / inspection etc. for outdoor use, where their expertise in robustness can be best utilized. Year founded: 2004 Capital: JPY 30 million Number of employees: approx. 20

Location

Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken

Job Description

You will be engaged in design and development of autonomous robots - the solar panel cleaning robot as well as new robot to operate outdoors. Main responsibilities are: - Mechanical design of autonomous robot (new development and improvement of current model) - Pre-research and technology development about new robot - Brainstorming for concept planning, and specification You are also expected to cover broad tasks such as planning and management of development, list preparation / execution / management for evaluation, and so on. Team management role is also considerable depending on capability.

Requirement

MUST: - Professional experience in mechanical design (more than 3 years) - CAD skill (on Solidworks or other tool) - Fundamental knowledge in material and mechanical mechanics WANT (preferred if you apply to one or more): - Experience of design and development of new product, not just improvement of design - Experience developing mass product on the scale of hundreds to thousands units - Experience designing mobility or robot (of any product type) - Experience in cost reduction or weight reduction - Experience managing project with 5-people team or more Soft skills: - Ability to work proactively with leadership without limiting his/her task coverage - Ability to enjoy 0-to-1 development with flexible mind - Communication skill to coordinate internal and external stake-holders NA

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