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About the Role
The Application Engineering function serves as the overall technical coordinator for projects, ensuring smooth execution and timely delivery. Application Engineering plays a key role in achieving project objectives and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical application projects and coordinate product development activities according to customer requirements.
- Plan, manage and track technical deliverables across global cross-functional engineering teams.
- Serve as the primary technical interface between customers, local teams and global stakeholders.
- Lead technical discussions, negotiations and alignment meetings with customers and partners.
- Identify, evaluate and mitigate technical, quality and schedule-related project risks.
- Coordinate engineering work packages and ensure timely project execution.
- Drive issue resolution and technical decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
- Take ownership of local project leadership responsibilities to support successful project delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related technical field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive engineering, embedded systems or software development.
- Experience in automotive project management and cross-functional project coordination.
- Good understanding of vehicle communication networks such as CAN and CAN-FD.
- Knowledge of embedded systems engineering and automotive development processes.
- Business-level communication skills in both Japanese and English.
- Strong ownership, teamwork and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred: experience with driveline systems, ISO 26262, cybersecurity, requirements management or issue tracking tools.
Skills
- Automotive engineering
- Embedded systems
- Software development
- Automotive project management
- Cross-functional project coordination
- CAN
- CAN-FD
- Embedded systems engineering
- Automotive development processes
- Japanese communication
- English communication
- Ownership
- Teamwork
- Stakeholder management
- Driveline systems
- ISO 26262
- Cybersecurity
- Requirements management
- Issue tracking tools
Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Work Type
- Hybrid Work Environment
- Flexible Working Hour
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or a related technical field
Benefits
- Annual Leave
About the Company
- CVS R&D Japan is responsible for the development of driveline technologies for commercial vehicles, including transmissions, e-mobility systems, and driveline components, as part of ZF's Engineering organization.
- The department focuses on the integration and application of these technologies into customer vehicles.