Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Digital Twin Platform

About Woven by ToyotaWoven by Toyota, a part of the Toyota Group, is challenging the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation and empowering mobility transformation. Through our AD/ADAS technology, our automotive software development platform Arene OS, our mobility test course Toyota Woven City, and Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital, we are pioneering the movement of people, goods, information, and energy, weaving a future of enhanced safety, connectivity and well-being for all.
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TEAMToyota 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.
For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?We’re looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer who is passionate about enabling a novel digital twin platform. It is one of the key catalysts of innovations in Woven City. Though Woven City is a ‘living laboratory’, it would be better that inventors’ ideas can be tested in a virtual environment before trying in the real city. Our platform will accelerate their innovations by providing a city-scale testing environment for their ideas, services and products. The platform can be used to simulate and digitally reproduce various city activities such as residents daily life, traffic dynamics, energy consumption to name a few, which requires computation of complex interactions among agents and environment. Since the number of agents and necessary activities are open to future use, we have to build a resilient and scalable infrastructure to handle the demand as use grows. We are looking for someone who loves the vision of the digital twin platform, can lead the ML engineering related efforts, and provide strong technical guidance. This member will provide strategic direction, especially as it relates to training and serving ML models, and will be integral into the design and development of ML related systems and services needed to run, monitor, and scale the digital twin platform and supporting services.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop roadmap to enable platform to deliver AI solutions
• Develop pipelines and components to manage, monitor, and maintain the health of training pipelines, ML flows, model serving, and storage of artifacts
• Design and implement research and supporting infrastructure
• Evaluate models and algorithms
• Collaborate within and across teams to develop, document,  and deliver best practices

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of work experience, 3+ years with PhD
• Professional experience in one or more languages, such as C++, Java, C#, Python
• Experience in developing MLOps processes
• Experience with Python using ML framework (e.g. pytorch, keras, etc.) 
• Strong communication skills in English

NICE TO HAVES

• Deployed models for generative AI, video understanding, NLP, RL, Graphical models (e.g. GNN), or related capabilities in production environments
• Experience with big data platforms and stacks (e.g. Hadoop, Kafka, Spark)
• Extensive background in large-scale batch and/or stream processing
• Familiarity with modern Data Engineering tooling: ingestion, orchestration, transformation (e.g. Spark, DBT, Airflow)
• Familiarity with DevOps and/or DataOps best practices preferably in a cloud environment (e.g. AWS)

=========================================================================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)
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