A Japanese IoT startup with a mission to enable software to handle real-world information. The company was an early adopter of edge computing and excels in high-speed edge AI technology. It has numerous deployments with customers, primarily in the manufacturing and retail industries. Established: 2015 Capital: 2.867 billion yen Number of employees: Over 50

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Mostly remote work, but occasional office visits required)

[Team's Mission] The FDE's mission is to solve customer on-site challenges through engineering, acting as professionals with a deep understanding of technology and the company's products. Furthermore, a crucial role of the FDE is to feed back the knowledge gained from problem-solving into the product. While the company possesses strong assets such as its own products, application suite, and R&D assets, simply applying off-the-shelf solutions to complex and difficult physical challenges is unlikely to achieve fundamental problem-solving. The FDE's role is to maximize the use of these company assets while performing the necessary engineering to solve fundamental problems. This will involve deeply understanding customer challenges and proposing solutions. [Hiring Background] With the decision to implement our product for a large-scale enterprise customer and the accelerating pace of deployment, strengthening our technical capabilities to handle everything from implementation to production operation is urgently needed. Currently, proposals and orders are being driven by existing members and partners, but we lack the resources to handle the implementation and utilization phases, and are in the process of developing our organizational structure. Therefore, we are seeking someone to lead product implementation, deployment, and utilization support as a founding member of the FDE organization. [Job Summary] The FDE position is responsible for technically leading the entire process of deploying the company's products, from production deployment to operational stabilization and results generation. This involves not only implementing defined requirements, but also understanding customer challenges, maximizing product value through design, implementation, and improvement proposals for deployment and operation, and driving continued and expanded use. [Specific Tasks] - Design, implementation, and release of deployment to customer environments (PoC to production) - Technical requirements definition (customer interviews, assumption organization, constraint identification, configuration design) - Design, implementation, and operation of API integration and peripheral system integration - Improvements for deployment to production (monitoring, operation flow, incident response design, etc.) - Support for post-deployment utilization and results generation (technical problem solving, improvement proposals) - Project promotion through collaboration with internal teams (PdM/Bizdev/partners)

Required skills: - 3+ years of software development experience (Linux, cloud, and API development experience preferred) - 2+ years of practical experience in software development using Python, C, or C++ - Experience in requirements definition or customer negotiation Preferred skills: - Development experience using edge devices such as Raspberry Pi or Jetson - Development experience under hardware constraints - Experience building logic utilizing sensor devices or AI output information - Development experience using machine learning - Image processing development experience - Network-related knowledge - Experience developing, maintaining, and operating in-house IT services - Ability to organize requirements and propose specifications from a user's perspective - Ability to infer and adjust customer expectations based on B2B service development experience - Ability to communicate complex technical content and business requirements clearly and concisely to non-IT members. Furthermore, the ability to organize and share information through effective document creation - The ability to mediate between members with differing opinions, facilitate discussions, and guide consensus building Soft skills: - The ability to complete necessary implementation and verification for customer challenges (expertise in all technical areas is not required) - The ability to formulate hypotheses, organize them, and propose the next step, even when requirements are not yet finalized - The ability to not just implement and then stop, but to become involved in operations and continue improving until results are achieved Nice to have

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

Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo or Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken can be considerable)

Under the supervision of a team leader, you will develop embedded software for onboard satellite equipment. Specifically, you will be responsible for the following tasks: - Input/output with sensors and actuators that run on the onboard satellite's microcontroller and are necessary for satellite control and operation - Development of onboard software that performs inter-device communication, data processing, etc. - Adjustment of interface specifications with customers - Satellite operation and testing

Required Skills: - Experience developing microcontroller software using C/C++. 3+ years of experience in team development. Also, have a proven track record of releasing a product to market. - Experience designing communications interfaces (SPI, UART, I2C, CAN, etc.) - Experience designing sensor control software (temperature sensors, pressure sensors, acceleration sensors, etc.) (two or more of these). Preferred Skills: - Experience developing satellite software - Experience developing embedded OS (LINUX or RTOS) - Knowledge of Renesas microcontrollers (RX series), ARM, and RISC-V - Experience developing using Github - Experience developing at a startup Nice to have

A Japanese startup providing Earth observation by its own constellation of microsatellites, as well as manufacturing, operating support, and contracted development of microsatellites. Establishment: 2008 Capital: 14.29 billion yen

Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Hybrid style of remote & in-person working)

We're strengthening our team of FPGA engineers to support the expansion of our Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) business, a field that will grow significantly with the advent of 5G and beyond. We are looking for passionate individuals who are ready to take on the challenge of building a satellite-based communication infrastructure to help solve global societal issues. Join us and make a difference. - Design and Development: -- Design, develop, and implement modem/demodulation, telemetry, and command processing functions for satellite communication equipment using FPGAs. -- Develop coding/decoding functions, high-speed signal processing, and data transmission capabilities. -- Lead the design and evaluation of boards where FPGAs will be implemented. -- Review and provide feedback on FPGA designs developed in-house. - Testing and Collaboration: -- Lead the design and execution of various tests for developed communication equipment. -- Collaborate with satellite system engineers on interface design and verification testing for communication equipment. -- Work with ground network specialists to design operational procedures and network management system interfaces. - Operational and External Support: -- Provide operational support to the operations team. -- Coordinate with external organizations and vendors.

[Mandatory Requirements] - Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (e.g., Physics). - Practical experience in circuit design for microcontrollers or FPGAs and their peripheral circuits, including power supplies and digital/analog interfaces. - Over five years of experience in FPGA logic design using HDLs and IDEs, with the ability to create test benches. - Experience in designing and verifying high-speed SerDes interfaces. - Experience in designing digital signal processing with FPGAs. - The ability to design and lead various types of tests. - Fundamental knowledge and experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and stabilized power supplies. - Business-level or higher proficiency in Japanese or English. [Favorable Skills/Experiences] - A minimum of three years of experience in embedded hardware development. - Experience with negotiating with external contractors and suppliers, including defining specifications, cost negotiations, and managing delivery schedules. - A solid understanding of computer systems, especially embedded systems, or practical experience in this field. - Experience in schematic and PCB design. - Experience in designing FPGA systems using processor IP cores or SoC-type FPGAs. - Knowledge of embedded software development using C or C++. - Experience with FPGA and software development using Git. - Knowledge of command-line tools and scripting languages like Python. - Knowledge of real-time system development based on RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, vxWorks, uCLinux). - Proficiency with configuration management tools. - The ability to set up software build environments. Business-level or higher proficiency in Japanese or English

A Japanese venture designing and developing commercial small SAR satellites and providing data acquired by them Year of foundation: 2005 Capital: JPY 1,939 million Workforce: 68

Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka-ken

As a member of the satellite hardware development team, you will be responsible for the RF system of a mass-produced model of a small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite that is part of a constellation of 36 satellites. [Details] Various designs, analyses, tests, and evaluations of RF components to be installed on satellites - RF component and system design, device selection - Real machine evaluation using various measuring equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, etc.) - Outsourcing management related to the above

[Required] - Practical experience in component or system development of equipment with RF modules (devices, antennas, etc.) in GHz or higher in the fields of smartphones, automobiles, in-vehicle equipment, home robots, artificial satellites, wireless communication base stations, etc. - Familiar with the design, analysis, and evaluation of RF systems with RF modules in GHz or higher - Familiar with the evaluation of RF systems using RF measurement equipment such as spectrum analyzers and network analyzers [Preferred] - Experience in designing hardware components for artificial satellites - Experience in designing radar equipment - Technical communication skills in English [Desired personality] - Able to work with members inside and outside the company and work on projects as a team Nice to have

A Japanese startup whose mission is to achieve sustainable aquaculture with technology. Provides services such as smart feeder, fish body measurement, behavioral analysis, marine data provision etc. Year of foundation: 2016 Total fund raised: 1.22 billion yen Number of employees: 20+

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

One of the company's aquaculture services and current main product is a smart feeder that utilizes AI and IoT technology and is deployed at aquaculture sites in Japan. You will work with suppliers and business teams to improve the hardware design for this product based on user feedback and troubleshooting. [Background for hiring] Demand for the smart feeder is growing rapidly, and feedback from users, who are aquaculture operators, is also on the rise. The company want to strengthen their efforts to improve products and customer satisfaction by listening to such feedback directly at the aquaculture site and observing the situation with their own eyes, while working with suppliers and business teams to quickly reflect it in the manufacturing process and design, and by promoting improvements.

[Required conditions] - Interest in solving problems at aquaculture sites and empathy with the company's mission and values - Experience in design improvements based on customer requests - Experience in mechanical design and development using 3D CAD - Experience in on-site product installation and improvement - People who find it rewarding to sincerely deal with problems that occur on-site and feedback from customers - People who enjoy communicating both inside and outside the company - People who can travel to various parts of Japan - People who have a driver's license and can actually drive [Preferred conditions] - Experience working at a company that provides solutions to the primary industry - Experience in prototype design of equipment structures and mechanisms, and prototype circuits and programs - Basic knowledge of electrical machinery - Experience in designing or maintaining equipment for outdoor use - Product management experience Nice to have

Robotics startup co-founded by robotics researchers. Specialized in flexible and compact robots with unique strength in narrow inspection, pipe inspection, disaster rescue etc. Increasing focus on data platform for infra maintenance. Year of foundation: 2004 Workforces: approx. 30

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

・Design micro-services for our robots ・Design drivers for different sensors and devices used in our robots ・Interact with other members from mechanical, electronic and software backgrounds in order to develop and test robots for field applications

Must ・Experience in modern C++ programming (C++17) ・Experience in development and design of REST APIs ・Work experience with database management - SQL/no SQL databases ・Multi Thread programming ・Experience with software test and verification ・Practical experience with GitHub, GitLab (CI/CD) ・Practical experience with Docker ・Capability to develop using both Windows and Linux ・Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in IT or related subjects Preferred ・Knowledge of the main modules of Boost and OpenCV ・Bash (Linux/Windows) ・Knowledge of gRPC ・Python ・TensorFlow Business level

A Japanese venture company planning and developing security robot to work in commercial buildings, office buildings and other facilities. Their autonomous mobile robots are equipped with 3D SLAM by own-made laser sensor and cameras, and are coordinated on cloud platform. The product is in production use at airports and large buildings. Year of foundation: 2016 Capital: approx. 2.2 billion yen Number of employees: appros. 30

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

[System infrastructure development] - Development of software management system for robots: Develop management and update systems for containers that operate on robots - Development of communication infrastructure: Construct and develop communication infrastructure to connect robots to the cloud with high reliability using mobile network etc. - Simulation development: Build a simulation system that supports on-robot software development and evaluation by building a virtual test environment [Low layer robot system development] - Development of device drivers: Create ROS drivers for devices installed on robots and develop calibration tools etc. - Hardware module integration: Analyze and debug the hardware connected to the robot - Embedded software development: Develop firmware for measurement and control devices installed on robots [Environment recognition system development] - Object recognition for security applications using point clouds: Using 3D LiDAR data, develop 3D object recognition and detection systems according to customer requests - Robot image processing: Develop image processing using information such as the position of the robot, fusion processing system for other sensor information and images, etc. [Autonomous navigation system development] - Development of 3D map construction and self-localization system: Develop point-cloud-based probabilistic self-localization system, make it robust, and improve accuracy by fusing a large number of sensor data - Development of robot motion planning system: Develop global and local motion planning system, respond to various environments, enhance robustness etc. - Development of 3D LiDAR data processing system: Achieve high accuracy and reliability of obstacle detection using point cloud [Development of state management system] - Development of a state management system: Organize software module dependencies and develop a system that manages the state of the robot in order to execute user-instructed robot tasks and respond to incidents - Cloud collaboration system: Develop a system that connects the cloud and the state management system on robot - Development of robot's self-diagnosis function [Real-time data distribution system development] - Development of low-latency video distribution system: Develop real-time (sub-second) video processing, encryption, and distribution system to the cloud through mobile network

Mandatory: - C++ (C++11 or later) - Python - Linux - ROS - CI - Unit Testing - GitHub - Agile - Computer Science - Fundamental math knowledge such as linear algebra Preferable: - Deep knowledge in Docker & Linux / udev/systemd / site reliability / AWS - Deep knowledge in mobile communication & network communication / design pattern - Dynamics / knowledge in simulation framework - Knowledge in communication such as USB, and time sync - Ability to read device spec document & circuit diagram / ability to use oscilloscope / spec analysis of communication devices - Development experience on microcontroller - Point cloud processing, PCL - Image processing, OpenCV - Knowledge in probability-statistics / algorithms such as Kalman filter & particle filter - 3D point cloud data processing / SLAM - Optimization, search algorithm - State transition design - AWS IoT / Golang / knowledge in network communication - Image processing / understanding of streaming protocol / understanding of movie & audio encoding Nice to have

Commercial space technology design, manufacture and solution provider

Tokyo

Design, implementation and operation of: -Satellite on-board communication equipment -Ground station communication equipment -Satellite on-board micro-wave sensor Knowledge and skills specific to satellite operation and its data processing system is not mandatory at the time of application.

【Mandatory】 - University or college degree - Work experience in design, simulation and measurement by spectrum analyzer and network analyzer of high-frequency (1+GHz) circuits. 【Desirable】 - Experience in digital modulation and demodulation and/or software defined radios. - Experience in antenna design and/or measurement in electromagnetic anechoic chamber. - Business-level Japanese proficiency. Optional 【Note】 -Knowledge and skills specific to satellite communication system. -