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: 109 Capital: 555 million yen

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

[Customers] Currently, our main customers are infrastructure operators and construction companies such as power plants. Until now, quality has been ensured through labor-intensive methods, but the decline in the workforce and work style reforms have made it urgent to promote digital transformation. We are working on digital transformation with digital transformation personnel and field operation personnel from each company, and are then expanding those solutions to other companies. [Business area] The maintenance market for social and industrial infrastructure is said to be worth 5 trillion yen in Japan, and we are working on solutions to drastically improve the negative aspects of this vast market. Digital transformation has progressed in desk work so far, but there is a lot of white space for non-desk work that involves on-site work such as infrastructure work, and there are still many situations where paper work and the judgment of experts are relied upon, and we believe there is room for significant improvement. Currently, we are mainly working on equipment inspections, on-site management, and security surveillance, and we plan to expand in the future. [Recruitment background] We are working to solve social issues in Japan, especially in the infrastructure industry, where issues such as labor shortages and aging infrastructure are becoming apparent. So far, digital transformation has progressed in desk work, but there are many white spaces in non-desk work that involves on-site work such as infrastructure work, and in many cases they still rely on paper work and the judgment of experts, so we believe there is room for significant improvement. We are developing and providing solutions that utilize robotics, AI, XR, etc. to address the above issues. To further accelerate the creation of solutions that solve these issues, we are looking for someone to lead the business as a project manager who promotes planning, development, and operation. [Mission of the department: Solution Group] For new and additional digital transformation solutions mainly for the social infrastructure industry, product managers, UI/UX designers, and engineers work together to promote business considerations, requirements definition, release, and product growth. [About the team] To be assigned to the Project Management Team Total of 24 people (employees) We are a team consisting of a wide range of ages from 20s to 40s, and we support our customers' work. There is an atmosphere of active collaboration without departmental boundaries. We are consistently promoting projects for DX promotion for customers in the social and industrial infrastructure industry, from planning to proposal, execution, and direction. [Job Description] - Promoting planning and problem consideration for projects aimed at transforming customers' business operations - Project management for solution development through co-creation projects - Business consideration, requirements definition to release, product growth management - Necessary rules and contracts with customers and external partners, operation design, etc. Many projects last about 3 to 12 months, and we use a variety of technologies (AI, robots, IoT, etc.) to solve on-site issues.

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A Japanese cooking robot startup automating tasks such as cooking, serving, and cleaning by a sophisticated combination of hardware and software technologies. In addition to system integration tailored to the store, and the development of recognition and control software, they also develop some of the hardware in-house or jointly to achieve optimal customization. Established: 2018 Number of employees: 82 Capital: 4.39 billion yen

Koto-ku, Tokyo

You will be primarily responsible for project management of contracted development. You will make proposals to the management of Japan's leading food manufacturers or restaurant chains and work towards resolving their issues. The main duties are as follows: - Planning and executing project plans — Formulating overall project plans including goal setting, schedule creation, and budget management — Monitoring project progress and adhering to QCD - Team coordination and management — Coordinating and managing project teams through collaboration with multiple stakeholders — Clarifying the roles and responsibilities of team members and promoting smooth communication - Risk management and problem solving — Predicting project risks and planning and implementing appropriate measures — Responding quickly when problems occur and proposing and implementing solutions - Quality control of deliverables — Ensuring the quality of deliverables in each phase and meeting the expectations of customers and stakeholders - Communication with customers, including negotiations — Facilitating smooth communication with clients even under difficult circumstances, such as reporting on project QCD, adjusting expectations, and negotiations

[Required] - 3+ years of practical experience in project management, including negotiations with customers - Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously - Experience in the manufacturing industry [Welcome] - Experience in proposal sales and consulting sales - Experience in project management in a design/development environment Nice to have

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: about 50 ppl - Capital: JPY 100M

Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken

Main role: - Experience in project management for implementation projects - Experience in project management including technical issues such as joint development - Understanding customer needs and making proposals for improving functionality - Responding to new/existing customers (partial)

[Required] - Experience in solution planning and sales for enterprises or - Experience in any of the following related to product development a) Product Management b) Project Management c) Product Owner - Ability to create business documents in Japanese and communicate with customers and within the company [Preferred] - Experience managing multiple projects - Knowledge and experience in the automotive, manufacturing, and logistics industries - Experience in DX and strategy planning at consulting companies/business companies, etc. - Experience in planning sales strategies including agencies, etc. Nice to have

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

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

As a Technical Project Manager, you will be in charge of two long-term projects with 6-10 developers in the company's matrix organization. Work details: - In each project your core responsibility would be to organize and coordinate the development team to ensure a steady velocity and that the project can meet the deadlines. - You will work closely with a Solution Manager from the business side to maintain the overall timeline, determine development scope, identify and mitigate risks and issues. - Together with Software Architects and developers you will define the technical approach to achieve client-facing functionality in a sustainable way.

- At least a Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field. - 3+ years of experience in project management or leading software development teams. - Knowledge of software development workflows and principles. - Familiarity with Linux and containerisation. - Experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++, Python, or JavaScript). - Robotics experience or ROS knowledge is a big plus. - Excellent communication and organisation skills - Proficiency in spoken and written English; Japanese is a plus but not required. - Ability to break down complex processes and technical concepts. - Familiarity with Agile and the Scrum methodology. - Hands-on attitude and positivity to drive the projects forward while having fun. Fluent

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: approx. 50 - Capital: JPY 100M

Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken

[Job Description] This is an engineer who leads the development of the company's core technology software, including the software that is the core of robot systems such as AMR. As AMR is accepted in many markets and joint development progresses, development is becoming more complex. In order to maintain the competitiveness of our products, the company is currently planning relatively large-scale development including the renewal of the software architecture as well as continuous addition of functions to respond to various use cases. We are looking for engineers who can carry out such projects. - You will also be coding on your own (you may also be in a position to lead the team) - Plan the introduction of various frameworks, middleware, etc. - Carry out development with team members in accordance with the philosophy of scrum development - Review the team's code [Team and role] You will belong to the AMR Software team in the Tech department that develops core technologies. Basically, you will develop almost all the software located in the autonomous mobile robot (AMR). - Autonomous movement software using SLAM - Software for monitoring the status of AMR - Embedded software for managing the status of internal components such as various sensors and power supplies - Simulation software for verifying software operation You may be required to travel to customer sites to investigate software defects. The following currently exist separately and are therefore outside the scope of this position, but you may be able to work flexibly as needed. - A team that prepares and tunes the software for on-site implementation of the product - A team that evaluates the quality of the product - A team that manages the upper system for group control [Tools used] - The company's robot solution - Configuration management tool: Ansible - System monitoring: Prometheus / Grafana - In-robot software: Linux (Ubuntu) / ROS / Docker / Zephyr OS - In-robot hardware: X86 / ARM - Communication: MQTT, ModBus - Communication and documentation tools: Slack / Notion / Google WorkSpace - Ticket-based task management tool: Jira - Server environment: On-premise server, GCP - Development language: C++, Rust, Python (some C++ has begun to be replaced with Rust) - HW related: SolidWorks / Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D Printer / KiCAD

[Required] - Robot control, control engineering, or related academic fields, or equivalent practical experience -- Navigation -- Sensor integration technology -- Control engineering -- Experience developing software to control hardware products - More than 3 years of practical experience using ROS (ROS1, ROS2) - Intermediate level of Japanese (Collaboration with in-house members who only speak Japanese) - Intermediate level of English (Collaboration with in-house members who only speak English) [Welcome] - Experience working on commercial robot software that operates in a real environment - Completed a doctoral or master's course in a robot-related field (robot control, control engineering, computer science, etc.). - Experience as a team leader or other leadership role - Experience using the Rust language - Knowledge and experience of computer hardware layers - Experience working with embedded software - Experience using embedded real-time OS - Experience using cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.). - Practical experience with container technology (Docker, Kubernetes). - Business level English - Business level Japanese - Experience in negotiating with customers - Participants in various robot contests, coding challenges, and other events - Able to concurrently serve in other positions (job content will be defined and adjusted flexibly to a certain extent based on experience, abilities, etc.) Upper conversational level

Japanese venture business developing, fabricating and selling communication robots for consumer market. Also develops robots and IoT products on contract basis. Year of foundation: 2007 Number of employees: approx. 40

Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

[Recruitment background] As our in-house products are being born one after another and inquiries for contract projects are increasing, the number of products moving on to the mass production phase is also increasing, so we would like to strengthen our resources by increasing the number of staff. [Expected job description] As part of the planning and management of mass production projects for robots and IoT products, - Support the launch and optimization of factories and manufacturing lines at subcontractors, and lead operations - Production management - Product procurement, parts procurement, collaboration and coordination with suppliers and partner companies - Various evaluation tasks in mass production development - Failure analysis, product design improvement - Cost management, schedule management, and quality assurance - Information sharing and problem-solving support between development and manufacturing teams - Import and export operations (certification acquisition in each country, documentation support, security response, etc.) - Consulting on the above domains in customer product development [Products involved] - New products in small lots to several thousand units (including our own products and contracted projects) - Repeat production and improvement of our existing products [Attraction of this job] - The immeasurable excitement of seeing the first unit before the development engineer - The sense of accomplishment when you solve a customer's problem using your own knowledge - The joy of working with not only engineers but the whole company to launch a product as a team - The joy of facing manufacturing head-on - The joy of delivering the product to users who love it

[Required requirements] - Project management experience (preferably manufacturing/mass production projects) - Experience in setting up a factory or production line - Ability to negotiate with teams and partner companies - Basic knowledge of manufacturing processes and production management - Experience in mechanical design, jig and tool design, creating work procedure manuals, and creating BOMs - A love of manufacturing [Preferred requirements] - Experience in mass production of robots, precision machinery, and electronic devices - Experience in electrical design/software development related to mass-produced products - Proven track record of cost reduction and quality improvement in the manufacturing industry - QA experience - English ability (may involve collaboration with overseas suppliers) - Work experience at a hardware startup company [We welcome those who】 - Want to contribute to market creation in a growing market - Want to develop products in a small, elite team - Want to try their hand at platform development - Want to gain a business perspective - Like robots Not requried

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

Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

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

[ 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

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

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.

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

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.

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

[ 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

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

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

Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

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

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

Japanese semicon maker holding top share in imaging sensor

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

[ 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.

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)

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

Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa-ken

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.

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