System Engineer, Staff/Senior Staff (Robotics)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of System Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
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Nice to have
- MS/PhD in Robotics, EE, ME, CS, or related field.
Full description
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Company:
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Y.K.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
General Summary:
Job Description
We are building the next generation of intelligent robots that operate safely and reliably in the real world. As Staff manager/Sr Staff of Systems Engineering, Candidate will join Japan Robotics Center team to support defining system architecture, ensuring end‑to‑end integration, and shipping production‑quality robotic systems at scale. The scope of Team will include translating product requirements into robust system designs spanning compute, sensing, perception, planning & control, actuation, power, connectivity, safety, and manufacturing test while driving execution across hardware, firmware, platform software, and AI. Candidate will be assigned to one of the teams as the main mission as below.
Mechatronics, Sensors & Hardware knowhow team
- Accumulate Mechatronics and Hardware Knowhow for robotics, including Mechatronic designs, system requirements, sensors.
- Lead to design mechatronics systems for QC’s own proto development, working with robotics customers, including sensors, actuators, power systems.
System Integration and Specification team
- Lead system integration from bring‑up through validation, field pilots, and release for customer use cases
- Stand up systems V‑model and stage gates; drive design reviews, FMEA/FTA, fault injection, and root cause analysis; own system KPIs (latency, power, thermal, availability, safety).
Safety, Quality & Compliance team
- Define the functional safety and operational safety concepts and lead compliance across relevant standards
- Institute quality systems (DFx, PFMEA, control plans, acceptance test, reliability growth/ALT/HTOL) and lead cross‑site design transfer to NPI/manufacturing.
Cross‑Functional, External and Partnership team
- Establish Partnership with Hardware, Firmware, Perception/AI, Controls, Platform SW, Cloud, PM, and Operations to deliver to schedule and cost.
- Manage suppliers and integrators; negotiate technical statements of work, acceptance criteria, and deliverables; ensure IP protection and security by design.
- Explore startup investment opportunities for Robotics
Responsibilities
- Technical Support : Drive the discussions of Qualcomm's Robotics market development strategy with Qualcomm Japan's local Business Development and Product Marketing teams from a technical perspective, and collaborate with IEIoT BU. Assist in the evaluation and PoC (Proof of Concept) of devices through deep technical engagement with customer implementers on demand.