Machine Learning Engineer, Robotics (Internship) Full-time

About Woven by Toyota

Woven 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.

MAKE A BIG IMPACT TOGETHER

Are you ready to make a difference towards mobility for all? Woven by Toyota internships may be the place for you. In this internship program, you will participate in one meaningful project that impacts our future key results, and work with our colleagues as one team. Our world-class engineers will be your mentors, supporting you in order to provide you with a fruitful experience. We look forward to hearing from engineering students who have a strong passion to make people’s lives better and happier, and to create products that innovate the world through technology!

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
• Currently pursuing an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree with an expected graduation through to the end of March 2027

※Must be in school until the end of internship program
• Must be available for a 3-month on-site internship in 2025
• Have no more than 24 months of professional full-time work experience in the technology field (excluding internships, research and/or teaching assistant roles, and military experience)
• Overseas Students (Based outside of Japan) who require visa support must meet one of the following requirements:
• The internship program is part of your education and essential for your graduation
• This internship allows you to receive some credit(s) for your education program
• Have Bachelor degree at the time of application

WORKING CONDITIONS
• Start Date: June 1, 2025, August 1, 2025
• Internship Duration: 3 months
• Expected work hours: 5 days (40 hours/week), depending on visa and class scheduling, some flexibility for shorter hours may be available
• Salary Type: Hourly wage
• Work Location: Nihombashi (Head office)
• Others:
• The program is expected to be onsite
• Overseas Students (Based outside of Japan): Air tickets, visa support, and temporary housing will be provided
• Local Students (Outside of Tokyo): Temporarily housing will be provided

FINAL APPLICATION DUE

Start date: June 1, 2025
• Overseas Students (Based outside of Japan): January 19, 2025 JST 23:59
• Local Students (Including non-Japanese Based in Japan): March 23, 2025 JST 23:59

Start date: August 1, 2025
• Overseas Students (Based outside of Japan): February 21, 2025 JST 23:59
• Local Students (Including non-Japanese based in Japan): May 18, 2025 JST 23:59

※Please note that the position may be closed prior to the final application due date. Please apply as soon as possible.

TEAM

Toyota 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.

Our big challenge for engineers are:

1. Develop platform and services as mixture of hardware and software, running in the cloud and at the edge

2. Make our services competitive with TPS (Toyota Production System) that is the origin of “Lean manufacturing system” or “Just-in-Time (JIT) system”

Our team will develop innovative logistics services that are essential to the city. As a first party developer, we will also build a platform upon which third party partners can participate. Therefore, we are responsible for not only the applications but also the core functionality and capabilities as the logistics platform.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer passionate about robotics and automation to join our team of experienced developers and technical professionals. We are trying to be at the forefront of innovation and adopt cutting edge technologies and methodologies: as such machine learning, and especially deep learning is an important tool that we leverage to create the best solution.

Besides technical expertise, we highly value freedom and responsibility as complementary attributes. Meaning that as you develop and enhance our data-driven features, you would be trusted to choose the best way to implement them but you would also be responsible for ensuring that each feature works correctly, all the way through to the edge side. Since we work as a unified team, this also gives you the opportunity to work on all aspects of our user and developer experience.

You will be reporting to the Smart Logistics Software function manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, test and deploy new data-driven features from cloud training all the way to inference at the edge
• Collaborate with stakeholders, whether within the team or outside, to sketch new developments
• Inspect recorded data (manually or automatically!) to find situations that need improvement
• Report orally and in writing about your progress at internal events
• Visit our site of operations when a pressing need arises

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in machine learning, computer vision, robotics or computer science, related field or equivalent practical experience
• 1+ years of experience working on a computer vision project, in Python using a machine learning framework: PyTorch is preferred, but Tensorflow is also acceptable.
• Experience working with AWS, notably ECR, S3 and Batch. including containerization technology.
• Passionate about improving autonomy through data
• Ability to quickly learn and keep up to date with relevant research developments
• Business-level written and spoken English

NICE TO HAVES

• Master’s degree, Ph.D candidate, or other relevant research experience
• Experience with high-performance inference on edge devices
• Ability to design the entire data pipeline, from data collection to inference, through labelling and training
• Proficiency in classical computer vision (Camera calibration, marker detection, morphological image processing)

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.

INTERNSHIP STRUCTURED WITH YOUR GROWTH IN YOUR MIND
• Meaningful Projects that contribute toward your team’s goals and have an impact on our success
• Committed Mentors aligned for each intern for guidance and managers to support you throughout the internship
• Structured Midpoint Evaluations that share real feedback on how you are growing both technically and professionally
• Professional Development and Fun Events to ensure you are learning and enjoying the summer
• Final Project Presentations that showcase your excellent work to our Woven by Toyota community
• Our interns enjoy many benefits, perks, and housing assistance for the duration of the internship
• As your internship wraps up, you will be considered for a return offer as a full time employee, to start when you graduate

Our Commitment
• We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
• Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.