Subaru is looking to analyze, recommend, implement, inspect, and verify North American engineering activities to evaluate the United States market and set target performance goals for future products, specifically focusing on improving the cockpit user experience (UX) through connected car HMI development.
Requirements
- Up to 2 years of automotive engineering experience (not limited in original equipment manufacturers [OEMs] and experience with software development in microcontroller unit (MCU) and/or smartphone app.
- Mechanical engineering skills and skilled in the use of 3D printer and similar rapid prototyping tools (operator level).
- Software engineering skills and skilled in Android/iPhone app development (beginner-trainee level).
- Up to 2 years of experience with using cloud system (ex. Amazon Web Services [AWS], Google Cloud Platform [GCP], Azure).
- Ability to maintain "Agile style" development as a team member.
- Ability to think analytically and conceptually using logic and reason; creative and strategic skills.
- Computer savvy; skilled in the use of software.
Responsibilities
- Executing the research and development of sensors and functions which can be used for/useful to improve Human Machine Interface (HMI).
- Creating prototype systems and collaborating with other teams to build mock-ups of user interface (UI)/UX as well as analysis of graphical user interface (GUI)/HMI for evaluations using smartphone app and mechatronics.
- Plans, coordinates, and executes prototyping of hardware and software to build cockpit mockup for survey, clinic, and other research activities
- Plans, coordinates, and executes data acquisition of user data by various sensor technologies, such as camera, radar, and light detection and ranging (LIDAR), etc.
- Develops tools for efficient numerical analysis, focusing on usability and the effectiveness of warnings through sound and visual information, and makes full use of Python, etc., to link the sensations felt by people with numerical values, clarify the correlation, and incorporate the values into drawings as requirement values.
- Utilizes cloud analysis tools with not only Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Azure but also artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
- Evaluates competitor products and Subaru development mules, near-production, and production vehicles to identify weaknesses and strengths in the areas such as HMI (hard keys, center information display [CID], cluster meter, sound, etc.), phone apps, and usability.
Other
- Ability to judge and describe automobile performance both subjectively and in engineering terminology.
- Specialist skills/learning attitude in automobile evaluation. Ability to evaluate aspects of an automobile as an expert customer.
- Holds a valid driver's license
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or a related field or H.S. Diploma and equivalent work experience.
