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Silicon Valley Associates- Specialist IT Recruitment Agency in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai and Japan

RECRUITER SUMMARY

Description:   

HOT JPN IT Senior, Automotive ADAS Software Hardware Systems, 23M+ JPY Annual

Date

   16 / 06 / 2025

Nationality

Japanese

Residence

Tokyo, Japan

Experience Summary

25+ years of experience in the industry

Current & Previous Employers and jobs include: 
Head of Automated Driving at XXXX 
Sr. Engineering Manager at XXXX
Engineering Manager at XXXX
Product Engineer/Quality Engineer at XXXX
Supplier Quality Engineer at XXXX    

Education

BSEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
XXXX

Motives & Seeking

Is actively looking for a job right now because there has been some changes in current management and just want to have a backup if ever. Open for Director or Head roles within engineering and automotive industry 

 Languages

English – Fluent
Japanese – Native
French – Basic 

Recent / Current Salary

23M JPY Annual
+ Bonus

Expected Salary

23M+ JPY Annual
+ Bonus

Notice

Period

30 days

Interview Availability

Requires a day notice

 

Interview Assessment Notes 

 

 

 

1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current / recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?                       
After doing his studies in Japan, he served the Japanese military and then lived in the United States afterward for 18 years. He initially worked on Automotive Tier 1 suppliers; for the first eight years, mostly working within the manufacturing sectors then moved on to design side of things and worked on automotive airbags, ADAS cameras, surround views, and also radars. He has been managing project teams since 2000 and for the past 25 years, has been managing either one project or multiple projects for different products within the automotive industry, mainly for Japanese customers and OEMs including Honda and Mazda. Currently, he’s with XXXX as the Head of Automated Driving for Japan and is managing the overall business of the Automated Driving System; his group consists of two main products including radars and electro-processing systems. His team works on both current development projects and main trans project launched already; aside from that, they also go after businesses with different existing customers or new customers as well for next generation products. He is currently managing a team of about 25 people consisting of 20 engineers and 5 product managers. 

2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in? 
Strongest skill would be his great exposure to a wide variety of issues and practices, as well as functions within the automotive field. He understands most of the things about electronics products as well as software/hardware systems and mechanical-related stuff. He is good with bridging those knowledge together and is also expert with overall project execution and go after new/existing customers for businesses.  
  
3. Do you have the lists of key criteria’s according to the clients’ requirements?
He has more than 10 years of experience with leadership roles and also managing cross-functional teams that work with engineering and automotive-related projects. Aside from that, he has great expertise with systems in general, also software/hardware systems and is coming from an electrical and electronics engineering background so knowledgeable with that area as well. Being into leadership roles for many years now, he is good with budget management, risk mitigation, and other project management related skillset. Has lots of experience working with western-based companies as his two previous companies are from the US. 

 

Recruiters

Employment Agency

Silicon Valley Associates Recruitment.

 

907, 9th Floor, Silvercord Tower 2, Tsim Sha Tsui. Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

25F, Central Plaza, Xin Tian Di, Shanghai

 

Ubi TechPark #01-08, Singapore

 

Sunshine Technology & Innovation Centre, No.1003 Nanxin Road, Nanshan, Shenzhen

Job-Seeker Agreement

The Candidate has agreed that Silicon Valley Associates Recruitment may disclose their profile to potential employers for the purpose of seeking new employment.

Silicon Valley Associates Recruitment will never charge any fees from job-seekers.

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These can be sent to you on request or can be found on our website: svarecruitment.com.

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