Software Developer (2027 Grad)

About the Role

Join Toyota Automated Logistics to develop software for autonomous vehicles operating in real warehouses. The PLE team focuses on product variants, sustaining engineering, and new product development for conveyors, AGVs, and emerging product lines, including test infrastructure. This entry-level role focuses on the vehicle side, covering motion control, safety systems, and onboard decision-making software for AGVs. You will work on well-scoped features, bug fixes, and test development under mentorship, with opportunities to grow into subsystem ownership and potentially perception and vision-guided autonomy.

Key Responsibilities

Vehicle Control Software Development

• Develop, test, and maintain onboard AGV software including motion control, navigation behavior, vehicle state management, error handling, and diagnostics.
• Implement features, enhancements, and defect fixes with design review and mentorship.
• Work with onboard controllers and embedded interfaces (CAN, serial, industrial Ethernet).
• Integrate vehicle software with higher-level PLC and fleet control systems.
• Contribute to code reviews, version control hygiene, and software documentation.

Safety Systems & Compliance

• Support development and maintenance of AGV safety functions such as obstacle detection, protective stop behavior, speed and zone enforcement, and E-stop logic.
• Implement and verify safety-related software under direction, following standards like ANSI/ITSDF B56.5 and ISO 3691-4.
• Maintain traceability between safety requirements, implementation, and verification evidence.
• Participate in risk assessments, hazard analyses, and design reviews for vehicle safety.

Testing, Validation & Debug

• Write and maintain unit, integration, and regression tests for vehicle software.
• Support automated test development.
• Validate software on physical AGVs in engineering labs, running scenarios and capturing data.
• Troubleshoot vehicle issues using logs, bus analyzers, and data capture tools; perform root cause analysis.
• Support sustaining and field issue resolution.

Engineering Process & Growth Areas

• Work within the team's Agile cadence (JIRA backlog grooming, sprint commitments).
• Contribute to engineering process and software ownership, including PLM, design tools, code repositories, and version control practices.
• Potential for growth into AI robotic vision work: perception pipelines, object and obstacle detection, sensor fusion, and vision-guided AGV behavior.
• Take on additional development scope and subsystem ownership as skills grow.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 2027 Graduates encouraged to apply.
• Reporting to the Product Line Engineering Systems & Testing Team Lead.
• Partnership with controls, mechanical, and project engineering.
• 5% overnight travel (expenses paid).

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Development, or a related technical discipline.
• 0–2 years of professional experience.
• Proficiency in at least one of C, C++, C#, or Python.
• Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and debugging.
• Working knowledge of version control (Git) and collaborative development practices (branching, code review).
• Willingness to work hands-on with physical hardware in lab and production environments.
• Strong documentation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Must be eligible to work in the USA long term without sponsorship.