TIER IV

Autonomous Driving Software · Mobility Technology · Shinagawa, Tokyo

TIER IV develops autonomous-driving systems and platforms built around Autoware, the open-source software its founder helped create. Its offering includes vehicle deployment and operations support, customizable systems and reference designs for automakers and developers, technical training and consulting, and hardware and software development kits. The company works with mobility operators, municipalities, automakers, developers and research organizations.

Its current products and services include Pilot.Auto and Web.Auto, Edge.Auto camera and sensor-fusion tools, and deployment, development and consulting services. TIER IV has expanded its MP camera series with wide-angle models for peripheral sensing, and listed on the Growth market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in July 2026 (code 593A).

Salary range
¥3.2M – ¥20M
Median
¥5.8M – ¥14M
No Japanese required
6%
Can be worked in English
13%
Remote or hybrid
50%
Most requested
  • Machine learning 6
  • AWS 5
  • C++ 5
  • Linux 5
  • Python 4
  • Git 2
  • No Japanese required 3
  • JLPT N2 1
  • Native Japanese 1
  • Japanese posting, level unstated 47
  • No Japanese level detected 2
Common areas
  • Backend engineering 9
  • Project management 7
  • Data engineering 4
  • Business development 3

Measured from the 54 listings Ranked has live for TIER IV. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.

54

9

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Backend

Cloud

DevOps

Develop and operate systems from in-car to cloud, focusing on backend and vehicle agent areas, with full-cycle ownership.

Full-time

JP required

Visa maybe

Remote

Backend

ML

Builds an autonomous-driving MLOps platform, including model-training and monitoring pipelines, vehicle deployment, large-scale data analysis, sensor-data conversion, and model evaluation.

Full-time

JP or EN

Visa maybe

Remote

C++

Unity

Develops simulation tools for autonomous driving, including mobile agents, scenario-language processing and generation, and sim-to-real gap analysis for vehicle, sensor, and traffic models.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Remote

Operations

Leads operational safety for autonomous-driving pilots and commercial operations, covering risk assessment, experiment processes, field requirements, incident analysis, and stakeholder coordination.

Full-time

JP or EN

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Remote

Python

SQL

Define safety metrics for autonomous-driving systems and turn them into data requirements, pipelines, triage workflows, dashboards, and continuously updated safety cases.

Full-time

JP required

Visa maybe

Remote

Python

ML

Develops and productizes machine-learning planning for autonomous vehicles, evaluating algorithms with vehicle data and simulation. The role also integrates planning and control systems and optimizes real-time performance on in-vehicle ECUs.

Full-time

No JP needed

Visa maybe

Remote

C++

Senior

Develop reusable autonomous-driving software for industrial and off-road vehicles, building core functions with C++ and ROS 2 and validating performance through simulation and field tests.

Full-time

EN required

JP Native

Visa maybe

Remote

Strategy

Builds and monitors medium-term and annual plans for TIER IV, analyzes markets, competitors, and technology trends, and advances M&A and capital-alliance opportunities.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Biz Dev

Strategy

Project Mgr

Leads business planning and commercialization for an autonomous-shuttle OEM program, shaping revenue models, partner agreements and execution plans from demonstrations through production.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Strategy

Project Mgr

Leads division strategy and performance planning for an autonomous-driving business, covering market analysis, cross-functional projects, portfolio processes, budgeting, and executive reporting.

Full-time

JP required

Visa maybe

Remote

Accounting

Finance

Owns accounting close and finance-process improvements, covering consolidated reporting, audit coordination, tax filings, internal controls, public-project accounting, and system automation.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N2)

Visa maybe

Remote

Python

Supports Web.Auto customers before and after adoption with product guidance, technical answers, implementation help, and sample code, coordinating with business development and product teams.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Biz Dev

Management

Project Mgr

Lead business development and project management to provide TIER IV products to domestic and international customers and partners.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Strategy

Biz Dev

Compliance

Responsible for policy liaison work related to autonomous driving, including coordination with government agencies and industry stakeholders.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Legal

Compliance

Startup

Support legal operations related to contract reviews, project assistance, and legal risk management in a fast-paced environment.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

PM

Strategy

Manage product development and strategy for autonomous driving software, including market research and partner management.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Finance

Accounting

Support administrative functions for TIER IV's U.S. subsidiary and global portfolio companies, focusing on finance, accounting, and internal controls.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Marketing

Branding

Events

Responsible for developing and executing communication strategies and planning events to enhance brand recognition.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Embedded

Hardware

Robotics

Engage in system engineering tasks to develop autonomous driving systems, analyzing customer needs and regulations to define system and functional requirements.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Mechanical

Embedded

Electrical

Design and develop sensors and computing devices for autonomous vehicles, understanding requirements and specifications.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Project Mgr

Logistics

Lead projects in autonomous driving systems and services, managing requirements, KPIs, and technical direction.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Robotics

Hardware

Embedded

Involved in all development phases of system design for autonomous vehicles, collaborating with various teams to develop TIER IV's autonomous vehicles.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Compliance

QC

Responsible for regulatory compliance, certification, quality assurance, and experimental management processes related to autonomous driving systems.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Robotics

Startup

Medium co

Develop sensing technologies for autonomous driving systems, including sensor system design and performance evaluation.

Full-time

English?

Visa maybe

Security

Cybersec

Robotics

As an Autonomous Driving - Security Engineer, you will ensure the highest level of security by engaging with all stages of the development and operation lifecycle.

Full-time

Japanese?

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QA

Linux

Robotics

Lead validation efforts for AD/ADAS vehicle configurations and sensor evaluations, including project management and customer support.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Support Eng

Tech Support

Provides technical support for autonomous-driving products, investigates issues across vehicles, sensors, and software, escalates findings, maintains technical documentation, and delivers customer training.

Full-time

Japanese?

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AI

ML

Vision

Develop and implement Deep Neural Networks (DNN) for autonomous vehicles, focusing on hardware optimization and low power consumption.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

QA

CI/CD

Plans and implements testing for the Web.Auto platform supporting Autoware, covering test automation, CI/CD integration, performance improvement, and quality analysis for autonomous-driving systems.

Full-time

Japanese?

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SRE

DevOps

Cloud

Responsible for the design and operation of deployment infrastructure to support safe and rapid releases, and improve observability and continuous improvement of the release process.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Backend

DevOps

SRE

Develop and operate the infrastructure supporting the evaluation of autonomous driving systems.

Part-time

Japanese?

Remote

Data Eng

Startup

Medium co

Organizes and tags TIER IV's collected data. A resume is mandatory; applicants are also asked for shareable links or materials on research, internships, or self-promotion.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Backend

Cloud

REST API

As a senior backend engineer, you will lead your team technically and collaborate across teams to develop and maintain backend services for autonomous driving systems.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Data Eng

AWS

Lead the architecture design and implementation of a data platform for autonomous driving development, driving business impact through data-driven decision making.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Backend

Data Eng

Develop and operate a data platform that supports the collection, search, and analysis of data generated by autonomous driving.

Full-time

Japanese?

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Remote

Project Mgr

Management

Manage and advance domestic autonomous-driving implementation projects with municipalities and companies, coordinating vehicles, schedules, software settings, field trials, proposals, and team members.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Remote

Backend

Cloud

In this role, you will be involved in backend design, development, testing, and operation of services that make up Web.Auto, considering the skills and preferences of applicants.