Appealing Points
- Act as the primary technical and relationship bridge between client engineering teams and a global/offshore engineering organization in a customer-facing role
- Work on-site alongside the customer’s engineering organization in the aerospace and engineering industry
- Go beyond executing tasks by identifying engineering opportunities across mechanical, electrical, embedded systems, simulation/CAE, PLM, test automation and data/AI engineering automation
Annual Salary: 4 Million Yen and above
Job Description
The Onsite Engineering Coordinator acts as the primary technical and relationship bridge between client engineering teams and the global/offshore engineering organization. The role ensures smooth communication, delivery coordination and timely resolution of technical matters. It also proactively identifies areas where the company can support the client’s product development, engineering, digital, manufacturing and operational initiatives.
This is a customer-facing engineering coordination role. The successful candidate must establish credibility with the local engineering organization, understand real technical challenges, translate them into actionable work packages, and enable effective collaboration with specialists and delivery teams.
Job Responsibilities
Customer & Engineering Team Engagement
- Work closely with client engineers, project leads and relevant stakeholders on a day-to-day basis
- Build strong working relationships and serve as the first point of contact at the customer site
On-site / Offshore Coordination
- Serve as the primary interface between the client in Japan and the offshore/global engineering teams
- Translate customer requirements into clear technical requirements, work packages and actionable tasks for the offshore team
- Coordinate technical clarifications, deliverables, reviews, issue resolution and follow-up actions
Engineering Opportunity Identification
- Continuously understand the client’s engineering challenges and identify areas where the company can contribute
- Identify opportunities across mechanical and electrical engineering, embedded systems and software, verification and validation, MBSE/systems engineering, PLM and engineering digitalization, simulation/CAE, manufacturing engineering, test automation, and data/AI engineering automation
Requirement Gathering & Solution Support
- Capture customer pain points, requirements, technical constraints, expected outcomes and priorities
- Support SMEs in developing appropriate technical solutions, proofs of concept and proposals
Governance & Reporting
- Maintain a rigorous reporting cadence, including actions, issues, risks, dependencies and an opportunity tracker
- Provide concise weekly updates covering current delivery activities, customer requirements and feedback, technical issues, upcoming milestones, new opportunities and required actions
Required Qualifications
- 5-10 years of engineering and/or project coordination experience, preferably within automotive, aerospace, mobility, manufacturing or complex product engineering
- Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Aerospace, Automotive, Systems Engineering, Embedded Software, Production Engineering or a related discipline
- Experience coordinating between Japanese customers and offshore/global engineering teams, with familiarity with globally distributed delivery models
- Demonstrated experience coordinating technical deliverables across on-site and offshore teams
- Strong requirement gathering, technical documentation, project coordination, issue management and stakeholder management capabilities
- Ability to understand cross-disciplinary engineering discussions and translate them into clear requirements, work packages, owners and timelines
- Technical communication capability
- Good understanding of Japanese engineering culture, decision-making processes, quality expectations and documentation practices
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work on-site alongside the customer engineering organization
- Self-driven, observant and commercially aware, with the ability to identify opportunities rather than only execute assigned activities
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep working knowledge in one or more of the following: systems engineering, verification and validation, embedded systems, CAD/CAE, PLM, manufacturing engineering, MBSE, PCB design/review, thermal or CFD simulation, certification services or test automation
- Previous experience in a customer-facing on-site coordinator, technical lead, bridge engineer, delivery lead or engineering program role
- Knowledge of proposal development, effort estimation, scope definition, workshop facilitation and proof-of-concept planning
- 8+ years of experience for candidates expected to independently lead customer engagement
- At least 2-3 years of experience working with a Japanese OEM, aerospace company, Tier-1 supplier or Japanese engineering organization
Language Proficiency: Business level Japanese (JLPT N2 and above) and Business level English
About Company
This company has been certified as the “best employer” in 2020 by the “Top Employers Institute” which recognizes outstanding employers.
A global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing, and next-generation services. With approximately 180,000 employees worldwide, the company helps clients in more than 50 countries stay ahead of the competition. Through the co-creation of innovative solutions, they help companies transform and thrive in an ever-changing world
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. Skillset Required: Engineering coordination, Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Embedded systems, Simulation/CAE, PLM, Test automation, Data/AI engineering automation, Customer-facing role, Communication, Delivery coordination, Technical issue resolution, Project coordination, Technical documentation, Stakeholder management, Technical communication, Cross-disciplinary engineering understanding, Japanese engineering culture, Decision-making processes, Quality expectations, Interpersonal skills, Opportunity identification, Systems engineering, Verification and validation, CAD/CAE, Manufacturing engineering, MBSE, PCB design/review, Thermal simulation, CFD simulation, Certification services, Proposal development, Effort estimation, Scope definition, Workshop facilitation, Proof-of-concept planning
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