Join Toyota’s Vehicle Performance Engineering team in Belgium to enhance user experience and vehicle performance through cutting-edge research, design, and testing, ensuring top-notch comfort and usability.

TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937. Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350.000 people. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts & accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations.

We are excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.

Team description

Vehicle Performance Engineering division (VPE) is part of the Research and Development group at Toyota Motor Europe located at the Technical Center in Zaventem, Belgium. The division’s mission is to provide European customers with a unique Mobility Experience, with responsibility for:

• Identifying customer requirements, and turning them into development targets for vehicles, their subsystems, up to each component
• Performance Development of mobility solutions for European market:
  • Plan vehicle systems and structures to achieve the performance targets
  • Predict the performance, especially by use of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
  • Guide design engineers to achieve performance, while meeting quality, cost and feasibility requirements
• Researching state of the art and beyond state of the art technologies for implementation in future vehicles

Vehicle UX department is responsible for creating & delivering a highly competitive and inspirational mobility experience whilst ensuring occupant comfort and usability.

Your responsibilities

You will be introduced to the Toyota Way in vehicle development and you will take part in vehicle development activities, together with experienced stakeholders such as design & performance engineers and stylists, concretely:

• You will be contributing to improve the experience (subjective perception, emotions, engagement) that users have with future products and doing so through research projects involving activities related to “understanding” (e.g. user research, desk research), “proposing” (e.g. interaction, service design) and “testing” (e.g. quantitative and qualitative assessment)
• You will be utilizing the driving simulator, virtual reality equipment and psychological/physiological measurement for validation of your hypothesis with user centred design
• You will be responsible for the setting and confirmation of UX &/or ergonomic targets (e.g. cockpit layout, field of view, interior roominess, ingress/egress, interface operability & visibility), proceeding evaluation using 3D CAD models, mock-ups and prototype vehicles
• Work closely with stylists, design engineers & developers to secure UX & ergonomic targets throughout the development process, playing an active role in problem solving when targets are not achieved
• Benchmark of competitor and customer solutions

• You are fluent in English (TME’s business language), additional European language skills are an asset
• You have a master in Engineering, Industrial Design, Human Factors or User Experience
• You are passionate about user centred design, design thinking, storytelling, and early design stages
• You have knowledge and experience related to some area from Physical, Perceptual, Psychological, Physiological, Statistical methods, Control engineering
• Experience with CATIA V5, Virtual reality, Figma, python & other digital tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are a strong asset
• Excellent communicator and good organisation skills
• Demonstrated record of practical problem solving skills with the ability to create (physical or digital) low-tech prototype also a plus
• Open minded, with interest in different cultures and uses
• Good self-organisation and time management
• Analytical – Investigative, inquisitive, always asking 'why?'
• Customer Centric- Able to leverage their empathy for and knowledge of the user to influence stakeholders teams.

We offer a dynamic multicultural work environment with broad opportunities to learn every day and exciting career pathways that help you explore different disciplines or areas of expertise.

Your benefits:

• Competitive salary package based on your experience, including a bonus plan depending on individual and/or company results;
• Flexible reward plan that will allow you to personalise part of your reward plan and balance it in line with your priorities by opting for extra insurance, more mobility options (bike lease), extra holidays and more;
• Meal and eco vouchers;
• Company car and energy card;
• Insurance package (medical, life, disability, pension);
• Extra paid holidays (Toyota days, seniority days…) above the legal holidays. More can be added through our flexible reward package;
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working (homeworking, 20 days from abroad);
• Interesting car lease formulas and discount when buying a Toyota or Lexus;
• Various company discounts – Exceptional terms and prices on products and services from your favourite brands and retailers;
• Company restaurant – Warm dishes, salads and desserts daily, including Japanese and traditional Belgian specialties, as well as a vegan/vegetarian option;
• Sport facilities – Tennis, squash, volleyball, football and softball pitches are available at various Toyota sites;
• Team building activities and other personnel related events;
• Programs to support your physical and social well-being.

At Toyota Motor Europe, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All our recruitment decisions are based on the individual and their qualifications along with the job requirements. The selection process is without regard to nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is our key strength. Together we have the power to make a positive change and go beyond the ordinary.

If you need any specific consideration for the interview process due to disability or any other reason, please let the recruiter know.