Semiconductor jobs for AI, machine learning and data engineers in Japan

43 open roles for AI, machine learning and data engineers at 8 companies in Japan. None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand.

Rebuilt 24 Oct 2026
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43
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8
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Companies hiring

CompanyOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Preferred Networks29100%
Renesas Electronics5100%
SEASIDE SAS3100%
Micron Technology2100%
Orbital Lasers1100%
AMD1100%
GlobalFoundries1100%
Melt Interface Technologies1100%

Newest roles

Preferred Networks

preferred.jp
preferred.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI for Science • Robotics AI • AI Chips & Accelerators • Foundation Models • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014 • Hiring 65, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI for Science • Robotics AI • AI Chips & Accelerators • Foundation Models • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014 • Hiring 65, 1 new
Preferred Networks is a Japanese artificial intelligence company founded in Tokyo in 2014 and long regarded as the country's most technically ambitious AI startup. It created Chainer, one of the first define-by-run deep learning frameworks and an influence on the design of modern autograd systems, and has since built a full vertical stack from its own MN-Core accelerator silicon up to foundation models. The company applies that stack to manufacturing, robotics, materials science through the Matlantis simulator and healthcare, working closely with Japanese industrial partners including Toyota, Fanuc and Hitachi.
Daisuke Okanohara · Co-Founder & Executive Vice President · decision-maker
Toru Nishikawa · Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Okanohara Daisuke · 代表取締役社長 · decision-maker
Huinaga Nishikawa · 代表取締役 · decision-maker
No careers mailbox known
Hybrid (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
C++
Java
Python
AI/ML
Qwen
Scikit-learn
VLM
Vision-Language-Action
PyTorch
LLM
+1
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 18 days ago Likely open · 55%

Physical AI Engineer/Physical AI エンジニア

Hybrid (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Rust
C++
Python
AI/ML
Physical AI
VLM
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
Sim-to-Real
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
SLAM
+2
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Melt Interface Technologies

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melt-interface-technologies.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Passive Components & Connectors • Optics & Photonic Components • Hiring 3
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Passive Components & Connectors • Optics & Photonic Components • Hiring 3
Melt Interface Technologies is a Japanese technology company, renamed from Diver-X on July 1, 2026, that develops human-machine interfaces. It runs research and product development for new interface devices, from machine learning algorithms to firmware and applications, and it hires machine learning engineers and software engineers for human interface products. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 7 min ago 24 days ago Fading · 38%

機械学習エンジニア

$39k – $65k per year • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
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Renesas Electronics

renesas.com
renesas.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Automotive Components • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 2003 • Trust B • Hiring 679, 98 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Automotive Components • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 2003 • Trust B • Hiring 679, 98 new
Renesas Electronics is a Japanese semiconductor company formed in 2003 when Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric combined their chip divisions, later absorbing NEC Electronics as well. It is one of the largest suppliers of microcontrollers in the world and holds a particularly strong position in automotive silicon, where its R-Car processors and body and powertrain controllers sit inside a large share of vehicles built globally. It has spent the past decade buying into analog and connectivity through Intersil, IDT, Dialog and Altium, broadening from bare microcontrollers into complete embedded systems for industrial and internet of things customers.
Bunsei Kure · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Tetsuya Tsurumaru · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Shuhei Shinkai · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Hidetoshi Shibata · President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 27 days ago Fading · 35%

Edge AI / Embedded AI Development Tool Engineer

In office (Kodaira, Japan) • Full-Time • Senior • Japanese • English: B2
C#
Java
AI/ML
Edge AI
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Machine Learning
Management
Agile
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 27 days ago Fading · 35%

Edge AI / 組み込みAI向け 開発ツールエンジニア

In office (Kodaira, Japan) • Full-Time • Senior • English
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Management
Agile
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gf.com • HQ: Malta, United States • Semiconductor Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2009 • NASDAQ: GFS • Trust B • Hiring 675, 68 new
HQ: Malta, United States • Semiconductor Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2009 • NASDAQ: GFS • Trust B • Hiring 675, 68 new
GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry headquartered in Malta, New York, near Albany, that manufactures chips for other companies on FD-SOI, FinFET, RF, silicon germanium, silicon photonics, power and GaN process technologies, and also offers MIPS processor designs. Founded in 2009 and listed on Nasdaq, it runs fabs in New York, Vermont, Dresden and Singapore with engineering and design centres in Austin, Santa Clara, Bengaluru and Penang. It hires process, equipment, yield and tapeout engineers, maintenance technicians and apprentices, field application engineers and interns in engineering and finance.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Senior AI Software Application Engineer

≈ $49k – $106k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 10+ years exp • In office (Yokohama, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Transformers
Machine Learning
ONNX
TensorFlow
PyTorch
DevOps
Linux
+1
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AMD

amd.com
amd.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969 • Trust B • Hiring 1052, 97 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969 • Trust B • Hiring 1052, 97 new
AMD is an American semiconductor company founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that designs processors, graphics chips and adaptive computing hardware without owning fabrication plants. Its Ryzen and Threadripper processors and Radeon graphics serve consumers and creators, EPYC server chips have taken a large share of the data centre market from Intel, and the Instinct accelerators compete for AI training and inference workloads. The 2022 acquisition of Xilinx added field-programmable gate arrays and adaptive systems on chip, and the company also supplies the custom silicon inside the PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Jean Hu · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Lisa Su · Chair & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jerry Sanders · Co-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer · founder
Victor Peng · former President of Adaptive and Embedded Computing
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 16%

Senior AI Engineer (Customer Solutions)

≈ $60k – $130k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior • Japanese: C1
Fortran
C++
Python
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
JAX
Hugging Face
TensorFlow
PyTorch
OpenMP
CUDA
Machine Learning
DevOps
HPC
OpenShift
KVM
OpenStack
Linux
Kubernetes
+9
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Micron Technology

micron.com
micron.com • HQ: Boise, United States • Enterprise Storage Systems • Semiconductor Manufacturing • Memory & Storage Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1978 • NASDAQ: MU • Trust A • Hiring 2546, 160 new
HQ: Boise, United States • Enterprise Storage Systems • Semiconductor Manufacturing • Memory & Storage Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1978 • NASDAQ: MU • Trust A • Hiring 2546, 160 new
Micron Technology is an American semiconductor company founded in Boise, Idaho in 1978 and one of only a handful of manufacturers of both DRAM and NAND flash memory. It designs and fabricates memory and storage products used in data centres, personal computers, smartphones, cars and industrial equipment, and sells them under the Micron and consumer-facing Crucial brands. High-bandwidth memory for AI accelerators has become the fastest-growing part of the business, and the company operates fabrication and assembly sites across the United States and Asia.
Mark Murphy · Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Sanjay Mehrotra · Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Joe Parkinson · Co-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer · founder
Ward Parkinson · Co-Founder · founder
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Verified live · 11 hours ago 2 months ago Fading · 25%

Data Scientist Manager

≈ $45k – $116k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Hiroshima, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • Japanese
SQL
Python
AI/ML
A2A
Agentic Workflows
Multi-Agent Systems
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
DevOps
GCP
Azure
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Open 192 daysVerified live · 11 hours ago 6 months ago Long shot · 12%

Senior/Staff Engineer, Frontend Labor Productivity & Data Engineering

≈ $58k – $140k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 3+ years exp • In office (Hiroshima, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
SQL
AI/ML
Copilot Studio
Copilot
Analytics
Power BI
Management
UiPath
Power Automate
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Skills these roles ask for

Python 23LLM 15C++ 15Java 12Machine Learning 9Linux 6PyTorch 5Unix 5GCP 4AWS 4TensorFlow 4Rust 4.NET 4Kubernetes 4SQL 3Agile 3

Where the roles are

Tokyo 30Yokohama 4Kodaira 3Hiroshima 2Toyosu 2Kawasaki 1

Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

43 of the 43 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which companies hire most chip and hardware engineers?

Preferred Networks (29), Renesas Electronics (5), SEASIDE SAS (3), Micron Technology (2), Orbital Lasers (1).

Which roles count here?

Every hardware, chip design, embedded, electrical and semiconductor process role at any employer, and the engineering, science, technician and IT roles of the semiconductor companies - chip designers, fabs and foundries, equipment makers, photonics. Their sales, finance and office roles are left out.

How fresh is this?

Every role is re-checked on the employer's own careers board at least every 48 hours, and the page is rebuilt every night.

Source: 43 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 24 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0