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.
The company is excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.
The company is excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.
User Researcher for R&D Vehicle Performance Engineering
Functieomschrijving
Team/division description
Toyota Motor Europe R&D centre is responsible for planning, development and production support of vehicles aimed at - and locally produced for - the European market.
The Vehicle Performance Engineering (VPE) – Vehicle User Experience (UX) team is responsible for ensuring a good overall user experience, by the HMI (Human-Machine Interaction) and Ergonomics (physical and cognitive) performance of vehicles, both during actual vehicle development and in research activities.
In the vehicle UX division we conduct research to collect and analyze customer behavior through a variety of qualitative and/or quantitative methods and collaborate with other functions to understand and incorporate the technical requirements into research.
Your responsibilities
Toyota Motor Europe R&D centre is responsible for planning, development and production support of vehicles aimed at - and locally produced for - the European market.
The Vehicle Performance Engineering (VPE) – Vehicle User Experience (UX) team is responsible for ensuring a good overall user experience, by the HMI (Human-Machine Interaction) and Ergonomics (physical and cognitive) performance of vehicles, both during actual vehicle development and in research activities.
In the vehicle UX division we conduct research to collect and analyze customer behavior through a variety of qualitative and/or quantitative methods and collaborate with other functions to understand and incorporate the technical requirements into research.
Your responsibilities
- 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 gathering and organising insights from related fields. Trends (design, societal evolutions new business, technology…) research
- You will be proceeding creative process (creativity moderation, storyboarding…) and concept development in various contexts (next generation vehicle, future cockpit experience…)
- You will be collaborating on concept evaluation and inclusiveness matrix activity through protocol definition, survey moderation and result analysis
Profiel
Your profile
You have a Toyota DNA, this means you demonstrate/show the following behaviours:
Courage: you are ready to let go of the easy path to reach challenging targets
Collaboration: you are a team player, respectful and inclusive in your style and you take a customer-oriented approach
Creativity: your passion drives you to explore innovative ideas and challenge the impossible
Curiosity: you combine imagination and fact-based observation
Coaching: you share knowledge and feedback with your colleagues and celebrate each other’s success
- You are fluent in English (Toyota Motor Europe’s business language), additional European language skills are an asset
- You have a master in Vehicle User Experience, Engineering, Human Factors or Industrial Design
- You are passionate about user centred design, design thinking, storytelling, and early design stages
- You are able to formalize concepts through sketches and create storyboard scenarios
- You are experienced user of Excel for data analysis
- Experience with digital tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are a strong asset
- Open minded, with interest in different cultures and uses
You have a Toyota DNA, this means you demonstrate/show the following behaviours:
Courage: you are ready to let go of the easy path to reach challenging targets
Collaboration: you are a team player, respectful and inclusive in your style and you take a customer-oriented approach
Creativity: your passion drives you to explore innovative ideas and challenge the impossible
Curiosity: you combine imagination and fact-based observation
Coaching: you share knowledge and feedback with your colleagues and celebrate each other’s success
Aanbod
Toyota offers a comprehensive remuneration package, including interesting extra-legal benefits. Toyota provides flexibility to take care of both your career and your personal life by providing hybrid work environment with structural possibility to both work from home & collaborate in the office.
At Toyota Motor Europe, they are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All 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, date of birth, religion, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. Toyota do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is a key strength. Together, let's 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.
Contract:
Interim contract (weekly renewed)
Start date: ASAP
Expected end date: 30/06/2025
Full time
Hybrid : Toyota Motor Europe Technical Centre in Zaventem and possibility for home office.
At Toyota Motor Europe, they are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All 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, date of birth, religion, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. Toyota do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is a key strength. Together, let's 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.
Contract:
Interim contract (weekly renewed)
Start date: ASAP
Expected end date: 30/06/2025
Full time
Hybrid : Toyota Motor Europe Technical Centre in Zaventem and possibility for home office.
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