I made a post recently about planning on attending a language school and got many great responses, thanks to everyone that's shared their experiences! Just wanted to make a separate post and check to see if anyone has any first hand experience with the automation sector in Japan. I have done my own research but thought it would be good to get some extra opinions as well.
I have a Master's degree from a high rank university in mechanical engineering and I've been working in industrial automation for almost 10 years. The bulk of my experience is in PLC, HMI, embedded systems, manufacturing processes, and mechanical design. I also have a small amount of coding experience (C, Python, Ruby), but definitely not enough to break into SWE right now.
From my search history mainly on Linkedin, jobs that are English based and willing to sponsor overseas applicants are very rare. Most English job postings that I have seen requires one of or a combination of N2/Japanese fluency, middleware experience like ROS, coding experience in C++ or Python, and applicant to already be residing in Japan.
If you are working in this sector or have been before I'd love to hear your experience! Assuming after language school I can get to N2/N1 with good Japanese communication skills, how much demand is there in Japan in this sector?
by Same-Data-9681