Automotive powertrain and IT systems development for North American OEMs
AW Technical Center USA is a subsidiary technical center for Aisin-AW, operating five locations across Michigan, California, and Texas to develop automatic transmissions, vehicle IT systems, and advanced automotive tech for North American customers. The hiring mix skews heavily toward manufacturing and quality roles, with active projects centered on production process standardization, equipment installation, and defect reduction — consistent with a supplier scaling manufacturing capability rather than pursuing greenfield product innovation.
AW Technical Center USA, incorporated in 1999, operates as the North American engineering and manufacturing arm of Aisin-AW. The company maintains technical centers in Ann Arbor and Plymouth (Michigan), Los Angeles and San Jose (California), and Plano (Texas) to support vehicle powertrain and information technology development for regional OEM customers. Core specialties include automatic transmission engineering, vehicle IT systems, and advanced automotive research. The organization focuses on requirement compliance, product quality, process improvement, and market feedback to sustain OEM relationships. Current operational priorities include production standardization, equipment deployment, and scrap/defect reduction.
AW Technical Center USA develops automatic transmissions, vehicle IT systems, and advanced automotive tech for Aisin-AW's North American OEM customers. The company operates five technical centers across Michigan, California, and Texas.
Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company also maintains technical centers in Plymouth (MI), Los Angeles (CA), San Jose (CA), and Plano (TX).
Primary tools include Oracle, Solidworks, AutoCAD, SQL Server, Power BI, C#, Angular, Python, Azure DevOps, VMware, and Cisco. Manufacturing and quality systems include ADP, Kronos, PayCom, WMS, and HMI platforms.
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