What we do @ TTC-AU

To achieve this, our company is organised into five Departments:

1. Body Engineering
2. Chassis Engineering
3. Customer Quality Engineering
4. Electronics Engineering
5. Vehicle Evaluation
6. Support Areas

Each of these departments has dedicated teams responsible for a specific area of expertise.

1. Body Engineering Department

This Department comprises of four teams. Three of these consist of specialists who are highly skilled in the design and development of specific parts used in a variety of different vehicles. The fourth group is a cross-functional team responsible for vehicle body systems and components from concept to production, typically for one single model.

1. Body Shell and Functional Parts Design Group:our engineers in Body Shell and Functional Parts are responsible for body shell, glass, body related moulding, fuel systems, exhaust pipe, and functional parts, covering all of the mechanical components such as window regulators, internal and external handles, door locks, mirrors, windscreen wipers and fuel piping.

2. Exterior Design Group: this Group is responsible for designing and developing parts such as bumpers, grilles, side body mouldings and spoilers, as well as head lamps and rear lamps and the like.

3. Interior Design Group: a vehicle fully comes to life with the interior design. Our Interior Design team is skilled at translating the appeal of the overall design into colours, grain, gloss, leather, fabrics and plastics that match pillar garnishes, internal boot trim and the style of the vehicle. The group is responsible for parts such as: instrument panels, console, carpet, trim, seats, seatbelts, boot trim, airbags, and air conditioner.

4. Vehicle Development Group: Vehicle Development Group is responsible for design of vehicle body systems and components from concept to production within the global Toyota engineering network.

• Responsibilities include sheet metal, interior, exterior, seat and functional parts.
• Work outputs are drawings, parts lists, CAD data and design documentation.
• Group members regularly travel overseas to participate in global Toyota engineering activities.

2. Chassis Engineering Department

1. Chassis Engineering
The Department has responsibility for the key vehicle dynamic systems relating to Run, Stop and Turn (functions relating to headlights and all signalling lamps). The team also focuses on chassis parts development including pipe laying within the hydraulic brake system, front, part and rear braking systems, suspension, tyre, wheel and hub cap, steering wheel and shift. Additionally, the Department has some research and design responsibility for Drive Train components.

3. Customer Quality Engineering Department

With a renowned business model that drives continuous improvement, quality enhancement and challenging tomorrow’s definition of the best possible customer experience is part of our engineers’ DNA. Our Customer Quality Engineering Department promotes the principle of “Early Detection and Early Resolution” in our products and participates in after sale quality review and improvement.

4. Electronics Engineering Department

The Electronics Engineering Department includes three Groups, responsible for the development and inclusion of cutting-edge technologies that increase our vehicles’ functionality, safety and even intelligence.

1. Software Development Group: Working closely with the Technical Center in Japan, software is developed locally for global vehicle projects:

• Hybrid Vehicle – Electric motor control system
• Real-time embedded C software
• Model based development environments (Hardware-In-Loop and Virtual ECU)

2. The Wire Harness Group: Our Wire Harness team is responsible for complete design and development of wire harnesses for local and global vehicles, including routing and circuit design.

3. The Electronics Engineering and Evaluation Group:

Our team has two functions:

• Design and development of Body Electronics related parts such as clock, remote keyless entry and heater control panel
• Evaluation and Research of vehicle systems such navigation and multimedia

5. Vehicle Evaluation Department

The Vehicle Evaluation Department is involved in the evaluation of both locally made and imported Toyota vehicles. The group's key activities involve dynamic vehicle testing, competitor benchmarking, overall vehicle evaluation and environment studies - especially Australia-specific items which are fed back into Toyota's Global R&D base. Our engineers and technical staff are trained within the Toyota Global network to validate overall design and system functions in line with the specific Global Toyota Standards.

6. Support Areas

Our dedicated support area comprises the following functional teams:

1. Human Resources: Responsible for people-related strategy and policy development
2. Accounting and Finance: Responsible for the financial management and compliance associated with a young and growing company
3. IT: Providing support and leadership for our technology systems and infrastructure
4. Engineering Administration: The team supporting our engineers with the control and management of their design drawings

For all your technical questions about Toyota vehicles, please contact us on techenquiry@toyotatech.com.au