At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we’ve built a world-class team in Automated Driving, Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, Large Behavior Models, and Robotics.
The Team
The Harmonious Communities team at Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is building an AI-driven Toyota People System—a scientific and ethical foundation for understanding and improving the social dynamics that shape collective wellbeing and performance. We combine social and behavioral science, complex systems theory, AI / machine learning, and Human-Computer Interaction to uncover how culture, trust, and organizational structures influence human flourishing. Our goal is to design interventions and intelligent tools that help teams and societies thrive in harmony with technology.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a Staff Research Scientist to lead cross-disciplinary research on culture, systems dynamics, and intervention design in complex adaptive environments. You will develop and evaluate interventions that strengthen system-level health—such as trust, safety, inclusion, and resilience—particularly where success is defined by the absence of breakdowns or by subtle shifts in collective behavior. You’ll apply ethnography, causal reasoning, and computational modeling to identify leverage points for positive change and to quantify the cultural factors that sustain high-functioning systems over time. This is an ideal role for a researcher who thrives at the intersection of culture and computation, and who is eager to translate social-scientific insight into scalable AI systems that augment human potential.