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Role Summary
VinFast’s seniortechnical authority for Passive Safety and Crashworthiness, accountable forcrash performance, occupant protection, restraints, pedestrian/VRU protection,EV post-crash integrity, CAE correlation and global crash/NCAP readiness. Therole is hands-on: identify crash/injury mechanisms, challenge CAE and testevidence, and drive executable structural, restraint, packaging, material andcalibration countermeasures. Functional Safety, ADAS/SOTIF and homologation aresupporting interfaces; Passive Safety is the core mandate.
Key Responsibilities
• Own passive-safety strategy andtechnical sign-off from concept to SOP, including crash architecture, loadpaths, structural deformation, occupant survival space, crash pulse andcompatibility.
• Lead occupant protection andrestraint development across airbags, belts, pretensioners, load limiters,seats/head restraints, child occupants and sensing/deployment interfaces.
• Own crash CAE-to-physical correlationacross component, sled, subsystem and full-vehicle testing; challenge modelquality, dummy injury metrics, intrusion, pulse and deformation behavior.
• Drive root-cause and designconvergence for frontal, offset, side, pole, rear, rollover/roof, far-side,whiplash, pedestrian/VRU and EV post-crash cases, converting failures intoclear engineering countermeasures.
• Set VinFast crash/NCAP targets andreadiness for Euro NCAP, Bharat NCAP, ASEAN NCAP, FMVSS/US NCAP, UNECE andother markets; optimize solutions for safety, mass, BOM cost, package andmanufacturability through early front-loading.
• Build and lead the Passive Safetyorganization, establish design rules, DVPs, CAE/test correlation standards andlessons learned, and act as the primary passive-safety escalation point forsenior management.
Cross-FunctionalInterfaces
Partner withBIW/Body, Restraints, Seats, Battery, Chassis, CAE, Physical Validation,Styling, Manufacturing, Quality and Program teams. Coordinate with FunctionalSafety, ADAS/SOTIF and homologation where crash sensing, restraint deployment,VRU interaction, rescue/post-crash functions or compliance overlap. RepresentPassive Safety at architecture, design and program gates with quantifiedperformance, root cause, countermeasure, cost/mass impact and residual risk.
Requirements
RequiredQualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical,Automotive or Structural Engineering; Master’s/PhD in crashworthiness,structural mechanics or biomechanics preferred.
• 12+ years automotive engineeringexperience with deep hands-on Passive Safety/Crashworthiness responsibility andat least 5 years in technical leadership.
• Expert knowledge of crash load paths,structural energy management, occupant kinematics, restraint interaction,injury mechanisms and physical crash-test root-cause analysis.
• Advanced experience withcrash/occupant CAE tools such as LS-DYNA, Abaqus and Madymo or equivalent,including model review and physical-test correlation; strong restraint tuningand crash-test experience.
• Proven delivery of vehicle programsfrom concept to SOP with strong regulatory/NCAP crash performance, includingresolution of major crash-test failures; EV crash/battery post-impactexperience strongly preferred.
Key Competencies
• Deep passive-safety authority: movesfrom failed test/CAE evidence to mechanism, root cause and executablecountermeasure.
• Solution and ownership mindset withstrong judgment on safety vs. mass, cost, timing and package trade-offs.
• Strong executive communication andability to defend technical decisions with evidence.
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