Role Summary
VinFast’s senior
technical authority for Passive Safety and Crashworthiness, accountable for
crash performance, occupant protection, restraints, pedestrian/VRU protection,
EV post-crash integrity, CAE correlation and global crash/NCAP readiness. The
role is hands-on: identify crash/injury mechanisms, challenge CAE and test
evidence, and drive executable structural, restraint, packaging, material and
calibration countermeasures. Functional Safety, ADAS/SOTIF and homologation are
supporting interfaces; Passive Safety is the core mandate.
Key Responsibilities
• Own passive-safety strategy and
technical sign-off from concept to SOP, including crash architecture, load
paths, structural deformation, occupant survival space, crash pulse and
compatibility.
• Lead occupant protection and
restraint development across airbags, belts, pretensioners, load limiters,
seats/head restraints, child occupants and sensing/deployment interfaces.
• Own crash CAE-to-physical correlation
across component, sled, subsystem and full-vehicle testing; challenge model
quality, dummy injury metrics, intrusion, pulse and deformation behavior.
• Drive root-cause and design
convergence for frontal, offset, side, pole, rear, rollover/roof, far-side,
whiplash, pedestrian/VRU and EV post-crash cases, converting failures into
clear engineering countermeasures.
• Set VinFast crash/NCAP targets and
readiness for Euro NCAP, Bharat NCAP, ASEAN NCAP, FMVSS/US NCAP, UNECE and
other markets; optimize solutions for safety, mass, BOM cost, package and
manufacturability through early front-loading.
• Build and lead the Passive Safety
organization, establish design rules, DVPs, CAE/test correlation standards and
lessons learned, and act as the primary passive-safety escalation point for
senior management.
Cross-Functional
Interfaces
Partner with
BIW/Body, Restraints, Seats, Battery, Chassis, CAE, Physical Validation,
Styling, Manufacturing, Quality and Program teams. Coordinate with Functional
Safety, ADAS/SOTIF and homologation where crash sensing, restraint deployment,
VRU interaction, rescue/post-crash functions or compliance overlap. Represent
Passive Safety at architecture, design and program gates with quantified
performance, root cause, countermeasure, cost/mass impact and residual risk.
Requirements
Required
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical,
Automotive or Structural Engineering; Master’s/PhD in crashworthiness,
structural mechanics or biomechanics preferred.
• 12+ years automotive engineering
experience with deep hands-on Passive Safety/Crashworthiness responsibility and
at 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 with
crash/occupant CAE tools such as LS-DYNA, Abaqus and Madymo or equivalent,
including model review and physical-test correlation; strong restraint tuning
and crash-test experience.
• Proven delivery of vehicle programs
from concept to SOP with strong regulatory/NCAP crash performance, including
resolution of major crash-test failures; EV crash/battery post-impact
experience strongly preferred.
Key Competencies
• Deep passive-safety authority: moves
from failed test/CAE evidence to mechanism, root cause and executable
countermeasure.
• Solution and ownership mindset with
strong judgment on safety vs. mass, cost, timing and package trade-offs.
• Strong executive communication and
ability to defend technical decisions with evidence.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Automotive, or Structural Engineering
- Master’s or PhD in crashworthiness, structural mechanics, or biomechanics
- 12+ years of automotive engineering experience with deep hands-on passive safety or crashworthiness responsibility
- At least 5 years of technical leadership experience
- Expert knowledge of crash load paths, structural energy management, occupant kinematics, restraint interaction, injury mechanisms, and physical crash-test root-cause analysis
- Advanced experience with LS-DYNA, Abaqus, MADYMO, or equivalent crash and occupant CAE tools
- Experience with CAE model review and physical-test correlation
- Strong restraint tuning and crash-test experience
- Proven delivery of vehicle programs from concept to SOP with strong regulatory and NCAP crash performance
- Experience resolving major crash-test failures
- EV crash and battery post-impact experience
What We Do
VinFast is a Vietnamese multinational automotive manufacturer, established in 2017, that designs and manufactures electric vehicles (EVs), e-scooters, and e-buses. It is part of Vingroup, one of Vietnam's largest conglomerates.
