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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.
- Builder mindset: develops people, processes and a high‑performing Passive Safety organization in a fast‑moving OEM environment.
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