Job Overview:

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the
occupant
protection and safety DNA
of VinFast vehicles. As a senior technical
expert, the successful candidate will play a critical role in delivering safe,
robust, and compliant seat and restraint systems, influencing vehicle safety
performance from early CAE development through to production sign‑off.

Experience

• 
  Expert in
  seat
  systems and occupant restraint systems
  , including:
• 
  Seats
  (structure, mechanisms, foams, trim, comfort and durability)
• 
  Seatbelts
  (pretensioners, load limiters, anchorage systems)
• 
  Airbags (front,
  side, curtain, knee, centre airbags)
• 
  Deep technical
  knowledge of
  airbag and seatbelt system design
  , integration, and
  optimisation for occupant protection.
• 
  Strong experience
  guiding development from
  CAE / simulation phase
  (airbag deployment,
  belt force management, dummy interaction) through to physical testing and
  vehicle-level validation.
• 
  Proven ability to
  troubleshoot and resolve
  complex restraint and seat-related issues
  under high-pressure, time-critical development conditions.
• 
  Solid
  understanding of
  occupant injury criteria
  , dummy behaviour,
  restraint timing, and system interactions.
• 
  Experience
  correlating
  CAE results with sled and full vehicle crash test data
  ,
  driving model improvements and design countermeasures.
• 
  Strong
  understanding of how seat and restraint systems interact with
  BIW,
  interior trim, and vehicle packaging
  .
• 
  Familiarity with
  global
  safety regulations and consumer test requirements
  (e.g. UNECE, FMVSS,
  Euro NCAP, US NCAP, IIHS, BNCAP, ASEAN NCAP).
• 
  Proven capability
  to define, review, and enforce
  design rules, standards, and best
  practices
  for seats and restraint systems.
• 
  Experience capturing and deploying
  lessons
  learned
  into standards and future vehicle architectures.

Responsibilities

• 
  Act as the
  technical
  authority
  for seats and restraint systems across VinFast vehicle
  programs within the vehicle quality division
• 
  Provide expert
  guidance from
  early CAE and concept phases
  through detailed design,
  testing, and validation.
• 
  Lead and support
  resolution of all major
  seat-, airbag-, and seatbelt-related issues
  ,
  particularly during critical program phases.
• 
  Drive root-cause
  analysis and define robust corrective actions for issues identified during
  simulation, sled testing, or full vehicle crash tests.
• 
  Support
  optimisation of restraint system timing, load paths, and occupant
  interaction to meet regulatory and consumer performance targets.
• 
  Work closely with
  Safety CAE, Test, BIW, Interior Trim, Packaging, and Manufacturing teams
  to deliver fully integrated solutions.
• 
  Review and
  challenge designs, simulations, and test results to ensure robustness,
  repeatability, and long-term quality.
• 
  Define, review,
  and continuously improve
  technical standards, design rules, and
  development processes
  for seats and restraints.
• 
  Provide clear, authoritative technical input to
  senior leadership on risks, trade-offs, and mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• 
  Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical
  Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 
  15–20+ years of experience
  in seats, restraint systems, and occupant safety
  development within industry-leading OEMs or Tier‑1 organisations.
• 
  Exceptional depth of technical knowledge combined
  with strong systems-level understanding.
• 
  Ability to lead and influence without direct line
  management, operating effectively as a senior technical authority.
• 
  Excellent communication skills, capable of
  clearly explaining complex safety and restraint topics under pressure.
• 
  Structured, analytical, and decisive approach to
  problem solving.
• 
  Comfortable working in
  high-pressure,
  time-critical environments
  with significant safety accountability.