Job Overview
VINFAST
is a pioneering electric vehicle (EV) company committed to revolutionizing the automotive industry with sustainable and innovative mobility solutions. As a leading player in the EV market, VinFast is dedicated to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge electric vehicles that redefine the driving experience. Our team consists of passionate professionals driven by a shared vision of creating a greener and more sustainable future through innovation, technology, and excellence.
The Electrical & Electronic Deputy Chief Engineer is responsible for leading the full electrical engineering lifecycle across assigned vehicle programmes, ensuring robust delivery of Electrical & Electronic systems from concept through production. This role drives all technical activities—including technical specification, DFMEA, DVP, system integration, validation, and supplier management—while ensuring gateway milestones, budget, timing, and quality targets are consistently met.
Job Description
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Accountable for project life cycle plan and review
with customer and internal stakeholders. Follow the plan at various Gateway
deliveries.
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Responsible to lead all technical aspects on the
project and ensure the team delivers robust fault free designs through the
application of the Concurrent Engineering Disciplines Technical Specification,
DFMEA, DVP, DFA, DFM, Campaign Prevention Process, Robustness, etc.
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You will provide leadership and coordination within
the Electrical Systems engineering field. Managing direct reports, planning
projects and reporting on progress. Ensuring on time delivery and working to
the highest standards possible. This will involve working across technical
specialisms, adopting new processes and acting as the main point of contact for
your specialist area.
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Technical ownership of Electrical Systems specific
systems (Vehicle Electronics, Body Electronics, chassis electronics, EDS CAD
design, system integration and test and validation.
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Responsibility for the delivery of owned systems to
specific vehicle programmes.
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Accountable for Technical Specification, FMEA, DVP,
Vehicle / System level test specs.
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Accountable for delivery of products to meet Budgets
& Expenditure, Timing & Gateway Delivery.
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Manage Vehicle build & development support.
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Responsible to provide project steering and maintain
all client governance.
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Govern Supplier liaison & management.
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Approve BOM definition, tracking and management to
include leading cost & weight reduction initiatives to deliver targets.
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Accountable for planning, monitoring and execution of
project activities to ensure project delivery in gateway deliverables.
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Liaise daily with the Electrical Systems Managers and
project chief engineers, support the design and development of the Systems to
ensure optimised vehicle performance contributing to the delivery of key
vehicle attributes.
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Accountable to establish and control system design,
releases (ETRS), development and validation plans in association with
functional experts and in line with technical risk management processes.
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Manage supply chain activities in association with
function group buyers, SQA and logistics to ensure supplier nomination and
delivery of components and systems on schedule for all phases of prototype,
pilot, pre-production and production build.
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Ensure manufacturability and compliance with quality
standards of all components and systems within the defined BOM.
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Review and manage the opening and closure of
engineering quality concerns.
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Respond to requests for information or specification
change with assessment of risk and cost.
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Strategic Leadership in developing client future
business.
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Set targets and deliver objectives to grow &
achieve recognised technical excellence in your domain.
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Setting KPIs for each area of your responsibility and
reviewing performance with contacts.
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Performance Management, resource planning and
succession planning working closely with HR/Talent Acquisition teams.
Requirements
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12+ yrs of experience
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Expert Engineering knowledge of different vehicle
subsystems such as Chassis, Body, Security, Infotainment, Diagnostics,
Electrical systems ECUs(s), In Vehicle EE systems (Infotainment, Driver Assist,
etc.) design, performance, production & manufacturing requirements.
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Knowledge of complex EV Architecture, Bills of
Materials (BoM).
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Proven technical project management & leadership
capability demonstrated by recent delivery on time & budget.
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Experienced in Automotive development processes and
demonstrable experience of system release responsibility from concept to
manufacture with successful history of delivery within the automotive sector in
passenger EV car
,
commercial EV vehicle
or defence
applications, although other sectors are of interest for design, development
& delivery experience.
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Excellent communications skills demonstrated ability
to communicate at all levels cross culturally.
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Excellent organisation skills, prioritising multiple
project activities and guiding the team in right direction.
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Proven track record of component & system
engineering (experience with the detailed systems above preferred).
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Excellent technical knowledge & experience of
Electrical component & system specification, design, test & production.
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Experienced in OEM or tier one component delivery.
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Demonstrate experience of component & system
design within an APQP or similar framework including robust engineering, FMEA,
component planning and PPAP.
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Experience of prototype vehicle build up and managing
issue resolution.
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Ability to lead and drive problem resolution in the
field of business, technical and process issues as they arise.
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Knowledge of change control, product definition and
change management processes will also prove invaluable.
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PC literate and at ease with MS Office products.
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PRINCE2 or equivalent qualification would be
beneficial.
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Excellent Leadership, Initiative and the drive to
success.
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Significant experience in use of engineering tools
FMEA, DFM, DFA, Six Sigma, problem resolution etc.
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Degree in Electrical Engineering discipline or
equivalent experience.
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Experience in managing successfully multicultural team
spread across different regions of the world.
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