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Job Description Title: Interior, Seats & Restraints Lead Engineer - Local Support Team (India Plant) Location: SIPCOT Industrial Park, Thoothukudi City, Tamil Nadu, India Report to: Local Support Team Director 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. In this role, you will be instrumental in MDI LST INT/SEATS/RESTRAINTS Department, using your skills to ensure a successful launch and localization of VINFAST vehicles in the plant. - Support vehicle module localization and integration. - Serve as the primary interface between the plant and core engineering based in Hanoi, Vietnam. - Ensure compliance with engineering, quality and production standards. - Sustain program performance post-launch to cater for local market requirements. - Serve a single point of contact for your module towards: manufacturing, supplier quality engineering and after sales service. - Manage Jira Project Managements with function owner group as VF Engineering; - Support achieving quality targets; - Responsible for containment and resolution of design issues and drive supplier quality and process issues; - Support dealers call back and returned parts analysis to identify, contain and resolve warranty issues; - Supporting cost reductions activities; - Support plant operations and Quality Engineering Team with problem solving to improve the quality of internal indicators ; - Raise DCRs and ECRs to solve quality design issues to SOPs vehicles; - Review SREAS ,DFMEA and DVPs. If any opportunity to improve the detection of the design quality issues is found; - Efficiently manage Stop Ships and Stop Builds, including developing containment actions and rework instructions; - Ensure timely and appropriate escalation of the issues and emerging issues ; - Leading meetings with QE+SQE+Process area to address early claim binning , issues containments resolution and prevent recurrence; - Conduct the root cause diagnosis on design-related issues. Provides technical directions to Engineer on vehicles post SOP. - Deliver technical leadership and analysis on projects of high corporate priority and tight timing constraints. - Issues tracking evaluate the influences and define causes. - Create the necessary report with high quality (weekly report, Cross Functional Meeting report etc) Requirements - Bachelor or above degree in Mechanical or Mechatronics engineering. - English language: Fluent. - Quality tools like Six Sigma DMAIC, DFMEA, DFA, GD&T, 8D etc. - Experience of 5 years in automotive INT/SEATS/RESTRAINTS mature markets homologation requirements, tooling development timing and manufacturing process. - Exposure to BEV Vehicle requirements and testing. - The ability to learn quickly, accept challenges and be able to adapt to the company's rapid development rhythm and culture. - High level of coordination, communication and team leading skills. - High analytical and conceptual skills - High level of management skills. - Experience / knowledge on Team Center, CATIA, CAE analyses for Durability, Safety, NVH. - Other requirements: - Good communication skills. - Ability to quickly adapt to new situations and constraints. - Experience in the automotive environment is an advantage.