EBUS_Homologation Lead Engineer (EU/ME/Asia Region)

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 comprises passionate professionals driven by a shared vision of creating a greener and more sustainable future through innovation, technology, and excellence. ● Completing assigned certification work for designated vehicle models, successfully enabling the introduction of cars and buses into EU, Middle East, and Indonesia markets. ● Organizing, implementing, and evaluating budget spending to achieve financial targets, including budget planning, tracking, updating expenditure items, and optimizing costs. Monitoring costs regularly to avoid over- or under-budget situations in homologation activities while ensuring effective, transparent, and compliant use of funds with no risk of loss or corruption. ● Researching international laws and regulations to ensure compliance and feasibility of homologation for targeted foreign markets (EU/ME/Indonesia). ● Providing regulatory and legal requirements to designers and engineers, enabling them to study and develop vehicles that meet the standards of each export market. ● Coordinating with Program teams and PMO to define timing expectations, build certification strategies, and submit them for management approval. Managing homologation plans and working cross-functionally to ensure project timelines are met. ● Collaborating with ESP engineers, external contractors, and international certification agencies to support homologation activities and obtain necessary certificates for target markets. ● Coordinating preparation of sample vehicles for certification testing and overseeing vehicle testing according to plan. ● Reviewing and assessing test reports and signing off applicable Compliance Summaries as required. ● Preparing and managing budgets for each export project, seeking approvals and monitoring expenditures across all budget categories. ● Conducting regular meetings with engineering teams to understand technical changes and determine potential impacts on homologation. For ongoing design updates, coordinating with engineering modules, validation/testing teams, and engineering partners to define required testing properties and levels. ● Supporting administrative tasks within the department to ensure smooth operational processes. ● Reading, understanding, and continuously updating regulations/laws from different countries, and applying updates to homologation work. Monitoring technical regulation changes through information collection, analysis, impact assessment, and reporting. ● Managing and controlling the validity periods of national type approval certificates, ensuring timely renewals and ongoing compliance. Requirements Knowledge of the automotive industry; experience in vehicle certification is an advantage. Requires a technical university degree. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in vehicle homologation/certification, particularly for buses. Experience in homologation for export markets, with familiarity in EU, Middle East, and Indonesia markets considered a plus. Strong understanding of “Type Approval” and “Certification” processes used in different sales countries. Knowledge of EV buses is an advantage. Demonstrates bravery, urgency, strong service spirit, decisiveness, high responsibility, proactive work style, and follow-through to completion. Willingness to commit and take ownership of all assigned tasks, actively challenging behaviors inconsistent with Vingroup’s culture and regulations. Strong communication, problem-solving, negotiation, and organizational skills. Ability to work under high pressure and manage heavy workloads effectively. Skilled in presentations, project management, and cross-functional coordination. Proficient in Microsoft Office is required; experience with SAP is a plus. Familiarity with drawing or design software (AutoCAD, CATIA, CorelDRAW) is advantageous.