Technical search for automotive and EV in Vietnam.
Vietnam's automotive sector runs on two tracks at once. VinFast is building electric vehicles from a standing start — cars, and now the country's largest electric two-wheeler business — while Thaco, Hyundai Thành Công and TMT assemble and localise established platforms. Policy is pushing both towards electrification: Hanoi began restricting petrol motorbikes inside Ring Road 1 in July 2026, and electric two-wheeler sales are projected to more than double this year. Behind all of them sits a supplier base that has been making components for export for years.
Those tracks need different engineers. Bringing an EV platform to production is a problem of integration under time pressure: cell-to-pack, BMS, thermal management, software and body-in-white all moving at once, with no legacy process to fall back on. Running a CKD assembly line well is a problem of discipline, takt and supplier management — PPAP, run-at-rate, containment. An engineer who is excellent at one may struggle at the other, and the CV rarely makes clear which they've done.
The supplier layer adds a third pattern: a component engineer at a tier-one plant in Hải Phòng making parts for Japan has been held to OEM standards for a decade — APQP, PPAP, control plans, 8D — and often knows quality systems better than the OEM teams hiring them.
Roles we search for
Vehicle engineering and integration
Vehicle integration engineer · Chassis engineer · Vehicle dynamics engineer · Interior and exterior trim engineer · Body-in-white engineer · CAE and structural analysis engineer · NVH engineer · Durability and vehicle testing engineer · Homologation engineer
Electric powertrain and propulsion
Electric motor design engineer · Power electronics engineer · Inverter engineer · Motor control software engineer · Transmission and driveline engineer · Thermal management engineer · Powertrain calibration engineer · Powertrain integration engineer
Battery systems and cells
Battery pack engineer · Battery cell engineer · BMS hardware engineer · BMS software engineer · Battery testing and validation engineer · Battery safety engineer · Battery thermal engineer · Cell manufacturing process engineer · Battery module assembly engineer
Automotive electronics and E/E architecture
E/E architecture engineer · ECU hardware engineer · Wiring harness engineer · Automotive PCB design engineer · Infotainment hardware engineer · Sensor engineer · EMC engineer · High voltage electrical engineer
Embedded and vehicle software
Embedded software engineer · AUTOSAR engineer · Firmware engineer · CAN and LIN network engineer · Automotive Ethernet engineer · Functional safety engineer (ISO 26262) · Automotive cybersecurity engineer (ISO/SAE 21434) · Software integration engineer · Model-based development engineer
ADAS and autonomous driving
ADAS engineer · Perception engineer · Sensor fusion engineer · Path planning and control engineer · Computer vision engineer · Simulation and validation engineer · Scenario and data engineer · HIL test engineer
Charging infrastructure and energy
Charging systems engineer · EVSE hardware engineer · Charging software and OCPP engineer · Grid connection engineer · Charging network operations manager · Energy storage engineer
Manufacturing and process engineering
Manufacturing engineer · Body shop engineer · Paint shop engineer · General assembly engineer · Welding engineer · Press shop engineer · Automation and robotics engineer · Tooling and fixture engineer · Industrial engineer · Production manager
Quality, reliability and certification
Quality manager · Supplier quality engineer · Customer quality engineer · IATF 16949 systems engineer · APQP and PPAP engineer · Reliability and durability engineer · Failure analysis engineer · Warranty and field quality engineer · Regulatory and certification engineer
Supply chain and programme management
Programme manager · Vehicle launch manager · NPI and industrialisation manager · Commodity and purchasing manager · Localisation engineer · Supplier development engineer · Logistics and materials manager · Cost engineer
Aftersales and service engineering
Service engineering manager · Technical service engineer · Diagnostics engineer · Field quality and recall manager · Technical training and documentation lead · Parts and service operations manager
Leadership
Plant director · Head of R&D · Chief engineer · Head of electrification · Engineering director · Manufacturing director · Quality director · Programme director
These searches start at a gross monthly package of around 50 million VND, or below that when several roles are open at once.
What we look at
Which vehicle programmes they worked on and what they actually owned within them — a launch involves hundreds of engineers, and titles rarely separate them. Which milestones they went through, prototype, pre-series and SOP, and what went wrong in the weeks before SOP. For EV roles: which cell chemistry and format they worked with — LFP or NMC, prismatic, pouch or cylindrical — the pack architecture, and whether they have handled a thermal runaway event or the testing around it. For electric powertrain: which motor and inverter they designed or calibrated, the power and torque achieved, and what control strategy they used. For E/E and hardware: which ECUs they owned end to end, and whether a design of theirs passed EMC and high-voltage safety testing. For software and electronics: AUTOSAR, the ASIL level they developed to under ISO 26262, and whether they have taken a feature through homologation. For ADAS: which levels of autonomy they have shipped, which sensors they integrated, and how many kilometres of simulation or real-world testing a feature went through before launch. For charging infrastructure: which standards they have deployed, CCS, GB/T or NACS, which OCPP version, and how many stations they brought online. For manufacturing: which stage they owned — body shop, paint, stamping, general assembly — and how scrap rate or OEE moved after they got involved. For quality roles: which OEMs audited them, what the findings were, and how they were closed. For localisation: which components they moved from import to local production, and whether cost and quality held. For aftersales: how many recall campaigns they have run, and the average time to correctly diagnose a field failure.
Vietnam has strong component manufacturing experience and a short history of full vehicle development. For roles that require someone who has taken a platform from concept to SOP more than once, the pool is small and often means engineers returning from Korea, Japan, Germany or China. We'll say so at the outset rather than let a search drift for three months.