Technical Expert – Interior & Exterior Trim (TT150ST RM 4121)

Position: Technical Expert – Interior & Exterior Trim (TT150ST RM 4121)

Role Overview
This role provides a unique opportunity to shape the look, feel, and perceived quality of VinFast vehicles. The successful candidate will play a central role in defining customer-facing quality, craftsmanship, and comfort, directly influencing brand perception and long-term product excellence.

Experience:

• Expert in interior and exterior trim systems, including instrument panels, consoles, door trims, headliners, bumpers, fascias, exterior panels, and decorative elements.
• Extensive experience in identifying and resolving GD&T-related issues, tolerance stack-ups, flush & gap, and build quality concerns.
• Strong background in Perceived Quality (PQ), including visual quality, tactile feel, fit & finish, and customer-facing craftsmanship.
• Proven capability in resolving manufacturing and quality issues, working closely with plants, suppliers, and quality teams to address defects and process variability.
• Deep experience in diagnosing and fixing squeak & rattle (BSR) issues through design, material selection, interfaces, and assembly strategies.
• Proven experience ensuring interior and exterior trim fixing strategies meet or exceed crash safety requirements, including side impact performance (e.g. R95), with a strong understanding of trim retention, break-away behaviour, and occupant interaction during crash events.
• Strong understanding of air leakage, sealing strategies, and wind noise contributors, working in close collaboration with NVH and aerodynamics teams.
• Experience working with aerodynamics teams to optimise aero-relevant trim surfaces, sealing concepts, underbody and exterior details without compromising quality or appearance.
• Familiarity with homologation and regulatory requirements related to interior and exterior trim, including driver sight lines, mirrors, glazing interfaces, and interior safety considerations.
• Experience collaborating closely with Accommodation and Usage attributes to ensure occupant comfort, usability, ergonomics, and premium feel.
• Proven ability to define, review, and enforce trim design rules, standards, and best practices.
• Strong track record of capturing and deploying lessons learned into future vehicle programs and standards.
• Act as the technical authority for interior and exterior trim across VinFast vehicle programs.
• Lead resolution of all major trim-related issues, including GD&T, PQ, BSR, air leakage, and manufacturing quality concerns.
• Define, review, and continuously improve trim design rules, standards, and technical guidelines.
• Support and challenge designs at concept, detailed design, and validation phases to ensure robust quality and customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with Aerodynamics, NVH, Accommodation, Safety, Manufacturing, and Supplier teams to deliver integrated trim solutions.
• Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for complex trim, quality, and customer-perceived issues.
• Provide expert input into homologation-related topics impacting trim and interior/exterior visibility and usability.
• Capture key learnings from vehicle programs and ensure they are embedded into future platforms, standards, and processes.
• Advise senior leadership on trim-related risks, trade-offs, and technical direction.
• Expert in interior and exterior trim systems, including instrument panels, consoles, door trims, headliners, bumpers, fascias, exterior panels, and decorative elements.
• Extensive experience in identifying and resolving GD&T-related issues, tolerance stack-ups, flush & gap, and build quality concerns.
• Exceptional attention to detail combined with strong systems-level understanding of vehicle quality.
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct line management.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating subjective quality issues into clear technical actions.
• Structured, analytical, and pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment with significant technical accountability.

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