Thu Dieu Truong

Senior Embedded Software Engineer | Project Management

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

C++Product ManagementProject OwnerProject Management (PMO)WordPressClean CodePythonGitGitLabJenkinsData AnalysisSoftware CraftsmanshipBackend DevelopmentAWSObjective-CShopifyCLinuxProduct OwnershipJira

Languages

English

About me

Intro

Embedded Software Engineer & Program Manager with 10+ years expertise in automotive systems, ECU development, and ADAS projects. Led cross-functional teams of 18+ members, delivered EVSE prototypes in 6 months, and achieved 100% on-time delivery milestones at FORVIA. Specialized in embedded C, Linux kernel, RTOS, and ASPICE-compliant project management for automotive OEMs.

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Work experience

Program Management Trainee

FORVIA

Sep 2024 - Mar 2025

7 months

Paris, France

Supported 2 Program Managers in managing 3 parallel programs (HMI & IVI), and the Europe Program Director in budget consolidation, forecast synthesis, and process standardization. - Coordinated cross-functional teams of 7 functional leaders (engineering, manufacturing, program buyer, quality, etc.) to ensure 100% on-time product delivery milestones. - Led planning, budgeting, and tracking for change requests, aligned with program objectives. - Conducted 8D problem-solving sessions with technical teams, achieving no backlog in product delivery for a duration of 4 months. - Improved risk management and issue-tracking processes for greater efficiency. - Created cheat sheets, report templates (slides), and financial tools (using VBA, Pivot table) to streamline tracking and forecasting among 4 stakeholders. - Contributed to monthly VP report(costs, forecasts, issues, timing), product roadmap update.

Software Project Manager

FORVIA

Jul 2021 - Jan 2023

1 year 7 months

Managed software application development for OEM customer ADAS - Radar project (ASPICE level 1), with a team size of 18 members, by applying Agile methodology and SDLC process. - Proactively drive prioritization and problem-solving by directly working with customers to define scope, risks for release milestones, testing scope, documentation management, and error tracking to achieve delivery 2 SW monthly milestones KPI. - Collaborate with essential stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and core teams to secure project support and streamline the completion of tasks by building a communication chart RACI, and applying Scrum and Kanban. - Working closely with the production team on product documentation support and error handling - Directly report to Head of Development, Vice President

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

FPT Software

Nov 2019 - Jul 2021

1 year 9 months

Cà Mau, Ca Mau, Vietnam

Product: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) to comply with J1772 standard • Served as Deputy Technical Lead and manager to lead R&D project (6 members) to deliver EVSE prototype in 6 months. Being responsible for work breakdown structure and project planning • Designed the EVSE system, including HMI (Linux/ QT-creator on Raspberry Pi) and EVSE (STM ARM), created technical documentation • Developed authentication on U-Boot using the Raspberry Pi control board • Reviewed/ guided team members in implementing and testing EVSE and HMI modules Product: OBDII ECU, LCD speed meter, Head-up display system (maintenance projects) • Developed software to receive CAN messages and store vehicle data (speed/RPM/ MIL/...) in local memory on Linux OS (Raspberry Pi/ QT-creator) • Built head-up display system using Arduino, controlled via CAN messages in RTOS • Managed project schedule and customer communication Product: Simulation tool support for testing like CANoe Mainly responsible for CAN bus simulator that is used for network testing of the ECU in a car • Designed MDF4 file writing • Implemented MDF4 file writing based on the ASAM MDF standard for communication in the system (C++/ QT-creator/ GCC) • Performed validation according to the management data format MDF tool using Oscilloscope and function generator

Embedded Software Engineer

Willowglen MSC Berhad

Nov 2018 - Dec 2019

1 year 2 months

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Product: SCADA Remote Terminal Unit Worked within the hardware department to research, design, develop, modify, and maintain embedded OS, PMON, firmware, application software, and device drivers for SCADA RTU and other support hardware. My job scope is microcontroller firmware development: • Built a diagnostic tool based on the Linux kernel to test and debug hardware elements on RTU, which ECU is ARM Cortex A8: internet, SRAM, LEDs, and mostly focus on UART/I2C/SPI protocol, PPP network) • Board brings up the new Linux OS version in terms of setting the device tree file • Customized Linux distribution with the Yocto project • Real-time Linux performance tuning • Used GitLab for version control

Embedded Software Engineer

Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Vietnam

Jul 2014 - Oct 2018

4 years 4 months

Product: Engine ECU Contributed to software development for Vehicle functions, which follows the complete RDCT (Requirement-Design-Coding-Testing) cycle, strictly follows the V-model cycle for Engine Control Unit software development, with main topics: Torque-based system, sensor & actuator control, Electrical system, Thermal system, and the like. My task is more relevant to: • Designed and reviewed software development based on customer requirement • Created and reviewed system test case (FCF, FCI) • Developed source code (C/C++), sometimes work with vector source code model (Eclipse, DGS build, Engine ECU Infineon TC1767) • Performed software validation on ETAS LabCar – automation environment • Managed small project in collaboration with Japan and India team using Clearcase platform


Education

KEDGE Business School

Master in Management

2023 - 2025

3 years

French Vietnamese School of Management (CFVG)

Master of Business Administration - MBA

2022 - 2024

3 years

The University of Technology, Danang

Bachelor's degree

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