
Thu Dieu Truong
Senior Embedded Software Engineer | Project Management
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
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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.
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