Samet Sertkaya

Vehicle Engineering | Engineering Project Manager | ADAS | Homologation & Certification | Technology MBA | 6-Sigma Black Belt

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

About

Experienced Product Development and management leader with a demonstrated history of delivering to high standards whilst achieving great employment satisfaction ratings in the automotive OEMs, Start-Ups, suppliers, and consultancy environments. Skilled in management & development of engineering teams, managerial finance, strategical & design thinking, brand & product marketing, digital technologies, quality-driven, and human centralized innovative products. Strong project management professional with an MBA degree.

Experience

  • Vehicle Engineering Attributes Leader- Safety & ADAS & Electronics & Certification & Security at Tata Technologies
    Aug 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    - Led vehicle safety and security programs for key client projects, ensuring legal compliance and consumer-driven metrics. - Managed internal and external stakeholders, including test houses, engineering teams, technology partners, simulation vendors, and client program reviews, ensuring delivery within a £2.5M budget while maintaining scope, specifications, timeline, quality, risk, and resource management. - AGILE Project Management - Developed commercial and financial strategies, including budget management and negotiation skills. - FMVSS, NHTSA, IIHS, UN ECE-R, GSR2, Euro NCAP, ASEAN NCAP, ANCAP, GB, ADR, Art., RCAR & THATCHAM NVSA, Group Rating, NATM, OPEN X, BSI, ISO26262, JIRA, RFQ, APQP, DVP, FMEA, UNECE R155,156,157, EU 2022/1426, ISO 45001, ISO21434

  • Vehicle Safety & Security PAT Leader at Lotus Tech Innovation Centre GmbH
    Jan 2021 - Jul 2021 · 7 mos

    - Led Vehicle Attribute team for Vehicle Safety, Repairability, Damageability and THATCHAM Security Development of Lotus Eletre & Lotus Emeya -Accounted for Weekly, Monthly Program Reviews with Geely Headquarters(EU & CHINA) and Official Authorities - Led indirect internal CAE teams to meet Consumer Driven Metrics and Legal Compliance such as Euro NCAP, U.S. NCAP, FMVSS, UN-ECE R, and IIHS targets

  • Vehicle Body Crash-worthiness - CAE Lead at Ferrari
    Oct 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Vehicle Safety & Body Computer-aided Engineering Analyst at Altair
    Sep 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Crasworthiness, NVH, Durability, Optimization RADIOSS, LS-Dyna, Optistruct, HyperCrash, HyperWorks

  • Passive Safety - Side Impact and Battery CAE Lead at Dyson
    Sep 2019 - Oct 2019 · 2 mos