Son Tong

Director of Engineering

Belgium16 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led R&D team in cutting-edge AI and control technologies
Awarded Siemens DF PL Invention of the Year
Finalist for AutoSens Award in Most Influential Research

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in automotive R&D, specializing in AI and autonomous systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

AiRoboticsAdasProject ManagementAutonomous DrivingControl Systems

Other Skills

AI AgentsSoftware-Defined VehiclesCFD PhysicsAISystem PerformanceMBSEAdvanced ControlVerification and ValidationMachine LearningSimulationTestingLearning ControlRobust ControlNumerical OptimizationsElectrical EngineeringLaTeX

About

R&D manager, with focuses on algorithms development and testing, validation in automotive industry. Have been managing technology development for mechatronics, automotive systems; and currently leading a R&D team of research engineers and industrial PhDs at Siemens, working on engineering topics in control, AI, Generative AI, simulation, and autonomous driving. - Siemens DF PL Invention of the Year Award - R&D project manager of European Union and Belgian research programs - Supervise research engineers and PhDs (EU Marie Curie, industrial PhDs) - Invited talks and guest lecture in Oxford, EPFL, Polimi, TUMunich, UTokyo, KULeuven, TU Delft,... - Speaker in industrial conferences: ADAS&AV Expo, JSAE, AutoSens, TRA... - Scientific papers: Automatica, IEEE TAC, CDC, ACC, IROS, IFAC, IV, ITSC... - Judge of Formula Student Germany FSG in Driverless Technologies - Finalist AutoSens Award 2019 in Most Influential Research - PhD in Control at KULeuven as a EU Marie Curie fellow

Experience

16 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Siemens digital industries software

3 roles

R&D Engineering Manager Digital Twin & AI

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo

Extending team research and development activities in Digital Twin & AI. Focus areas include AI Agents, Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV), CFD PhysicsAI, robotics - air mobility, system performance (battery, chassis) and MBSE. Integrate research with applied innovation, delivering solutions for next generation industries.

AI AgentsSoftware-Defined VehiclesCFD PhysicsAIRoboticsSystem PerformanceMBSE+1

R&D Engineering Manager ADAS

Promoted

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos

Team management, project management of ADAS & autonomous vehicles activities.

ADASProject Management

Senior Researcher

Sep 2016 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

Working and managing ADAS and autonomous driving projects, with focuses on advanced control and planning developments, verification and validation (V&V), machine learning, ADAS simulation and testing.

ADASAutonomous DrivingAdvanced ControlVerification and ValidationMachine LearningSimulation+1

Ku leuven

Marie Curie Fellow - PhD Candidate

Apr 2012 – Sep 2016 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Belgium

An EU Initial Training Network (ITN) Marie Curie fellow and PhD student in IMESCON project at Department of Mechanical Engineering, KULeuven.
Research: advanced control for mechatronic systems, learning control, robust control, numerical optimizations

Advanced ControlLearning ControlRobust ControlNumerical OptimizationsControl Systems