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Giovanni Bussalai

@giovannibussalai

Head of Function Development at Bugatti Rimac, developing vehicle and powertrain drivability controls for Bugatti and Rimac models.

Croatia
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At Bugatti Rimac, I head the team developing and calibrating vehicle and powertrain drivability controls for Bugatti and Rimac models. My work spans high-performance vehicle dynamics and control systems.

At Bugatti Rimac, I led vehicle dynamic controls, torque vectoring strategies and dynamic tuning associated with 24 world records on the Rimac Nevera R and 23 on the Rimac Nevera.

My career has included controls integration for the Bugatti Bolide’s Start of Production and lifecycle optimizations for the Bugatti Chiron, alongside proprietary control systems for Maserati and Alfa Romeo models.

Since 2014, I’ve implemented and led ISO 26262 (ASIL) guidelines for mission-critical control software. I’ve also developed in-house vehicle control strategies as alternatives to Tier-1 black-box solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Bugatti Rimac logoBR
Current

Head of Function Development

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Head of team in charge to develop and calibrate the new Vehicle and PWT- Drivability controls for BUGATTI and RIMAC models

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Head of Vehicle Dynamic Controls

Oct 2022 - Jan 2025 (2 years 3 months)

Worked as Head of Vehicle Dynamic Controls at Bugatti Rimac.

Maserati logoMA

Global Vehicle Concept & Application Manager

Apr 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years 5 months)

Worked as Global Vehicle Concept & Application Manager at Maserati.

Maserati logoMA

Vehicle Software Application team leader

Aug 2018 - Apr 2020 (1 year 8 months)

Worked as Vehicle Software Application team leader at Maserati.

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Application Engineer - Vehicle Dynamic

Nov 2013 - Jul 2018 (4 years 8 months)

I'm currently involved in the development, tuning and testing of the controls for the active systems for new Alfa Romeo models. As car engineer I follow the development of strategies and the tuning of vehicle on track and on drive simulator. Currently I'm the team leader for active suspension control tuning and development group.

Centro Ricerche Fiat logoCF

Technical Project Manager

Dec 2010 - Oct 2013 (2 years 10 months)

Responsabile della gestione del progetto per la realizzazione di prototipi.

Technical responsible in the management of the project in order to develop vehicle prototypes.

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Performance Engineer

Dec 2009 - Nov 2010 (11 months)

Definizione target consumi carburante per veicoli in fase di impostazione.
Messa a punto e sviluppo guidabilità per nuove vetture FIAT.

Fuel consumption target definition for new vehicles concept.
Development and tuning of driveability for new FIAT cars.

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Engineer Specialist

Oct 2007 - Nov 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Sviluppo e integrazione prototipi, debug e analisi dati.

Development and integration of prototypes, debug and data analysis.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

PT

Politecnico di Torino

Laurea, Ingegneria Meccanica

1998 - 2006

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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