Who Is Blacksheep Vietnam?

If this is the first time you are hearing from us, welcome.

We are Blacksheep Vietnam, a full-stack engineering and product development team based in Hanoi speclising in complex, high-precision product development and manufacturing for clients across the world.

But before we tell you what we do, it helps to understand why we are called what we are called.

Why "Blacksheep"?

It is a question we get often. The name is intentional.

In almost every field, engineering, science, manufacturing, business, the people who create real change are rarely the ones who follow established rules. They see different ways forward. They have the conviction to pursue them, even when the path is unclear or unconventional. That is the black sheep.

That is how we think at Blacksheep Vietnam.

Discipline and Independence. Not a Contradiction

Being a black sheep does not mean operating without structure. It means knowing which rules to break and which to hold.

Breaking rules without discipline creates chaos. Following rules without flexibility prevents anything new from being made. The balance between the two is what makes Blacksheep Vietnam function — and what makes the work we produce reliable, precise, and technically credible.

That balance shows up in everything: the products we build, the problems we take on, and the standards we hold ourselves to.

Built on 20 Years of Advanced Engineering

Blacksheep Vietnam was founded by Mark Gilligan, who previously spent two decades building Blacktrace Holdings — one of the UK's leading advanced science and engineering groups, including Dolomite Microfluidics and Particle Works.

That foundation shapes how we work. As Mark puts it:

"I strive to do things that have never been done before and at the leading edge of what can be done."

That is the standard Blacksheep Vietnam was built to meet.

What We Do

We are a full-stack engineering and product realisation team. We work with companies who need complex, high-precision products developed and manufactured in small volumes, to exacting standards — across three technically demanding domains:

  • Electric vehicles and powertrain systems
  • Scientific equipment including fluidic and laboratory systems
  • Medical devices

Our services span four areas: Product Development, Manufacturing Services, Market Access Services, and Marketing Services.

Based in Hanoi. Built for the World.

Vietnam's engineering and manufacturing ecosystem is developing fast — not just in capacity, but in capability. Blacksheep Vietnam was founded here because we believe this is where the most interesting technical work in Southeast Asia is being built.

We are not here to grow fast. We are here to build things that work.

Every great project starts with a conversation. If the work we do sounds relevant to what you are building, we would like to hear from you.

Talk to us about your next project