Johann Pankau

NVH Consulting, LLC
Founder and Chief Technical Officer

35 Years of Unique Worldwide Automotive Engineering Expertise.

Throughout his professional carrier Johann gained unparalleled expertise in automotive R&D, particularly in vehicle chassis, tires and brakes. In addition, deep knowledge of vehicle NVH, ride and comfort and computations methods.

Up to the end of 2024 Johann Pankau was leading Tire NVH activities at Continental Tire NA, responsible for tire NVH and Ride & Comfort, simulation, vehicle interaction and optimization.

In 2025 Johann started NVH Consulting LLC operation, which is targeting automotive operations but also other industries as aerospace, consumer electronic.

Johann earned master’s degree in applied mechanics from Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany in 1990.

He started his professional carrier, right after graduation, at ITT Teves in Germany. In the first years he was responsible for brake rotor development, brake NVH and brake Finite Element computation. In 1998 he moved to the company operation in North America to lead brake simulations and NVH activities. From 2000 he was building a state-of-the-art NVH laboratory under Continental Teves serving all company businesses units. In 2004 he successfully transformed department to profit center operation, serving internal and external customers. From 2012 to 2024 focused on tire R&D leading tire NVH and Ride & Comfort activities in Amerces. Beyond industry career he is contributing to the education of the future engineers, teaching Vehicle Dynamics course at Oakland University in Michigan for last 15 Years.