General information
Company general information
TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937. Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 300.000 people.
Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts & accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing and engineering operations.
Team/division description
Technician team in Material Engineering Division is responsible for the evaluation and analysis of materials used in automobile, i.e. metal, corrosion protection technology, organic material, fabric, paint and so on.
Our function is to qualify performance and the durability of European materials after various tests. These tests simulate the lifetime of the vehicle in all environmental condition that the materials will be exposed to, i.e. stress/strain, impact, corrosion, temperature cycle, humidity and so on.
Your project
For this project, we focus on 2 items in the analysis of metal parts.
Metal material properties and corrosion properties
Your task will be:
1) For metal properties: To optimise and set-up sample preparation methods for optical investigations (embedding – grinding – polishing). You will prepare manuals and work instructions for the sample preparation methods.
2) For corrosion properties: To organise the follow-up of anti-corrosion equipment and manage the parameter control for the equipment. You will prepare follow-up sheets and test procedures.
Your profile
Bachelor or master student in chemistry, materials or automotive
Flexible team player in a multicultural environment
Open personality able to work in an independent way, hands-on mentality
Analytical mind
Fluent in English
Good computing skills in Excell and powerpoint
Place of employment: Toyota-Motor-Europe – R&D technical center Zaventem (Belgium).
Starting date: CY 2020
Duration: 3 months
Confidentiality: Due to business requirement, not all performed projects can be reflected in the internship report. This issue needs to be discussed with candidate/school in advance.
We can only accept students with an EEA or Swiss citizenship (not requiring a work permit or visa to be eligible to perform an internship in Belgium)
