General information
Company general information:
TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE (TME) Head Office and R&D center are based near Brussels in Belgium. More than 2700 employees from more than 60 nationalities cover the entire European business of Toyota and Lexus, including R&D, product planning, quality, engineering and manufacturing operations in production plants across Europe. More than 1 million new vehicles are sold each year. TME focuses on sustainability and for Toyota, Quality is a way of life: nothing is so good that it cannot be made better, that’s why we strive for continuous improvement in everything we do.
Division information:
As part of TME R&D organization, the Powertrain Division is responsible for local development of powertrains for vehicles built in one of the TME production plants, and for planning and research of new European technologies. Latest focus points include electrification, big data and connectivity.
Your project:
With increasing electrification in the automotive industry, electric motors play a crucial role in future powertrains. Your project is about investigating new electric motor technologies.
-Innovation scouting through literature and patent reviews
-Rate and summarize technology benefits and technical hurdles for industrialization
-Perform feasibility studies through electromagnetic simulations (software: JMAG)
-Multiobjective engineering approach (electromagnetic; mechanical; thermal; …) from component level up to overall system level
Your profile:
• Engineering student with interest in electrified powertrains and automotive E-motors.
• Prior experience in the field of E-motors is an asset
• Open personality and able to work independently in a multi-cultural business environment.
• Eager to find out how things work and creative to come up with own solutions
• Fluent in English (reading; writing; speaking) – German is an asset
• Able to summarize and explain complex technical information in a clear and visual way.
You have a Toyota DNA, this means you:
• wish to develop and are ready to persevere in order to reach challenging targets
• seek facts before making recommendations or decisions
• have strong planning and organizing skills
• enjoy working in a team, respecting others
• have excellent communication skills
• customer mindset
Place of employment: Belgium – 1930 Zaventem (Brussels area)
Starting date: Sept 1st, 2021
Duration: 6 months
Confidentiality: Some of the project content may have to be treated as confidential and therefore not shown explicitly in the internship report.
It is mandatory that applicants are students for the entire period of the internship.
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).
