Robert Bosch Produktie N.V., located in Tienen, Belgium, is within the Bosch Group the lead plant and worldwide center of competence for development, engineering and manufacturing of wiper arms. Customers are both original equipment automotive car manufactures and aftermarket customers. As part of the Bosch strategy, we offer students the opportunity to participate in an internship at our location. Safety, Cost efficiency and quality are our main focus points, and to maintain the excellent position we are at, we strive for: continuous improvement of our equipment efficiency, proactive work on process understanding and root cause analysis, introduction of new process and process automatisation to reduce manufacturing cost and introduction of new products to improve customer satisfaction.

In the department of wiper rubber development we work on rubber compound development, rubber profile development, rubber testing, tribology and its link to NVH, rubber surface treatments, and coating developments. We offer you the chance to work in one or more development projects within our department.

If you look for a position where you can take initiative, learn and bring added value in an industrial environment, you’re the student we are looking for. The internship will ideally last 3-6 months and can be either full-time or part-time (let us know your availability, and we’ll work something out). At present, you can work remotely.

Your tasks:
•    Cooperation in the engineering of wiper rubber products (material/profile/coating).
•    Support in the planning and completion of material tests.
•    Analysis of measurements and test results with presentation and documentation in test   reports.

Your profile:
•    You are studying (chemical) engineering, process engineering or engineering sciences.
•    You have obtained your bachelor degree.
•    Good knowledge of MS-Office, if possible experience with Matlab
•    Good knowledge of English
•    Independent working skills
•    Conceptual thinking
•    Interest in and respect for different cultures

The internship requires that you have the nationality of a EU-country or that you are taking part in the Erasmus- or Leonardo program.

The internship requires that you have the nationality of a EU-country or that you are taking part in the Erasmus program.

The personal experience of the interns is usually the following: The company employs 10-15 interns all year round from various countries. Therefore this is also a great opportunity to enhance your social and language skills. The interns live mostly in Tienen or in Leuven, known as a multicultural university city. You receive 800 € as expense reimbursement per month.