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.

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.

Depending on your study program the internship may contain the following main points:

·         Support the design of new production machines and processes

·         Participation in Bosch Production System Projects

·         Lean Manufacturing

·         Value Stream planning

·         Continuous Improvement work on existing manufacturing lines in the fields of Quality, Failure Cost, Safety, Environment, Ergonomics, …

·         Data collecting and capability calculation

·         I4.0 and digitalization

·         Paperless projects

·         Automatisation of administrative workflows

·         Automated reporting of connected machines i.e. power BI

·         On condition and depending on the ongoing projects, support of larger manufacturing projects regarding:

o   Design and develop a new assembly line for a future wiper generation

o   Simulate the different workplaces with time analysis

o   Find solutions for the different design topics and perform cost comparisons in team

o   Participation in the entire project from first draft until implementation

. You must be enrolled as a student.

· Language: good knowledge of English is required. German and possibly Dutch is a plus

. Fields of study: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, production  engineering, technical business economics.

· Completed basic study period

· Good knowledge of MS-Office

· You are able to communicate, you can work on your own as well as work as a teamplayer

·  Responsible, independent and reliable worker

·  Intercultural interest and understanding

An internship will be successful if you are inquisitive, active and ask for work.

The main condition is that you are a European citizen and if not, you can only do an internship through a European exchange 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.