Internship in the area of Process Development Extrusion and Coating

Do you want to use your ideas to shape meaningful technology? Welcome to Bosch.

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 extrusion department, we produce more than 100 million wiper rubbers for wiper blades every year, with volumes steadily increasing.

Our extrusion lines are highly automated and have inline vulcanization, cutting and coating processes. State-of-the-art measurement systems are used to ensure a 100% inline quality control.

Next to the rubber extrusion, we recently acquired two brand-new polymer extrusion lines that will be used for the production of plastic spoilers for our wiper blades. Also here, the aim is to achieve the same outstanding levels of automation and quality control.

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.

This internship is situated in the Process Development group of the extrusion department (MFR). You will join an enthusiastic team that is responsible for the continuous improvement of the existing extrusion and coating processes as well as for the development and industrialization of new processes.

Some of your key tasks include:

• Active participation in the ongoing development projects
• Support the team members in the design and set-up of new manufacturing and measurement processes
• Set up and analyze experiments to assess new and existing measurement and production systems
• Participate in troubleshooting and problem solving activities
• Analysis of data, elaboration of cause and effect relations, problem solving

• Bachelor or master student in the area of engineering (chemical/mechanical/process/…)
• Good knowledge of English (written and spoken). Speaking Dutch is a plus, but definitely not required
• Good MS Office skills
• Knowledge of statistics is a plus
• Analytical mindset with good problem solving skills
• Eager to learn and take initiative
• Capable of open communication, team-oriented and a good sense of responsibility
• Intercultural awareness and understanding

Important: in order to qualify for this internship position, you must be actively enrolled in a university located in the European Union, or taking part in an Erasmus (+) or Leonardo program at such an institution. This condition must be met for the full duration of the internship.

Our offer

• A great opportunity to experience simultaneous engineering and production improvement in a cutting edge industrial environment.
• A position where you can take initiative, learn and bring added value in an industrial and development environment
• A chance to enhance your social and language skills interacting with other employees and interns. At any given moment, typically 10-15 interns are employed at Bosch Tienen, originating from around the world.
• 800 € expense reimbursement per month

• Typical duration of the internship: 6 months (minimum: 4 months)
• Starting date is flexible, internships can start year-round
• Bosch Tienen is located on the outskirts of Tienen, a small city in the Flanders region of Belgium. Most interns choose to find housing in Tienen, or in the nearby vibrant and multicultural university city of Leuven.

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. You receive 800 € as expense reimbursement per month.