Bachelor / Master internship: Electrical engineer
Looking for an Electrical student, passionate to work on concepts for the electric truck of the future
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Location Eindhoven
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Organisation Unit Internships Eindhoven
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Fulltime Fulltime
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Education level Bachelor
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Contract type Internship contract
Job description
For our Vehicle Electrification department, we are looking for an intern who will assist with various tasks.
As an intern, you will be responsible for the fuse concept assessment and improvement for future BEV projects.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Perform fuse assessment of the overall HV architecture (battery, and distribution box) for all short circuit currents for all vehicle configurations;
- Assess fuse selectivity;
- Identify gaps in the current design;
- Gather all overcurrent protection functions and assess if any component lifetime is affected;
- Gather all component limitations (temperature, short circuit currents, …);
- Define improvement opportunities;
- Define requirements for future projects;
- Create guideline or tool to perform fuse assessment.
Your profile
We are looking for an enthusiastic electrical student:
- With electrical/automotive/industrial engineering bachelor/master;
- With background in power electronics, thermal systems and electrical safety;
- Capable and willing to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment;
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
Department
The Product Development department Vehicle Electrics/Electronics is responsible for the application and development of electrical and electronic vehicle systems. Within this department, the group Vehicle Electrification focuses on high voltage systems (i.e. eMotor, convertors, e-auxiliaries, batteries, etc) for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV).
These high voltage systems are developed in close cooperation with system suppliers, and together with DAF’s sister companies Kenworth, Peterbilt and Leyland.
We offer
- A view behind the scenes at a large international corporation;You will get a lot of freedom and responsibility;
- We are open to your initiatives and depending on the assignment you see your results back in the workplace;
- An experienced coach and supervisor who can teach you a lot and is willing to help you with your assignment;
- After your graduation, you will have the opportunity to start your career at DAF;
- An internship wage of € 375,- (Bachelor) and € 450,- (Master) per month on full-time base;
- A travel allowance, if you don’t have a student travel product (provided by the Dutch government);
- A housing allowance, if you temporarily rent a room near DAF.
Each intern will have the opportunity to participate at the Student Event. During this event you will meet other interns and find out more about DAF/PACCAR!
Would you like to know more about the experiences of other students? Here you can read stories of our former interns.