TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937. Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350.000 people. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts & accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations.

We are excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.

Team/division description

The Vehicle Performance Engineering division (VPE) is part of the R&D group at Toyota Motor Europe Technical Center in Zaventem, Belgium. Our division is in charge of:

• Identifying market requirements and trends, and turning them into development targets for vehicles, their subsystems, and down to components
• Performance development of passenger vehicles for the European market
• Researching state of the art and beyond state of the art technologies for implementation in future vehicles
• Developing the state of the art methods to set these requirements, predict the performances and validate them

Your project

Your objectives will be to further develop, expand and validate a prediction method to estimate the air conditioning system state of health. This method is mostly based on machine learning and aim at remotely assessing the condition of the air conditioning refrigerant  gaz.

Your role will be to define and gather necessary data in order to improve and expand an initial model as well as to proceed with the model improvement it-self.

You will be part of a diverse team with competencies in mechanical engineering, model base development and data science. You will have access to state-of-the-art prediction tools, measurement equipment and to necessary test data.

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• You are fluent in English (TME's business language), additional European language skill is an asset
• You have a background in data analysis and science including machine learning techniques, experience in Python (Scikit-learn, statsmodels, keras,…) is an asset
• You have a good knowledge of mechanical engineering and HVAC
• You have strong analytical problem solving skills reinforced by good common sense
• You are a quick and eager learner with a flexible mind and good eye for details
• You are a team player with good communication skills inside a multicultural environment
• You are self-organized and can manage your time

Place of employment

• Belgium - Brussels (Zaventem): Toyota Motor Europe, Technical Centre

Starting date

06/05/2024

Duration

6 months

Confidentiality

Due to business requirement, not all performed projects can be reflected in the internship report. This issue needs to be discussed with candidate/school in advance.

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)

We offer

Please check our Career and Benefits page.

At Toyota Motor Europe, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All our recruitment decisions are based on the individual and their qualifications along with the job requirements. The selection process is without regard to nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is our key strength. Together we have the power to make a positive change and go beyond the ordinary.

If you need any specific consideration for the interview process due to disability or any other reason, please let the recruiter know.