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

TME R&D centre is responsible for planning, development and production support of vehicles aimed at - and locally produced for - the European market, and to support Toyota globally in the development of innovatie technologies and methodologies.

The „Vehicle Comfort“ team is part of the Vehicle Performance Engineering division (VPE) and is responsible to develop the vehicle NVH (Noise, Vibration and harshness) according to European customer expectations. Using state-of-the-art experimental and numerical methods, we develop strategies to achieve the targets, and validate them on virtual and physical prototypes.

Your project

With the transition to hybrid and electric vehicles, customer expectations towards interior quietness are further increasing. Furthermore, the transition towards a SDV (Software-Defined Vehicle) will introduce new possibilities to apply active sound creation and cancellation technologies to create a unique sound experience for each person in the car cabin. How should the future electric vehicle sound like?

In this internship you will contribute to creating the soundscape of the future electric vehicle. We aim to realise a customer-centric approach in evaluating different sound aspects when a customer is using his/her car. Your role will be to support creating an infrastructure for immersive sound evaluation, and to contribute to the auralisation of different soundscapes and the evaluation of different sound aspects in this environment. More specifically this will include:

• You will support the installation of a state-of-art sound simulator technology and its integration into an immersive environment,
• You will support the creation of holistic vehicle sound models (based on existing vehicle recordings, or by designing new sound experiences) and secure the auralisation of the sounds,
• You will support the evaluation of these sound models using state-of-art jury testing methods, and make conclusions from a statistical evaluation of the results.

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• You are fluent in English (TME’s business language)
• You are pursuing your master’s in mechanical or acoustical engineering
• You are passionate about cars and sound/acoustics
• Experience in digital sound creation is a strong asset
• Knowledge of acoustics or NV (Noise & Vibration) testing and simulation is a plus
• You have some affinity with mathematical and physical modelling, and scientific scripting in Python
• You are eager to work in a multi-cultural environment

Place of employment

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

Starting date

• 1/September 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.