Safety Research Technical Affairs Planning team at Toyota Motor Europe Technical Center develops tools to monitor future Euro NCAP safety requirements. The project modernizes Excel-based tools into collaborative applications, defining specifications, coordinating development, running pilot tests, and creating user documentation to support engineers and product planners.

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.

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Team/division description

The Safety Research Technical Affairs Planning team (TAP) is part of the Research and Development group at Toyota Motor Europe Technical Center in Zaventem, Belgium. Our team consists of 7 engineers, dealing with future safety requirements, mainly related to Euro NCAP assessment on Passive, Active safety and Automated Driving.

The goal of our group is to feed information to the development divisions and product planners who can then ensure that future requirements can be implemented:

Your project

The team has developed tools (in Excel based-macros) to facilitate processes to monitor and support the development of future Euro NCAP requirements. The goal of this project is to transfer these tools into a better collaborative and automated environment, through either improving the existing tools or creating new tools using  modern collaborative applications (eg. PowerApps)

Your job will focus one one of these tool and will consist in several tasks:

• Establish the specifications through the review of existing tool and consultation with the team members.
• Liaise with the Automation Factory team:
  • Study feasibility
  • Follow-up the development
• Implement a pilot test phase with the team members and potential other users.
• Write a User guide documentation

• You are fluent in English (TME’s business language)
• You have experience and/or strong interest in developing of small scale IT tools or applications in various coding languages (eg; Excel macros, PowerApps, Python…)
• You are organised and have a structured approach to code
• You are curious about how Vehicle Safety Consumer Assessment requirements are established.

Starting date

•  May/June 2026

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 a dynamic multicultural work environment with broad opportunities to learn every day and exciting career pathways that help you explore different disciplines or areas of expertise.

Your benefits

• Flexible working hours and hybrid working (homeworking, 10 days from abroad);
• Company restaurant – Warm dishes, salads and desserts daily, including Japanese and traditional Belgian specialties, as well as a vegan/vegetarian option;
• Sport facilities – Tennis, squash, volleyball, football and softball pitches are available at various Toyota sites;
• Team building activities and other personnel related events;
• Programs to support your physical and social well-being.

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.