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Mechatronics Engineer Intern (Minimum 6 month commitment)

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Volkswagen Group

Jan 16, 2024

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Engineering
  • San Francisco

Requirements

  • Qualifications & Specialized Skills:
  • Design and build user experience prototypes that enable stakeholders to experience new technology and concepts in the automotive space.
  • Be comfortable creating concepts to be presented to the “C” suite at VW Group World Wide.
  • Not afraid to think “outside” the car.
  • Work closely with user experience designers, software engineers, and other stakeholders to design and prototype new ideas.
  • Generate mechanical designs using CAD and work with local machine shops to have them manufactured.
  • Create involved electronics systems and design any PCBs required for operation.
  • Work with existing car systems and reverse engineer existing parts when necessary.
  • Generate documentation and develop pathway to series production for all concepts.
  • CAD –Solidworks and CATIA preferred.
  • Basic shop skills:
  • Mill, lathe, 3D printing, etc.
  • Basic mechanical design.
  • Basic electronics design.
  • Programming (C, C++, Python, etc).
  • Basic computer skills (Windows, Linux).
  • ICE or EV vehicle electronics knowledge and experience.
  • Required
  • CAD data, DevStack, Jira, Confluence

Responsibilities

  • Engineering Concepts/Prototyping:
  • Support technical evaluation and design concept creation.
  • Create electronics.
  • Integrate new technologies.
  • Build mechanisms.
  • Design circuits.
  • Wire vehicles.
  • Generate IP from projects.
  • Support demonstrations.
  • Expand Lab Capabilities:
  • Benchmark new machines.
  • Skill improvement.
  • Propose/justify capability improvements.
  • Lab Overhead:
  • Help maintain model shop.
  • Learn/evaluate new tools.

Manufacturing & Electronics
Industry
10,001+
Employees
1937
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group is made up of ten brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge, ŠKODA, SEAT, CUPRA, Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche and Ducati. Our group sells vehicles in 153 countries and operates 119 production plants worldwide. Each working day, around 675,000 employees worldwide produce cars, are involved in vehicle-related services or work in the other fields of business. Our goal is to make mobility sustainable for us and for future generations. Our promise: With electric drive, digital networking and autonomous driving, we make the automobile clean, quiet, intelligent and safe. At the same time, our core product becomes even more emotional and offers a completely new driving experience. It is also becoming part of the solution when it comes to climate and environmental protection. In this way, the car can continue to be a cornerstone of contemporary, individual and affordable mobility in the future. #Shapingmobility