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Graduate Internship - Aerodynamics

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
Dutch (Fluent)

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Who is Lightyear?

Lightyear is an innovative and progressive scale-up with one mission; offering clean mobility for everyone, everywhere! Lightyear originates from the multiple world champion of the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge® Cruiser Class, Solar Team Eindhoven. With Stella and Stella Lux this team developed a solar powered, 4 person, road legal car. Lightyear was officially established in 2016 aiming to make this groundbreaking technology accessible to everyone! In 2016 it started with 5 visionaries. At the beginning of 2018 Lightyear had grown to 40 highly motivated people. Today, Lightyear consists of nearly 150 employees and keeps on growing. Lightyear has its own production facility and in the summer of 2019 we moved to our brand new office. This growth will continue in the coming years. For that reason we are looking for talented interns to strengthen the company and contribute in achieving our mission!

Which team will you become part of?

You will be part of the aerodynamics team, that currently is formed by two engineers. They spend most of their time designing, solving and post-processing car shapes in order to improve the efficiency of the car. They are willing to get help from an A-player that is capable of speed up the pre and post processing of those designs.

Your personal mission

There are many tasks involving an aerodynamics engineer position, and one of the most important things is to keep the software and custom made scripts up to date. You will be introduced to the software used in the team and help to improve the current scripts, propose and execute changes and also develop brand new ones from scratch. There are new challenges such as implementing new software and some of them using custom made scripts.

Requirements in order to achieve your personal mission

  • Computer Science (BSc), Electrical Engineering (BSc) or similar background
  • Good understanding of programming (python, bash, C++ and javaScript) and unix environments
  • Knowledge about message passing interface (MPI) is preferred, but not required
  • Previous experience such as an internship or inside a university team (e.g. Solar teams, formula student teams, hackathon teams, etc) is preferred, but not required
  • Starting date preferably in January or February 2020

What you bring along as a talented intern

  • Critical thinking and focus on efficiency
  • Good organisational skills, focus on time and deadlines
  • Good presentation skills, focus on synthesis of information
  • Team player skills
  • Open-minded to challenges and tasks, but also for providing and receiving feedback

What do we offer

In addition to a challenging internship you also have the opportunity to work for a company with a real, honest and ambitious mission. In this way you have the opportunity to make a huge impact on the future of mobility! In addition, we also offer:

  • A high degree of freedom and independence during your internship
  • A multidisciplinary team of highly motivated and talented people you can learn from
  • A certain internship allowance depending on educational level and type of internship

In addition to a dynamic working environment, there is time for relaxation during our already epic Friday afternoon drinks!

At Lightyear we are building an electric car that charges itself. From our experience at Solar Team Eindhoven, we know this is only possible starting from scratch. At Lightyear we bring together a multidisciplinary team of highly motivated engineers, designers, and visionaries to challenge the status quo. Write the story with us!

Automotive
Helmond
Active in 10 countries
200 employees
70% men - 30% women
Average age is 35 years

What employees are saying

Manuel Ribeiro

Software Engineer

Manuel Ribeiro

"Lightyear is an exceptional team that puts together people from all over the world with the same goal of creating a meaningful positive impact in our society. I felt welcome from the very first day and working with such motivated engineers gives me the energy I need to do my best every day."

Sapfo Tsoutsou

Group Lead - Thermal Engineering

Sapfo Tsoutsou

"Lightyear is een geweldig bedrijf om voor te werken. Het voelt voor mij meer als familie dan een werkgever. Klinkt misschien een beetje heftig, maar het is zo. Je maakt makkelijk vrienden op werk: iedereen is vriendelijk, behulpzaam en zo gemotiveerd om echt een verschil te maken in de wereld.”