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Internship in Process and Development - Drachten  [11/01/2010]


 


Organization Description:
Philips Consumer Lifestyle offers rich, new consumer experiences that meet consumers’ desire for wellness and pleasure, starting from our consumer insights and guided by our brand promise of “Sense and Simplicity”. We are a highly consumer driven organization looking at the individual's interests in terms of their Space, their Mind, their Body, and their Appearance.

Philips Consumer Lifestyle is one of three market-driven sectors within Royal Philips Electronics, delivering lifestyle solutions for personal wellbeing. Consumer Lifestyle’s headquarter is based in Amsterdam with its highly international workforce of approximately 25,000 employees spread over 50 countries with sales in more than 100 countries. Philips Consumer Lifestyle operates in the business activities TV, Audio and Video, Personal Care, Small Domestic Appliances, Mother & Child Care, Electronic Accessories and Professional & Business Solutions.

Examples of our products are Sonicare, the Whole-fruit juicer, Swarovski encrusted headphones, Aurea ambilight television, Wake-up Light, arcitec shaver and the One-touch espresso machine.


The department Manufacturing Process Development (MPD) is part of the Innovation Chain of Philips Consumer Lifestyle Drachten. Within this department ±25 persons are working across three functional groups (Forming / Finishing / New Technologies & Architecture). These groups are responsible for the industrial Pre-development of the shaver processes. Our customer is the supply chain in Drachten that is producing shavers for the whole world. The internship vacancy concerns the Forming group.

The focus of MPD is mainly on collecting proof of the feasibility and capability of new or adapted processes. This proof is needed before industrialization projects can be started and major investments are to be done.


Your Responsibilities:
Background Assignment:
You will be part of a regular project team that is focusing on predevelopment and industrialization of coldforming and hardening processes for new caps and cutters. Different project teams exist with different assignments. For example; new steel developments including process interactions or Accuracy improvement of cutters to enable improved shaving functions. The goal of the internship is to contribute to the development and industrialization of new shavers.

Assignment:
The exact assignment for you will be formulated in the project team by the lead engineer. An assignment can be for example to investigate the influence of a new steel type on the accuracy of a shaver cutter. The shaving components have very tight tolerances (micron range), thus measuring technology, spread analyses and spread investigations are a very common practice and statistic methods and tools shall be used extensively by you.

The internship concerns a practical work placement and is not suitable for a final graduation assignment.

Duration:
4-5 months. We do prefer candidates who can start as soon as possible.

Note:
When you apply we expect to receive both Cover Letter (outlining your motivation) and Resume. Please also note that in order to be applicable for an Internship, it should be compulsory (outside EU/EER) by your education and you need to be registered as a student, formal documentation of which may be requested at any time.


Your Profile:
Skills Required:
• You are currently studying towards a Bachelor/Master 3th or 4th year student with one or more qualifications: Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Materials Science, Industrial Sciences or a similar education.

To be successful in this internship you:
• Have affinity with process development and manufacturing technology.
• Like practical work and show interest in industrial statistics.
• Are a confident team player and are able to work independently on project tasks.
• Are fluent in oral and written English



Job Type:
Contract/Temp

Location:
Australia – Western Australia - Mid West

Salary:
[n/a]

Date available:
now

Experience Skills:
Graduate

Company:
Royal Philips Electronics

Company Description:
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is a diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 118,000 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 26 billion in 2008, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in flat TV, male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare.

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