Design Innovation Engineer Intern - Singapore - Thales

Thales

Verified Company

Singapore

2 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

Location:
Singapore, Singapore

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales.

Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other.

In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security.

Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

**Job Description
**Internship: Design Innovation Engineer at the Thales Innovation Hub (R&T&I)
**With 80,000 employees in 68 countries, Thales plays a key role in keeping the public safe and secure, guarding vital infrastructure and protecting national security interests. Thales has been recognized for the fourth time as one of the world's top 100 innovators.

As an intern, you will

Support innovation projects in the domains of Aerospace, Space, Defence, Transportation & Security, working on Smart City initiatives such as Smart sensors & Video Analytics, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, new Space solutions and Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity projects.
Be an integral part of the Marketing and Innovation team at Thales and working with Thales customers.
Meet, learn from and interact with many domain experts who come from different backgrounds and expertise.
Opportunities to engage to Thales customers and partners.
Experience real working environment in multicultural teams, working with colleagues mainly in Europe and Australia
Research and analyze market data and technology trends.
Understand how the corporate and technical departments of a company compliment and support one another.

Specifically, you will be involved in the following activities

Assist to prepare for Design Thinking workshops in various engineering domains under guidance of Thales domain experts.

A. prepare Inspiration Boards or Concept mapping based on research.
B. prepare physical mock-ups (prototypes) to be used during sessions to engage users.

Build digital prototypes across multiple domains.
Participate in Design Innovation workshops with customers/users.
Create/produce videos, infographics to help the target audience understand Thales' products/solutions.
Build 3D Models of innovative products, when needed.
Prepare reports for innovation workshops, and produce Synthesis Posters
Provide technical support in the Innovation Hub
Opportunity to propose and start new initiatives, to grow our business or products/solutions, to improve the Innovation Hub etc.
Provide support in product design: 3D modeling and 3D printing.
Assist to organize and prepare for product/technology showcases to customers.
Attend industry events (eg. conferences, product/technology seminars) and gather market intelligence in Singapore.
Gather business intelligence and data to gain understanding of customer and market needs.
Research on Thales' competitors and present to the team

The following skills are useful, but not mandatory:3D Prototyping, 3D Printing, Laser cutting.
Adobe suite, Solidworks, AutoCAD.