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Trainee Engineering

Geplaatst op: 03 december 2015
Deadline: 10-01-2016 12:00:00
Niveau
WO

Your challenge

As a trainee you will join a 2-year program, in which you will be fulfilling 2 or 3 challenging assignments in different departments and sectors within Philips. For some of our Trainees it is even an option to work abroad. The Traineeship focusses on ‘learning on the job’, mentoring and training. Benefit from ample opportunities to learn and share with other Philips trainees and employees, while expanding your business network. After two years of accelerated learning and gaining valuable experience you are in the driver seat of your career. You will get the chance to use the network you have built to find the perfect next step in your Philips career.

Your responsibilities

We have several assignments (location Eindhoven or Drachten) available at Philips Healthcare. Within the Engineering trainee positions, each assignment has a specific focus.
 
  • The product Development team is responsible for the predevelopment of new functions and concepts and the architecture design and detailing of new products. Innovation Site Eindhoven  Mother & Childcare is responsible for the predevelopment and product development of products for Mother and Child Care. These products are sold in the market under the brand-name AVENT.
  • The group Function Development and Architecture matches the consumer needs to technical solutions. It spans the whole range from first ideas, proof of principles to product implementation and transfer to production. We cover the full portfolio of Skincare products, including IPL (depilation with light).As a trainee you will be part of various projects in which you perform various tasks. This offers you the chance to gain experience in a lot of fields and to interact with many different functions. You are also likely to be involved in further developing our test set-up involving the human like Biotac sensor finger, depending on the progress of your predecessor trainee.
  • Lead or support site improvement actions/ projects and ensure that they are performed in a timely matter; improvement actions can be: Improve the main innovation processes (pre-development and development); burning platforms to work on are defined on site and businesses level or Implement LEAN way of working
  • The group NPI cold forming is part of the NPI Drachten organization and has about 24 engineers responsible for the development and realization of precision metal parts. Key metal components for the shaving system are the cutters and caps. A main challenge is to deliver the requested process/product quality. Project goal is to have a validated model which describes the correlation between the key process, control, noise, input parameters and product quality and proposal for a control loop for those key parameters.

We are looking for

To be successful in this program you are a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit, eager and ambitious. Are you the one we are looking for? You can apply for the traineeship if you:
  • have recently graduated or will graduate latest August 2016 with a Master’s Degree in the directions of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, Physics, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Innovation Management, Industrial Engineering, Technical Business Administration. Or you have max 1 years of work experience straight after your graduation;
  • have excellent inter-personal and communication skills, so you can persuade colleagues at all ranks in the organization;
  • have international experience or an international mindset and the ability to use internal and external resources to maximize the value for the company and its customers;
  • have project and change management skills;
  • speak and write fluent English.

Our offer

We offer you a unique and challenging trainee program and the opportunity to:
  • work for an employer whose activities have a major impact on people all over the world;
  • discover how you can actively contribute to innovations that matter;
  • launch and steer your career in an environment with an astonishing diversity of nationalities, skills and backgrounds;
  • learn about different parts of the organization;
  • strengthen your capabilities and knowledge;
  • build a great international network.
     
    As a trainee you will receive a contract for the period of 2,5 years, with excellent labor conditions.

Recruitment Process

  • When you are interested to join the Philips’ traineeship, please apply online latest 10th of January 2016.
  • upload your CV, motivation and grade list;
  • if you pass the pre-selection round you will be asked to make an online ability test mid-January;
  • if you achieve the required score on this test, you will be invited for Skype interviews end of January /  February with one of our recruiters;
  • the most suitable candidates will be invited to the Traineeship Business Challenge Event in the Netherlands, to be scheduled on April 4 & 5 2016. During the event you will spend 1.5 day with similar minded graduates, working on a range of highly challenging exercises in a number of business-related scenarios. This is the final step in the traineeship selection process.
     
    When you successfully complete the selection process you are able to start between the 1st of May and September 2016 in your first assignment which are especially created for this program. 

Contact

When you have any questions regarding this vacancy, please contact Stefanie Ronde (Talent Acquisition Consultant) via +31(0)6-21142022.