Motorsport Business Development Intern

Bosch Group; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Bosch Group in the United Kingdom invites undergraduates to join a 12-month internship based at the Nuneaton office. You will participate in Bosch's exclusive BUILD Programme, gaining exposure across business development, event coordination, technical support and administration within the Motorsport segment.

The role focuses on developing opportunities, coordinating events, supporting engineers and ensuring excellent customer communication.

Qualifications

• Passion for motorsport, engineering, technology, or business.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and keen to learn new skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying business opportunities with existing and prospective customers.
• Track regulations across UK-based race series to identify future tender opportunities.
• Monitor competitor activities and product launches to stay competitive.
• Support development of business cases for new technologies and product opportunities, including motorsport projects.
• Grow the Bosch Motorsport dealership network through marketing and communication.
• Research potential new dealership partners.
• Understand Defence, Marine and Off-Road markets and apply motorsport tech where relevant.
• Assist with planning and organisation of customer visits, workshops, trade shows and events.
• Engage with customers to coordinate meetings and maximise networking opportunities.
• Coordinate attendee lists, logistics and post-event follow-up.
• Support delivery of major trade show activities.
• Gather information to respond to customer enquiries with engineering teams.
• Translate technical information into clear customer-facing materials.
• Track customer requirements and communicate to internal teams.
• Maintain customer action trackers and support satisfaction initiatives.
• Prepare customer presentations, briefing materials and pre-meeting docs.
• Assist with forecasting and business planning activities.

Skills

Motorsport passion

Communication

Organisational skills

Proactive learner

MS Office proficiency

Education

Undergraduate student

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Do you want your ideas to shape the technology of the future? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology – with us, you will have the chance to improve the lives of people across the world.

Welcome to Bosch.

The Bosch Group operates in four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology employing over 420,000 associates in 128 countries worldwide – 85,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 44,000 are software engineers, and more than 6,000 associates in the UK and Ireland.

This Intern role will encompass varying tasks including:

Business Development

• Assist in identifying business opportunities with existing and prospective customers:
• Track regulations across all UK-based race series to identify and support future tender opportunities.
• Monitor competitor activities and product launches to ensure we remain competitive.
• Support the development of business cases for new technologies and product opportunities, including projects within top-level motorsport.
• Support the growth of the Bosch Motorsport dealership network:
• Help increase dealership sales through marketing activities, website improvements, regular communication, and strong collaboration.
• Research and identify potential new dealership partners.
• Gain an understanding of Defence, Marine and Off-Road markets and how motorsport technologies can be applied in other industries. The Defence sector is a key growth area with significant future opportunities.

Event Coordination

• Assist with the planning and organisation of customer visits, technical workshops, trade shows, and industry events.
• Engage with customers and industry contacts ahead of trade shows to coordinate meetings and maximise networking opportunities.
• Coordinate attendee lists, event logistics, and post-event follow-up activities.
• Support the delivery of major trade show and exhibition activities.

Technical Request Support

• Work closely with engineering teams to gather information needed to respond to customer enquiries.
• Help translate technical information into clear customer-facing presentations, summaries, and documents.
• Track customer requirements and ensure they are communicated effectively to the appropriate internal teams.

Customer Satisfaction

• Maintain customer action trackers to ensure commitments and follow-up actions are completed on time.
• Support customer satisfaction initiatives, including customer feedback and survey activities.

Administration Support

• Prepare customer presentations, briefing materials, and pre-meeting documentation ahead of customer meetings and events.
• Support the preparation of customer quotations.
• Record meeting minutes and capture key actions from customer meetings.
• Coordinate follow-up actions and distribute relevant information to stakeholders.
• Prepare customer-friendly summaries to ensure a clear understanding of discussions and agreed actions.
• Support the management and tracking of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).
• Assist with forecasting and business planning activities.

Key criteria:

• Passion for motorsport, engineering, technology, or business.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic, proactive, and keen to learn new skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.

This is a 12-month internship beginning inJuly 2027. This position is open to undergraduate students who are eligible to partake in a work placement as part of their university course.

Location: you will be based at the Nuneaton office.

As an Intern at Bosch, you will participate in an exclusive learning and development programme called the BUILD Programme designed to support you through your internship journey. It includes a mixture of in-person and virtual sessions on topics including Effective Communication and Leading Myself provided by expert external trainers.

Interview Process and Right to Work Information:

Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to participate in a face-to-face interview by the hiring team and/or an online assessment centre.

You must have the right to live and work in the UK when you start your placement and for the full duration of your placement. Please note your placement must be directly relevant to your course to comply with visa requirements.

Before attending an interview for this position you must inform your Faculty/School Placement Officer and we strongly suggest you check you are eligible for a placement before you apply. If your Faculty/School does not have a Placement Officer, you must inform your course tutor.