Vehicle Personalization Engineering Internship (Maranello)

Ferrari; Maranello; On-site; EUR 8,928 - 13,392; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly allowance

Daily complimentary access to company restaurant

Job summary

A luxury automotive manufacturer located in Maranello, Italy, seeks a dedicated intern for its Special Equipment and Tailor Made Product Development team. The position requires a Master's student in Materials Engineering or similar, with a passion for innovation and previous internship experience in the automotive or luxury sectors. Responsibilities include analyzing upholstery materials, consulting databases, managing supplier relationships, and updating material specifications. This internship offers a monthly allowance and daily access to the company restaurant.

Qualifications

• Current Master's student eligible for internship or final year student.
• Passionate about automotive and innovative solutions.
• First work experience through internships in automotive or luxury sectors.

Responsibilities

• Analyze style requirements and upholstery materials.
• Consult materials database and historical records.
• Define technical specifications for new materials.
• Organize sampling requests with suppliers.
• Coordinate with Materials Laboratory for activities.
• Analyze results and draft outcomes.
• Update internal materials database.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Detail-oriented

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Education

Master's degree in Materials Engineering or similar

Job description

Ferrari has a most desirable track record, in F1 and Endurance Racing, for built-to-order Sports cars with Desing R&D, Production and commercial activities, as well as in LifeStyle and Fashion activities. And delivers record business results and confirmed one of the “World’s most powerful brands”.

Above all Ferrari is an international team (with 60+ nationalities) working with the highest level of professionalism and dedication, based on performance, meritocracy and continuous development, with innovation at the heart of our future.

We are looking for a dedicated intern in our Special Equipment and Tailor Made Product Development team, with specific activities in analysis of style requirements, extraction of the required upholstery materials and analysis of the historical database of developed configurations. The role includes the validation of materials, the development and prototyping of seats with the specific style.

You will cooperate in different activities, including:

• Starting from the material selected by the Style department, consult the materials database and the historical records of Laboratory activities, extracting the relevant engineering information;
• if the material is new, define a technical specification to be attached to the request that Purchasing submits for supplier sourcing;
• Organize and manage the sampling request with the selected Supplier;
• Organize and coordinate with the Materials Laboratory for internal activities and with the Supplier for material qualification;
• Analyze the results together with Laboratory personnel to draft the final outcome;
• Transfer the technical information about the material to the seat Supplier and to the internal departments and discuss its applicability;
• Update the internal materials database.

Required profile

For this fundamental role, we are ideally looking for a current Master student (eligible for internship) or in your final year in Materials Engineering or similar. You will not only have a passion for automotive and innovative solutions, but also already gained first work-experience through internships or projects (in automotive or luxury sectors) that allow you to understand business complexities and help you to develop your personal and communicative skills. In Ferrari you must exhibit the capability to think analytically, target-oriented and structured. You need to demonstrate strong communication skills (such as the ability to listen as well as in-depth reasoning). You will be expected to work independently as well as integrate as part of a team. We require attention to the detail and awareness of the responsibility that comes with your role. You are motivated to adapt to and learn from the company culture. It goes without saying that you relish a challenge. The effective completion of your daily tasks requires you to be a proficient user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook). Fluent English is required.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Location: Maranello, Italy

Seniority: Internship

Ferrari offers: Monthly allowance and daily complimentary access to company restaurant.