Summer Student, Corporate R&D

apartmentMagna International placeAurora calendar_month 
What we offer: At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed.
As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are. Group Summary: Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space.
We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
Job Responsibilities: Position Overview: The Summer Student Corporate R&D will support technology projects within the R&D team, working with the engineering staff in performing evaluations of the technologies and the building blocks supportive of automotive products, advanced manufacturing principles, and software integration.
This will include literature research, design and prototyping work, as well as testing and result presentation. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Support R&D staff in robot programming and simulation work, executing smaller work packages individually and independently.
Conduct literature research and summarize results. Operate collaborative robots under strict safety protocols, following detailed instructions. Assemble prototypes and testing setups for collaborative robots, ensuring proper functionality and performance.
Analyze simulation, design, and measurement results, and create presentations/reports under the supervision of R&D staff. Laboratory organization and management. Qualifications: Electrical, Mechatronics, or Robotics engineering student with hands-on experience in hardware development and programming (such as Arduino and LabVIEW).
Mechanical or Robotic engineering student with initial experience in common engineering design and analysis tools (CAD/Simulation software, such as SolidWorks and Matlab/Simulink). Programming skills in common languages (Python, C/C++, Java, etc.). Understanding of general engineering principles and their application to real-world scenarios.
Ability to read and understand scientific papers and technical descriptions and to summarize key findings. Mechanically adept and capable of assembly using standard hand tools. Ability to work independently after instruction. Education / Experience: Minimum 3rd-year mechanical or electrical engineering student, with a minimum CGPA of 3.7/4.0. Familiar with Python/C++, SQL, and robotics principles.
Strong foundation in Mechatronics or Robotics. Special Knowledge / Skills: Self-starter with a “can-do” attitude and a get-the-job-done personality. Physical Demands / Work Environment: Normal amount of sitting or standing, average mobility to move around an office environment, able to conduct a normal amount of work at a computer.
Small manual work without heavy lifting. Accommodations for disabilities in relation to the job selection process are available upon request. In-person work only. Awareness, Unity, Empowerment: At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success.
That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law. Worker Type: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) Group: Magna Corporate

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