What's the role?
Join our innovative team in Business Unit Screw Fastening to drive product development and enhance productivity for our customers. As an intern in our department, you’ll be an integral part of the Business Unit. You’ll work closely with the different stakeholders of our team to further develop our market-leading solutions. You will drive an initiative of high relevance, through understanding customer applications and requirements, and designing and testing solutions to strengthen the value proposition of our building envelope screw fastener portfolio. Your key responsibilities lie in the areas of research, testing + analysis.
Start date is flexible to the student's availability, target start date 1st March 2024 (flexible), duration: at least 6 months
Who is Hilti?
For the sixth time in the past 11 years, Hilti has been named one of the best employers by Great Place to Work.
What began as a family business in 1941, founded by brothers Eugene and Martin Hilti, has become a leading industry player with over 120 locations worldwide and a workforce of more than 33,000 colleagues. Our incredible journey, from humble beginnings to a global powerhouse, is a shining example of the rewards of a hard-working and dedicated team.
At Hilti, we provide leading-edge tools, technologies, software, and services for the global construction industry and beyond. Our purpose is making construction better based on a passionate and inclusive global team and a caring and performance-oriented culture.
We invest a substantial amount of our annual profit to the Hilti Foundation, which focuses on initiatives that empower people to live independently and autonomously, contribute to building stronger societies, and create networks of competent partners to achieve sustainable and scalable impact.
What does the role involve?
As intern in our department, you’ll be part of the development and progression of our building envelope screw fastener portfolio. In our global team setup, we constantly strive for innovation to provide the best solutions to our customers. You’ll work closely with our experts to develop future systems addressing customer needs.
Your key responsibilities will be supporting the development team in technical investigations and product development projects. Your main project will involve research, ideation of solutions/improvements, and subsequently testing and validation. Furthermore, you will analyse results from product testing and have the opportunity to share these results in the broader business unit development community. You will work closely with our development and test engineers, project leaders and product management, who will empower you to make an impact on the future product portfolio and, ultimately, for our customers.
CAREER - 80% of our entry positions at Headquarters are filled with interns. It’s testament to how much we value, develop and look after our people.
What do we offer?
Joining more than 2100 colleagues from over 70 nationalities at one of our headquarters locations in Schaan, Nendeln, or Buchs is more than a career move. It’s your opportunity to enjoy the energizing, alpine lifestyle - where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland seamlessly meet.
Share your interests and become a part of one of our employee groups leading change locally, for example, supporting female empowerment or the LGBTQ+ community or joining a leisure group for a Wednesday mountain bike ride or tennis match. If you are passionate about giving back to the community, we have various opportunities to volunteer through our engaged beyond business program locally and internationally.
Additional benefits of our headquarters location include shared e-bikes for your commute, an on-site gym, three restaurants, language courses, learning and development training opportunities, tax insurance, financial guidance, child care, relocation and spousal support, and more.
What you need is:
- Enrollment in a Bachelor/Master’s program in mechanical/manufacturing engineering, materials science or similar (preferably with knowledge of production and/or drilling technology) for the entire internship period
- A proactive approach, self-reliant personality, and enthusiasm to learn
- Passion for innovation and product development
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
- Strong communication skills, with excellent English and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as a collaborative team-player
- Experience with 3D modelling and simulation is a plus
Why should you apply?
We have an excellent mix of people, which we believe makes for a more vibrant, more innovative, more productive team. So, if you have no knowledge of construction, that’s fine with us. We’re more interested in your ability, commitment and drive to succeed.
Hilti is an equal opportunity employer.
We take our time to get to know you. As part of your recruitment process, you’ll get to talk to your internship coach as well as your HR Manager who both can answer some of your burning questions.
