Internship: Graduation Projects Model Based Design R&D Internship in Veghel, Netherlands

A challenging role with Vanderlande will help you to develop your career and satisfy your ambitions. We are the global leaders for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market, as well as a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses. Our systems are operational at more than 600 airports – including 14 of the world’s top 20 – the world’s leading parcel companies, and 12 of Europe’s top 20 e-commerce companies.

Established in 1949, Vanderlande employs more than 4,500 people in more than 100 countries, all committed to moving our customers’ businesses forward. Our unique capabilities include integrating hardware, software and services into tailor-made solutions. The result is a distinctive track record in innovation, reliability and partnership. Our global presence provides an unrivalled 100 site-based teams, who ensure that our customers enjoy an optimum level of performance, 24/7.

Through building strong relationships – as well as enjoying our work and a more varied social life – the focus at Vanderlande is on the freedom to express ourselves while being trusted to deliver on every level. This is one of the key criteria on which Vanderlande has been assessed to become the number one Best Employer in The Netherlands for 2016.

If you’re ambitious and would like your career path to lead you to the fast-moving world of Vanderlande, then please contact us to set these challenges in motion.

Vanderlande – challenges in motion

Internship: Graduation Projects Model Based Design R&D Job Description

Description of the assignment:

Over the years complexity of Vanderlande’s material handling systems has increased enormously:

• From an equipment supplier, via system integrator, towards logistic solution and service provider;
• From a mechanically oriented company towards a controls and software oriented company;
• From small customer systems to major airports (Amsterdam Schiphol, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Hong Kong, Los Angeles LAX), parcel hubs (UPS, TNT, DHL), and huge food retail distribution centers (Albert Heijn, Leclerc, Woolworths);
• Increased throughput on a decreased footprint: produce more with less steel in the system. Higher speeds trigger dynamical phenomena and interactions we have not seen before.

Traditional product design methodologies (large design cycles with prototypes and endless physical testing) is not viable anymore: it takes too long, is very expensive, and does not cover all scenarios that shall be explored and tested. Model Based Design is a methodology with automated workflows, in which plant behavior and controls behavior are modelled in a very early design stage.

Conflicting requirements, design errors and interface mismatches can be detected and fixed before any prototype is created. Moreover, scenarios can be tested that are impossible to perform in reality because of limited reproducility, or their destructive impact. Controls are modelled and validated/verified. Code generation ensures one-on-one implementation on the target controls platform. Automatic artifact generation (figures, documentation, manuals, experiments) with the model as starting point. Vanderlande embraces Model Based Design and makes it the standard design method for new products or components within R&D.

For each aspect of a design with many unknowns or risks, a model is created. Many small aspect models are easier to develop and maintain than one big model. Based on actual and urgent research questions, aspect models are built. One can think of capacity models (throughput), timing models, power/energy models, real-time behavior, or complex control algorithms.
 

Internship: Graduation Projects Model Based Design R&D Job Requirements

Internship: Graduation Projects Model Based Design at Vanderlande R&D

Assignment type: Graduation projects
Start date: February 2018
Assignment duration: 6 months
Location: Veghel
Educational level: WO (Master)
Desired study: Master program related to automotive systems, systems engineering, manufacturing networks, systems and control, dynamics and control, mechatronics, computer science, applied mathematics
Language: Dutch and English

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You can contribute in our Model Based Design projects. Based on your knowledge and ambitions, a suitable graduation assignment is formulated together, in line with the company’s actual research projects. Please mention in your cover letter what your ideal graduation assignment would look like.

Are you in for this challenge? Please fill out the application form and upload your resume and cover letter. For more information, contact us by e-mail: [email protected].

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