Design Innovation Intern

Location: Singapore - Suntec, Singapore

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

Location: Suntec Tower 5, 5 Temasek Blvd, Level 17, Singapore 038985

Currently, the team works in a hybrid mode.

As an intern, you will

• Support innovation projects in the domains of Aerospace, Space, Defence, Transportation & Security, working on Smart City initiatives such as Smart sensors & Video Analytics, Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, new Space solutions and In-flight Entertainment and Connectivity projects.
• Apply Design Thinking (User-Centered Innovation) methodology to innovate with customers/users on complex systems design and development
• Be an integral part of the Design Center and Digital Factory team at Thales, working with Thales customers
• Meet, learn from and interact with many domain experts who come from different backgrounds and expertise
• Opportunities to engage with Thales customers and partners
• Experience real working environment in multi-cultural teams, working with colleagues mainly in Europe and Australia
• Research and analyze market data and technology trends
• Understand how the corporate and technical departments of a company compliment and support one another

Specifically, you will be involved in the following activities:

• Assist to prepare for Design Thinking workshops in various engineering domains under guidance of Thales domain experts:
• Understand objective of session and propose the program/activities, with guidance from the team
• prepare Inspiration Boards or other relevant materials, with guidance from the team
• prepare physical mock-ups (prototypes) to be used during sessions to engage users
• Apply design thinking techniques to co-design with customers/users
• Participate in Design Innovation workshops with customers/users
• Create/produce videos, infographics to be used as part of the concept generation or design/development process
• Build digital prototypes across multiple domains, leveraging GenAI tools and image generators
• Build 3D Models of innovative products, when needed
• Prepare reports for innovation workshops, and produce Synthesis Posters
• Opportunity to propose and start new initiatives, to grow our business or products/solutions…etc.
• Provide support in product design: 3D modeling and 3D printing
• Gather business intelligence and data to gain understanding of customer and market needs

The following skills are useful, but not mandatory:

• 3D Prototyping, 3D Printing
• Graphics design
• Sketching

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!