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Overview

The NV & Driveability team develops vehicle sound experiences for the European market, focusing on NVH and driving enjoyment. This internship explores how sound can enhance emotional driving in electric vehicles. You will help design and evaluate soundscapes using recordings, DAWs, and simulations, linking sound to perception. Tasks include sound modeling, jury testing, and data analysis. You’ll work in a multidisciplinary environment, combining engineering, acoustics, and creativity to shape future in-car sound experiences.

Company Information

TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937, Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350,000 people. Based in Brussels, Belgium, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations. We are excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.

Team & Division Description

TME R&D centre is responsible for planning, development and production support of vehicles aimed at – and locally produced for – the European market. The “NV & Driveability” team is part of the Vehicle Performance Engineering division (VPE) and is responsible for vehicle NVH (Noise, Vibration and harshness) according to EU customer expectations. We aim at the development of attractive and fun-to-drive cars matching European market requirements and customer expectations, using state‑of‑the‑art experimental and numerical methods to develop strategies and validate them on virtual and physical prototypes.

Your Project

Title: "Emotional drive by active sound"
With the transition to hybrid and electric vehicles, customer expectations toward interior quietness are further increasing. The transition toward a Software‑Defined Vehicle (SDV) will introduce new possibilities to apply active sound creation technologies to create a unique sound experience for each person in the car cabin. How should the future electric vehicle sound?

Role

In this internship you will contribute to shaping the soundscape of future electric vehicles. We aim to realize a customer‑centric approach in evaluating different sound aspects when a customer uses their car. Your role is to support creating an infrastructure for immersive sound evaluation and to contribute to the auralization of different soundscapes and the evaluation of different sound aspects in this environment. Specifically, your tasks may include the following aspects (all of them or focused on some of them, depending on your preference, capability and progress during the internship):

• Support the creation of holistic vehicle sound models, based on modification of existing vehicle sound recordings and your own study of sound concepts, to establish links between sound and motion perception / emotional driving experience.
• Support the implementation and evaluation of these sound models using state‑of‑the‑art jury testing methods and draw conclusions from a statistical evaluation of the results.
• Ensure the auralization of the sounds in a holistic driving‑simulator environment, and support actual in‑vehicle implementation and playback of active sounds and extended soundscape.

Your Profile

• Fluent in English (TME’s business language).
• Currently pursuing a master’s in mechanical, acoustical or electrical engineering.
• Passionate about cars and sound/acoustics.
• Basic experience in digital sound creation (DAW) is required.
• Knowledge of acoustics or NV testing is a plus.
• Experience in statistical analysis of measurement data is a strong asset.
• Eager to work in a multi‑cultural environment.

Starting Date

June 2026

Duration

6 months

Confidentiality

Due to business requirement, not all performed projects can be reflected in the internship report. This issue needs to be discussed with candidate/school in advance.

Eligibility

Applicants must be students for the entire period of the internship.
We can only accept students with an EEA or Swiss citizenship (no work permit or visa required to be eligible to perform an internship in Belgium).

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and hybrid working (homeworking, 10 days from abroad).
• Company restaurant – warm dishes, salads and desserts daily, including Japanese and traditional Belgian specialties, as well as a vegan/vegetarian option.
• Sport facilities – tennis, squash, volleyball, football and softball pitches are available at various Toyota sites.
• Team building activities and other personnel related events.