This 6-month internship at Thales, located in Chatellerault, France, focuses on the deployment of surface treatment technologies and processes. The intern will contribute to the qualification phase of new chemical treatment solutions for electrolytic deposition, ensuring compliance with REACH regulations. Responsibilities include building a state of the art, identifying needs, defining specifications, conducting experiments, writing validation reports, and creating justification documents. This role is crucial for securing and sustaining production within the Avionics GBU's FLX Business Line, addressing challenges with regulated, obsolete, or supply-constrained chemical products.

Must Have

• Build the state of the art and bibliography
• Identify needs and input data from stakeholders
• Define specifications
• Set up an experimental plan and conduct tests
• Synthesize and write validation reports
• Establish a justification document for the validation of new surface treatment solutions
• BAC+5 student in chemistry (materials, analytical, applied)
• Solid knowledge in materials chemistry and surface treatment (conversion, anodization, electrolytic deposition, etc.)
• Experience participating in a team qualification project

Good to Have

• Interest in industrial process control
• Curiosity
• Rigorous writing skills
• Synthetic mind
• Communication skills
• Autonomy

Perks & Benefits

• Technological expertise
• Focus on employee work-life balance
• Inclusive and benevolent environment
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment (Thales Solidarity, CAC 40 ESG index…)
• Opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team
• Discover the industrial sector of an aeronautical company
• Remunerated internship (amount determined by study level)

Let's build a future of trust together

Thales is a global leader in high technologies specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aerospace & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.

Our commitments, your benefits

• Our technological expertise
• Our focus on employee work-life balance
• An inclusive and benevolent environment
• Recognized societal and environmental commitment (Thales Solidarity, CAC 40 ESG index…)

Your daily life

As an excellence center for aviation and optronic equipment support, Thales demonstrates its commitment to meeting legitimate requirements for the availability of airborne equipment, in addition to its historical activity of producing inertial units and ring laser gyros. It is easily accessible from Paris, Tours, and Poitiers. You will thrive in a culturally rich, green city without traffic jams!

Within the FLX Business Line of the Avionics GBU, projects on regulated chemical products (e.g., REACH), obsolete or with strained supply, secure and sustain production for ramp-up. For surface treatment technology, the challenge is to provide justifications to validate and implement new chemical treatment solutions for electrolytic deposition compliant with REACH.

You will contribute, within the project team, to the qualification phase of new surface treatment solutions by:

• Building the state of the art and bibliography
• Identifying needs and input data from stakeholders
• Defining specifications
• Setting up an experimental plan and conducting tests
• Synthesizing and writing validation reports
• Establishing a justification document for the validation of new surface treatment solutions

Your profile:

Are you a BAC+5 student looking for a 6-month internship in the field of chemistry (materials, analytical, applied)?

Do you have solid knowledge in materials chemistry and surface treatment (conversion, anodization, electrolytic deposition, etc.)?

Have you already participated in a team qualification project?

Are you interested in industrial process control?

Are your curiosity, rigorous writing skills, synthetic mind, communication skills, and autonomy recognized assets?

Then this internship is for you!

A word from the team:

You will have the opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary team with synergy between technologists and project managers to help you discover the industrial sector of an aeronautical company.

All our internships are formalized by an agreement and subject to remuneration, the amount of which is determined according to your level of study.

Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!