Melexis Internship Catalog Belgium 2018-2019

Internship catalog Belgium
2018-2019

1. Welcome to Melexis 3
1.1 Melexis Vision and The Melexis Way 4
1.2 A glance at the Melexis products 5
1.3 Melexis internship and job opportunities 6
2. Internship EMC Development Engineer 7
2.1 Development of IC-level immunity test methods 7
2.2 Automation EMC lab 8
2.3 RF Modeling Engineer 8
3. Internship Applications Engineer 10
3.1 Sense & Light applications: Competitive benchmarking of 3D optical sensors 10
3.2 Sense & Light applications: Optical proximity & gesture sensing application
development 12
3.3 Sense & Light applications: Real-time 3D imaging application development 14
3.4 Sense & Light applications: Software development for 3D optical sensors 16
3.5 Sense & Light applications: Characterization of 3D optical sensors 18
3.6 Sense & Drive applications: plug & play smart motor driver 20
4. Internship Facility management 21
4.1 Facilities facilitates safety 21
5. Internship Analog Design Engineer 22
5.1 Analog in digital 22
5.2 Design of low power supply system 23
5.3 Design of a low power rail-to-rail buffer 24
5.4 Design of a low power RC oscillator 25
5.5 ADC design for motor position sensing 26
5.6 Design for test in time-of-flight 3D camera chips 27
5.7 Pixel front-end circuitry in time-of-flight 3D camera chips 28
6. Internship Process Engineer 29
6.1 Manufacturing process improvement for automated handling equipment 29
6.2 Process optimization 30
6.3 Automatic LOT transportation 31
7. Internship Quality Assurance Engineer 33
7.1 CQA: Support customer returns handling process 33
7.2 PQA: Product Optimization 34
8. Internship IT Developer 35
8.1 Product Data Converter Integration 35
8.2 Migrate applications from application service platform to micro service architecture 37
9. Internship Legal Assistant 39
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10. Internship International Supply Chain 40
11. Internship Finance 41
12. Internship Talent Acquisition (Tessenderlo) 42
13. Internship Reception & Shipping 43
14. Internship Brand & Communications 44
15. Internship HR 45
16. Internship Equipment team 46
16.1 Internship Equipment Specialist electronics hardware 46

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1. Welcome to Melexis

Welcome aboard the flagship Melexis, counting about 1,500 crew members over more than 20
different locations. Yet, we still consider ourselves a small company expanding globally in an
amazing world full of opportunities.

Melexis is a thriving high tech organization operating internationally in the booming
automotive, industrial and consumer products business. Over 10 years Melexis has achieved
an average annual growth rate of around 10%, giving us confidence in our sustained future
growth path.

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1.1 Melexis Vision and The Melexis Way
We are on the customer’s side
We are rooting for our customers’ success. We don’t stop at engineering innovations for our
customers, we feel part of their team and are with them all the way. The time we spend on-site
at our customers offers us unbeatable industry insight. Experiencing our customer’s challenges
and understanding their perspective allows us to peer over the horizon of our industry to build
future-proof innovations.
We always have a plan
We became leaders in the industry because we’re not daunted by challenges. We love coming
up with new ways to create value, whether it is by removing obstacles or by exploring new and
exciting opportunities. We are proud to build the future with talented colleagues and
customers. And while we work in the most demanding industries and settings, we are low
maintenance ourselves: count on us to be collaborative, patient and self-driven.

We care
For us, technology is about solving fundamental societal challenges. We think it takes all kinds
of people to solve these challenges, so we actively strive to build a diverse team. We take
nothing for granted, be it our people, our partners & customers, our planet or our resources.
We attract and cultivate talent in an environment that prizes learning, growth, collaboration
and continuous improvement.
We understand the value of money
We take pride in our track record as an industry leader in terms of innovation, operational
excellence, growth and results. We remain committed to lean ways of working that have
brought us where we are today. This way, we create enduring value for customers,
shareholders and other stakeholders. Our close relationship with customers allows us to focus
on engineering solutions that offer maximum added value, day after day.

We enjoy the journey towards success
We are privileged to work with people who bring enthusiasm and eagerness to the job, who are
always willing to innovate, and who show confidence in their own and their team members’
resourcefulness. We celebrate our victories, but we think it’s even more important to enjoy the
journey itself - the sense of achievement we get from working towards audacious goals with a
team we can rely on.
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1.2 A glance at the Melexis products

Combining a passion for technology with truly inspired engineering, Melexis designs, develops
and delivers innovative micro-electronic solutions that enable designers to turn ideas into
applications that support the best imaginable future. The company’s advanced mixed-signal
semiconductor sensor and actuator components address the challenges of integrating sensing,
driving and communication into next-generation products and systems that improve safety,
raise efficiency, support sustainability and enhance comfort.

A world leader in automotive semiconductor sensors, Melexis has used its core experience in
creating chips for vehicle electronics to expand its portfolio of sensors, driver ICs and wireless
devices to also meet the needs of smart appliances, home automation, industrial and medical
applications. Melexis sensing solutions include magnetic sensors, MEMS sensors (pressure,
TPMS, infrared), sensor interface ICs, optoelectronic single point and linear array sensors and
Time of Flight. The company’s driver IC portfolio incorporates advanced DC & BLDC motor
controllers, LED drivers and FET pre-driver ICs, while Melexis has the know-how and expertise
to build bridges between components, allowing them to communicate in a clear and fast way,
whether wired (e.g. LIN, SENT) or wireless (RKE, RFID).

Melexis is headquartered in Belgium and employs over 1,500 people in 20 locations
worldwide. The company is publicly traded on Euronext Brussels (MELE).

Each new car produced today, wherever in the world, contains an average of 10 Melexis chips.

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1.3 Melexis internship and job opportunities

To keep up with the high standards we offer our customers in the fast-paced automotive
industry, we’re always looking for passionate and talented interns.

Ready for a challenging internship? Here in our Internship Catalog, you might find an
opportunity that really gives you a chance to show and improve your skills.

Melexis wants to offer you a position with real responsibilities in the design, application,
product, process, quality or test engineering department. You will be assigned to project teams
working on cutting-edge IC development for the automotive, industrial and home automation
markets.

We also need students to be involved in our other departments at Melexis. You can join the IT,
legal, brand & communications, sales, HR, finance or reception and shipping teams. There you
will actively support daily activities, work on projects and share your own insights.

Want to sign up for an internship? Please visit our career page to apply:
https://www.melexis.com/en/careers or email us at jobs_belgium@melexis.com

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2. Internship EMC Development Engineer
2.1 Development of IC-level immunity test methods

Project description
All Melexis products must have their electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance
checked before they are released on the market, in order to make sure that they are all
compliant with the stringent international EMC standards as well as with the internal
requirements of Melexis’ customers. This project will be focused on implementing and
automating numerous EMC test setups.

Project goals
To create working automated EMC test setups for transient tests and immunity tests that are
compliant with the international regulations, and that can be used in an optimal way.

Requirements
● Master student(s) of Industrial Engineering (last year)
● Good understanding of technical documentation
● Conceptual thinking
● Fluent in English
● Basic knowledge of measurement equipment and LabView is a must
● Knowledge of CAD software like Altium for PCB and schematic design is a plus

Duration
Length of the master thesis work (can be adapted to the requirements of the thesis)

Site
Tessenderlo
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2.2 Automation EMC lab

Project description
The goal of this project is to assist in the automation of test setups for assessing the
electromagnetic compatibility of the products developed at Melexis. Automated test setups
will help us to reduce the necessary equipment and resource time to fully complete the
measurement of one product. It is preferred to have the automation framework being written
in Python, in order to be easily extended in the future. The complete automation of one test
setup starts from extracting the specifications of the test as defined by the corresponding
standard up to delivering a test report.

Project goals
● Python framework for automation of (at least one) EMC Lab test setup(s)
● Basic understanding of EMC measurements and translation of the requirements to the
Python framework

Requirements
● Bachelor Informatics or Electronics (3rd year) or Master in Industrial Sciences,
Electronics/Informatics (3rd or 4th year)
● Well knowledge of object oriented programming
● Basic understanding of RF/Electromagnetics is a pro

Duration
1 year

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2.3 RF Modeling Engineer

Project description
You will take part in the modelling activities of the EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) team
at Melexis. Our aim is to gain more understanding in a wide range of test setups specified by
standards and by our customers, in order to design products with a higher resilience against
electromagnetic disturbances.

Project goals
● Modeling different test benches as used in our EMC lab for the assessment of our
products
● Translating these models to test benches that can be integrated in our simulation tools
(Cadence, Keysight ADS/EMPro, Matlab, …)

Requirements
● Master in Electrical Engineering or Physics
● Good knowledge of RF, electromagnetics, transmission lines, and mathematics
● Good programming skills (Python, Matlab)
● Knowledge of Cadence and/or EM simulation tools are an asset.

Duration
1 year

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3. Internship Applications Engineer
3.1 Sense & Light applications: Competitive benchmarking of 3D
optical sensors

Project Description
3D optical sensors can be used for real-time 3D sensing in and outside of the car. Applications
include gesture recognition, driver monitoring, collision warning, advanced parking
assistance,...
Melexis aims to be a leading supplier of IC solutions in this market. To be at the forefront of
customer needs and to be able to offer solutions for their specific challenges, benchmarking
our products against competing products and technologies is essential to further develop our
strengths.

Project goals
Theoretical and hands-on benchmarking of 3D optical sensors on camera and sensor level.

Requirements
● 1st
and 2nd
year Master Civil Engineer in Electronics
● Interest in optical sensors and cameras
● Interest in measurement techniques
● Good sense of problem analysis and solution finding

Duration
3 months

Site
Tessenderlo

Additional student information
How many students could work on this project?
1 or 2

Student contribution to the project:
● Input to product marketing and new product development.
● Better understanding of Melexis’ competitor performance in this domain
Competencies the student could develop:
● 3D optical sensors and cameras (time-of-flight, LIDAR, stereo, structured light, …)
● Optics & image processing
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● Measurement and data analysis methods
● Working independently (with coaching support)
● Working in a business environment
● Automotive market

Thesis subject ideas:
● Benchmarking techniques for 3D optical sensors
● State of the art in 3D optical sensors

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3.2 Sense & Light applications: Optical proximity & gesture
sensing application development

Project description
A new trend in consumer electronic devices are so-called “natural interfaces” – human
machine interfaces like voice recognition, gesture recognition, character recognition, position
& orientation detection, eye tracking, … which allow a more intuitive and productive user
experience. The automotive market is expected to follow this trend, because users will expect
the same experience in their car. Additionally, these kind of interfaces are beneficial for a safer
driving experience (keep eyes on the road, not on the radio).
customer needs and to be able to offer solutions for their specific challenges, in-house
application development with our products is essential to demonstrate new functions or
specific features.

Project goals
Demonstrate new functions or specific features of Melexis’ optical proximity sensor products.

Requirements
● 1st
and 2nd
● Interest in optical sensors, proximity sensing
● Interest in SW, FW, HW development

Duration
3 months

Site
Tessenderlo


1 or 2

A new or improved and impressive demonstrator that can be shown to our customer.

Competencies the student could develop :
● Proximity and gesture recognition
● Optical sensors
● Multi-faceted engineering (HW, FW, SW, …)
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● Automotive industry knowledge

● Software and/or hardware development for proximity and gesture recognition
applications
● Benchmarking techniques for proximity and gesture recognition sensors

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3.3 Sense & Light applications: Real-time 3D imaging application
development

Project description
Optical time-of-flight and LIDAR sensors can be used for real-time 3D sensing in and outside of
the car. Applications include gesture recognition, driver monitoring, collision warning, parking
assistance, …

customer needs and to be able to offer solutions for their specific challenges, in-house
application development with our products is essential to demonstrate new functions or
specific features.

Project goals
Demonstrate new functions or specific features of Melexis’ time-of-flight & LIDAR sensor
products.

Requirements
● 1st
and 2nd
● Interest in optical sensors, automotive applications
● Interest in SW, FW, HW, FPGA development

Duration
3 months

Site
Tessenderlo

1 or 2

A new or improved and impressive demonstrator that can be shown to our customer.

● Optical imaging systems for range sensing
● Indirect and direct time-of-flight sensing
● Multi-faceted engineering (HW, FW, SW, FPGA,…)
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● Software and/or hardware development for real-time 3D imaging or ranging
applications
● Benchmarking techniques real-time 3D image or range sensors

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3.4 Sense & Light applications: Software development for 3D
optical sensors

Project description
The 3D optical sensor product line comprises amongst others optical time-of-flight and LIDAR
sensors, which can be used for applications like proximity sensing, gesture recognition, driver
monitoring, collision warning, parking assistance, …
Melexis aims to be a leading supplier of IC solutions in this market. Software plays an essential
role in demonstrating the functions of our IC solutions, and is needed during various stages of
development (proof of concept, prototyping, demo development, embedded solutions,
validation, …).

Project goals
Software development for internal or customer projects in the application domain of 3D
optical sensors.

Requirements
● 1st
and 2nd
year Master Civil Engineer in Electronics or Informatics
● Interest in optical sensors, proximity and range sensing applications
● Interest in SW development (on PC and/or embedded systems and/or FPGAs)

Duration
3 months

Site
Tessenderlo

1 or 2

Student contribution to the project: (Specific tasks)
Support the team with the SW development part of the project.

● 3D optical sensors and systems (3D imaging, range sensing)
● SW development, applied to imaging and sensing on PC and/or embedded systems
(Linux)

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● Software development for real-time 3D imaging applications e.g. body tracking, gesture
recognition
● Software development for range sensing applications e.g. collision detection,
navigation
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3.5 Sense & Light applications: Characterization of 3D optical
sensors

Project description
The 3D optical sensor product line comprises amongst others optical time-of-flight and LIDAR
sensors, which can be used for applications like proximity sensing, gesture recognition, driver
monitoring, collision warning, parking assistance, …
Melexis aims to be a leading supplier of IC solutions in this market. In-depth understanding of
the characteristics of our technology and products is essential to support the customer,
quantify our product strengths and weaknesses and define product improvements.

Project goals
Support the IC characterization and/or set up an improved IC characterization platform for 3D
Optical Sensor products and test chips.

Requirements
● 1st
and 2nd
year Master Civil Engineer in Electronics or Informatics
● Interest in high-speed, low-noise, analog and digital measurement solutions
● Interest in PXI test systems technology
● Interest in combination of HW and SW development
● Able to express yourself in English

Duration
3 months

Site
Tessenderlo

1 or 2

Support the team with the characterization setup development for (a) project(s)

● 3D optical sensors and systems (3D imaging, range sensing)
● HW and SW development, applied to measurement systems
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● Setup development for IC characterization, applied to 3D optical sensors products &
test chips
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3.6 Sense & Drive applications: plug & play smart motor driver
Project description
The Melexis’ Embedded Motor Drivers product line specializes in smart motor solutions with
digital interface and embedded software for applications like smart flaps, valves, fans or
pumps. These innovative mechatronics modules are complex to develop & validate. So far
there are no simple smart motor solutions readily usable for customers or students. Melexis
developed the simplest smart motor Driver IC in SO8 package which can drive small motors up
to 10W, and communicate via automotive LIN interface or via standard I2
C interface.

Project goals
Make an easy-to-use design to drive a stepper, BLDC or DC motor, using I2
C to communicate
with standard solutions like Arduino, Beaglebone or Rasberry PI. The motors have to be driven
sensorless, to maximize ease-of-use with minimal wire interface.

Requirements
● 2nd
year Master in Electronics Engineering
● Good conceptual and practical thinking to understand mechatronics systems
● Affinity with electric design, experience with motors is a plus
● Experience with embedded software development in C-language

Duration
3 – 6 months, project content depends on available time

Site
Tessenderlo

1 or 2 students can work on the project

● Develop small PCB, develop embedded software, develop user-friendly PC interface
● Training & support will be given by experienced motor application engineers

Competencies the student can develop:
● Practical experience with hardware and embedded software engineering
● Understanding how to drive and position electrical motors in mechatronic systems

Thesis subject ideas: in case of 6-month internship: experiment in innovative fields of sensorless
motor positioning and application torque sensing.
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4. Internship Facility management
4.1 Facilities facilitates safety
Project description
As a FM intern at Melexis, you will work side by side with our Facilities Team and report to the
Facility Coordinator. Together we will create a work environment that inspires our employees
to be successful in their jobs. You will also learn that facility and safety go hand in hand on a
daily basis.
Project goals
You will help to implement the SAR management system, which will give you an insight into the
daily relationship between FM and Prevention. You will take ownership of the implementation
of a water safety management system in all its aspects. Daily follow-up and administration of
all FM related issues. By the end of the project you will have a broad understanding of the
practical FM in an international environment.
Requirements
● We are looking for a passionate FM or technical student.
● You are good at making and maintaining people connections.
● You have an understanding of building techniques and services.
● You have a hands-on mentality and can work in a team as well as independently.
● You can work with MS Office.
● You are fluent in English.
Duration
Depending on your studies, you are welcome to join our team between January and May.
Site
Tessenderlo
● Facility Management or a related field such as Office Management. Building or
Technical Studies.
● Bachelor or Master degree.
● You can suggest a project to work on or a project can be offered by Melexis.

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5. Internship Analog Design Engineer
5.1 Analog in digital

Project description
To handle the increased complexity and requirements of the current generation of electronic
circuits, there is a strong drive towards ever decreasing technology nodes. Analog circuit,
different from digital circuits, does not scale well to lower technology nodes. This means that
the expected area and cost decrease is not always present in lower technology nodes. One way
to take maximum advantage of the scaling is to implement analog functionality in digital blocks,
while taking maximum advantage of the strengths of this digital implementation to increase
performance.

Project goals
Design, simulation and implementation of a novel implementation of a temperature
sensor/bandgap for a new generation of low voltage and low current consumption products.
Literature study of possible “Analog in Digital” related techniques, like for example “Dynamic
Element Matching”.
Start from architectural study, through Concept/Analog Design and Mixed-Signal Simulation,
to end up at an actual Design & Layout Implementation, coached by an experienced Analog
Designer.

Requirements
● Bachelor in Electronic Engineering
● Knowledge of Analog Electronics
● Good knowledge of English

Duration
6-10 weeks or longer

Site
Ieper or Tessenderlo
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5.2 Design of low power supply system

Project description
All electronics require a voltage to operate and consume current when doing so. The stability
of this supply voltage has a significant impact on the accuracy and the robustness of the
electronic circuits being supplied by it.
For battery powered applications, the power consumption of the electronics is critical as it
determines the battery operated life time. To improve life time, there is a strong drive to lower
regulated voltages and lower current consumption. The goal of this project would be to
investigate and implement a low power supply system, consisting of different blocks.
Depending on the time, the scope can be limited to a signal regulator or be as wide as bandgap,
regulator and power on reset (POR) implementation.

Project goals
Design, simulation and implementation of a supply system for a new generation of low voltage
and low current consumption products. Start from an architectural study, through
concept/analog design and mixed-signal simulation, to end up at an actual design & layout
implementation, coached by an experienced Analog Designer.

Requirements

Duration

Site



● Architectural study (papers, reverse engineering, system study,…)
● Real hands-on design (and layout) implementation
● Full mixed-signal simulation and validation

● Hands-on analog design experience
● Experience with the full design process, from concept to final TO
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5.3 Design of a low power rail-to-rail buffer

Project description
Although sensors require a considerable amplification of the sensing element signal, the
testability of some internal nodes is crucial for characterization purposes and final test. For
this testability, it is important to bring out these internal nodes on one or more test pins of the
package. The internal nodes are typically higher impedant and hence have low driving
capabilities, so they need to be buffered before bringing them outside. The difficulty lies in the
fact that the internal nodes can have any voltage, so the buffer should be a rail-to-rail
operational, class AB type amplifier. With unity gain, stability is critical. Another important
design constraint is the offset and offset drift: for accurate measurements, it is important to
minimize these effects. Systematic offsets should be minimized through proper layout, but the
random offset is governed by the matching and, through Lakshmikumar’s findings, the size –
amongst others – of the input transistors. Proper scaling will have to be done to cover this
aspect as well.

Project goals
Design, simulation and implementation of a rail-to-rail testbuffer for a new generation of Low
Voltage and low current consumption products.
Start from an architectural study, through concept/analog design and mixed-signal simulation,
to end up at an actual design & layout implementation, coached by an experienced Analog
Designer

Requirements

Duration

Site

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5.4 Design of a low power RC oscillator

Project description
The heartbeat of every chip comes from the oscillator. Good stability of this heartbeat is
mandatory for proper functionality, which is linked to process variations and temperature. The
latter introduces a spec on the relative frequency drift, but the absolute frequency is of utmost
importance as well. The design should support trimming functionality to cope with this
requirement. The trimming of the oscillator is done in final test, and the frequency drift is
verified over temperature for 100% of the parts. In order to guarantee a good yield, 6-sigma
design is required.

Project goals
Design, simulation and implementation of an RC oscillator for a new generation of low voltage
and low current consumption products. Start from architectural study, through
concept/analog design and mixed-signal simulation, to end up at an actual design & layout
implementation, coached by an experienced Analog Designer.

Requirements

Duration

Site



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5.5 ADC design for motor position sensing

Project description
Electrical motors are vital for modern-day cars, from the powerful motors driving electric cars
to the small stepper motors regulating the inlets of the air-conditioning system. The actuator
ICs which drive these electrical motors need an accurate analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for
position sensing.
Successive-approximation register (SAR) ADCs have become very popular in recent years due
to their excellent power efficiency. This project aims at designing a 12 bit SAR ADC for motor
position sensing. An additional goal is to see if the SAR ADC can be implemented with good
area efficiency in XFAB’s automotive SOI technology.

Project goals
● Literature study
● Concept exploration
● Design and simulation
● Layout
● Optional: characterization of prototype IC (would require project to be split into two
terms as prototype IC manufacturing typically takes 3-4 months)

Requirements
● MSc Electrical Engineering
● Knowledge of analog electronics

Duration
6 months

Site
Tessenderlo

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5.6 Design for test in time-of-flight 3D camera chips

Project description
In indirect time-of-flight 3D camera chips, it is extremely important to get the timings right.
Accuracies up to a few of picoseconds are required to get correct and noise-free depth-map
images from the camera. This puts stringent requirements on the electronics that have to drive
and read out these 3D camera chips. In order to guarantee the correct functionality and the
required accuracy, we have to be able to test this after production. Often it is very difficult to
get these high-speed signals off chip in order to measure them accurately. Therefore, it would
be advantageous to be able to test this on chip with dedicated circuitry. The design and
implementation of this on-chip test circuitry is the topic of this internship.

Project goals
Design, simulation and implementation of on-chip test circuitry for time-of-flight camera chips.
This might involve (depending on the duration) a literature study, together with an
architectural study on what needs to be implemented. Eventually, the block(s) should be
designed and the performance should be verified by simulations. The design and
implementation will be done in CMOS technology.

Requirements

Duration

Site
Tessenderlo

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5.7 Pixel front-end circuitry in time-of-flight 3D camera chips

Project description
Time-of-flight 3D camera chips today still consist of quite some analog circuitry and a large
part of this is taken by the analog-to-digital converters. Before the pixel data can be processed
in the digital, the analog pixel information still needs to be converted to the digital domain by
means of an analog-to-digital converter. This digital pixel data is then processed in the digital
further. However, it might be interesting to already do (part of) these calculations in the
analog. The feasibility study and the design of this front end is the topic of this internship.

Project goals
Design, simulation and implementation of pixel front-end circuitry for time-of-flight 3D
camera chip. This involves a feasibility study, together with an architectural study on what
needs to be implemented. Eventually, the block(s) should be designed and the performance
should be verified by simulations. The design and implementation will be done in CMOS
technology.

Requirements

Duration

Site
Tessenderlo


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6. Internship Process Engineer
6.1 Manufacturing process improvement for automated
handling equipment

Project description
Melexis offers a wide range of magnetic sensors for automotive applications. 100% of the ICs
manufactured are tested over their operating range prior delivery in order to ensure the
product performance.

The Process Engineering team is currently investigating cost effective solutions to increase
performances of this automated test process.

Project goals
● Study of Hall and magneto-resistive sensors to acquire enough knowledge on key
product characteristics for customers and the associated challenges for automatic test
equipment and methods
● Benchmark available options
● Develop software & hardware solution
● Analyze and improve current sub-processes
● Support Process team in its day to day work
● Coordinate the final release to production including necessary information, trainings,
and risk analysis

Requirements
● Degree in Electronic Engineering
● Basic knowledge of electromagnetism
● Knowledge of Excel VBA
● Good communication skills
● Organizational skills, teamwork-oriented and motivated

Duration
To discuss

Site
Ieper



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6.2 Process optimization

Project description
Melexis offers a wide range of magnetic sensors for automotive applications. 100% of the ICs
manufactured are tested over their operating range prior delivery in order to ensure the
product performance.

The Process Engineering team is currently investigating cost effective solutions to increase
performances of this automated test process.

Project goals
● Support Process team in its day-to-day work
● Analyze and improve current sub-processes
● Define and implement improvement on existing process/equipment
● Characterize and validate process performances
● Coordinate the final release of developed process

Requirements
● Basic knowledge of electromagnetism
● Basic knowledge of Excel VBA
● Good communication skills
● Organizational skills, teamwork-oriented and motivated

Duration
Preferably 3-4 months

Site
Ieper




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6.3 Automatic LOT transportation

Project description
Melexis is delivering highly advanced micro-electronic components, like sensors and drivers,
which are mainly targeted for the automotive industry to enable more ecological solutions. In
our manufacturing department, the products to be delivered to our customers are tested
against the highly demanding automotive standards.

Currently there is still a lot of human effort going in moving material between the test
equipment and the Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). These systems are
typically managed already in a digital way by the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and
coupled to the planning achieved via the overall Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

In order to allow the operators to get more time available to really focus on the testing
activities and the maintenance of the machines involved, it would make sense to look to
possibilities to have the material automatically carried around on the production floor.

Therefore we would like to investigate the possibilities to carry around material with an
Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) and to investigate the needs for getting such a tool
integrated with the system composed of the ASRS, WMS and/or ERP.

Project goals
● Study and understand the flow of materials in the factory (as is) as part of the
manufacturing process. Quantify the impact of manual material transportation (time
spent with respect to the total shift time).
● Make proposals on further improvements on efficiency and quality (to be).
● Check feasibility to use AGV and make some demonstrator as Proof Of Concept (POC).
● Verify the limits of an AGV: lift, stairs, putting goods on/off the AGV, to/from a ASRS, …
● Study of deployment: determine the supporting tasks needed to integrate the AGV in
the total manufacturing process like programming the positions and retrieve the
information from the enterprise systems, maintenance, capacity and amount of AGVs
needed, …

Requirements
● Master degree ongoing, Bachelor level should be obtained already
● Specialization and interest in automation and robotics is a strong asset

Duration
4-6 months

Site
Ieper

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How many students could work on this project ?
1-2

The part of material transportation (as part of the total production flow)

● Project management
● Process flow
● Automation
● Robotics (AGV)
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7. Internship Quality Assurance Engineer
7.1 CQA: Support customer returns handling process

Project description
Melexis Ieper is delivering integrated circuits mainly to the automotive market. Automotive
requirements in term of quality are very high, defective ICs have to be analyzed, root cause has
to be identified and corrective actions installed. During your internship you will support the
problem solving process of customer complaints. First you will get acquainted with our failure
analysis methods, design, test methodology, test equipment and statistical tools.

Project goals
● Drive root cause analysis of customer returns
● Perform electrical analysis to verify the problem
● Apply fault localization techniques

Requirements
● Excellent knowledge of analog & digital electronics
● Good conceptual thinking: (able to extract the right information from a group of data)
● Organization skills and motivation

Duration
4 months

Site
Ieper

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7.2 PQA: Product Optimization

Project description
After the development phase of an integrated circuit, a close follow-up is needed to maintain
the quality of its production. After the product ramped up, the product quality assurance
department is becoming accountable for the overall yield and product quality, the observation
of budget limits and production cost reduction.

Project goals
● Improve the yield, investigate the root causes for having losses
● Improve the product flow by removing one test step (e.g. test at a given temperature)
● Improve the product test time
● Improve lot rejection rate, investigate the root causes for having lot interruptions

Requirements
● Excellent knowledge of analog & digital electronics
● Good conceptual thinking: (able to extract the right information form a group of data)
● Organization skills and motivation

Duration
6 months

Site
Ieper

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8. Internship IT Developer
8.1 Product Data Converter Integration

Project Description
Our IT department handles more than hundred projects a year and develops/integrates
several applications using latest technology with full stack (backend and frontend).

Main technologies used:
● Java (mvn, sprint boot, apache camel,...)
● Javascript (React, nodejs,...)
● Continuous delivery (gitlabCI, docker, K8,....)

Project goals
Being involved in one IT project. Project can be chosen according to your personal interests.

Requirements
● Bachelor degree in ICT
● Basic knowledge on technology mentioned above
Duration
Minimum 3 months

Site
Ieper

1

Implement new functionalities including automatic testing and update of documentation. In
charge of releasing those functionalities to production environment through Melexis release
process.

● To work with real enterprise applications frameworks by getting a product that is
deployed to 15 servers over 7 countries worldwide. So seeing how an enterprise
application works versus a stand alone program running on a single PC typically taught
at school.
● Technologies/frameworks used (student should have at least skills in java, the rest can
be explained when starting the placement): java, maven, junit/mockito for unit testing,
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functional testing with jbehave, continuous integration/deployment with jenkins,
packaging of application with docker/kubernetes.

















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8.2 Migrate applications from application service platform to
micro service architecture

Project description
The change of technologies in IT goes fast and today the world is moving to microservices
architecture. Besides the need to develop such services we also need to have infrastructure to
monitor, deploy and scale those services.

Project goals
Due to the move of technologies we still have applications running in application servers under
Osgi technology. The target is to migrate to microservices architecture and rework some
applications to use those microservices.

Requirements
● Bachelor degree in ICT
● Basic experience with java
Duration
4 weeks minimum but can be bigger to cover more migration work

Site
Ieper

1 or 2

Rework some osgi services to REST services and refactor application to use the REST services.
Migrate those applications from osgi container to spring boot application and modify the
deployment from service mix application server to standalone app deployed through
kubernetes.

● To work with real enterprise applications frameworks by getting products that are
deployed on 10 servers in 7 countries worldwide. So seeing how an enterprise
application works versus a stand alone program running on a single PC typically taught
at school.
● Technologies/frameworks used (student should have at least skills in java, rest can be
explained when starting the placement): java, maven, junit/mockito for unit testing,
functional testing with jbehave, continuous integration/deployment with jenkins,
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packaging of application with docker/kubernetes, seeing application server approach
with apache service mix.

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9. Internship Legal Assistant

Project description
You will assist the Legal Department. You’ll be involved in the coordination of daily legal tasks,
contract management and legal document review.
In this role you’ll touch upon a variety of legal aspects as part of a legal team supporting an
international company.

Project goals
● Managing the legal inbox (all legal request) and coordinate with the relevant lawyer on
the follow up.
● Contract Management (filing and classification of executed agreements in a contract
management system.
● Review and/or preparation of various legal documents (letters, confidentiality
agreements, templates, procedures, etc.) and follow up until completion under
supervision of the general counsel.

Requirements
● Last year “Rechtspraktijk” / Bachelor law
● Excellent communication skills
● Attention for details
● Eagerness to learn and hands-on mentality

Duration
Minimum 2 months

Site
Tessenderlo
39

10. Internship International Supply Chain

Project description
As an international supply chain intern, you will be involved in projects and operational work in
our global supply chain team. In this role, you will touch on a variety of supply chain aspects on
an international level.

Project goals
● Real-time on the job training of Supply Chain processes in a high tech, fast paced,
international company.
● Assist in real time product implementation/process implementation projects on a
global level.
● Learn the day-to-day processes and systems of our global supply chain team.
● Shadow our experts in their respective fields.

Requirements
● You are a Masters student in Supply Chain or a related field
● You are available for a minimum of 1 month (workdays are discussable)
● You are fluent in English

Duration
Minimum of 1 month

Site
Tessenderlo
40

11. Internship Finance

Project description
As a Finance Intern at Melexis, you will work alongside our international finance team on
different projects and day-to-day tasks. By the end of this internship, you will have a good idea
of working operationally in a finance environment on both a local and global level.

Project goals
● Take ownership of the invoice archiving project, ensuring accuracy and compliance
with the policy.
● Contribution to the automatization of the expense notes project, collaborating with
different stakeholders.
● Attend the local finance meetings, contribute ideas for improvements.
● Assist our accountants with day-to-day tasks.
● We will discuss with you your other fields of interest and add some tasks accordingly.

Requirements
● You are preferably a Masters student in Accounting or Economics.
● You have a critical mindset with strong attention to detail.
● You are a team player with a passion for learning.
● You are fluent in English.

Duration
Minimum of 8 weeks (workdays can be flexible according to your studies) a longer term is
preferable.

Site
Tessenderlo

41

12. Internship Talent Acquisition (Tessenderlo)

Project description
As a Talent Acquisition/Development Intern at Melexis, you will actively participate in both
the recruitment and the learning and development activities on a global level in all steps of the
process. Melexis is a fast growing global company in an industry where there is a war for talent
and a need for continuous development of our employees. Join our team and experience the
importance of developing our workforce, strengthen the competencies of our people, branding
and marketing in HR, and attracting and managing talent.

Project goals
Talent Development:
● Discover and support the different Melexis training programs (English Program,
Melexis University, Fundamental Leadership Program,…).
● Co-manage or review external providers for implementation.
● Design new training initiatives/proposals, and co-facilitate various business skills
training with internal/external trainers.

Talent Acquisition:
● Work alongside talent scouts, finding and attracting the best talent for our
international team by contributing to ongoing projects involving social media
recruitment and targeted recruitment campaigns, marketing collaborations,…
● Support the whole cycle of our recruitment process for different functions; be a part
of the screening, interview and selection processes.
● Assist the recruitment team in the conception and rollout of different projects (job
fairs, student visits, other local and global initiatives).

Requirements
● You are a Masters student in HR or Psychology (or marketing with a passion for HR).
● You are available for a minimum of 8 weeks full time.
● You are fluent in English .

Duration
Minimum of 8 weeks on a full time basis. Ideally for a longer term.

Site
Tessenderlo
42

13. Internship Reception & Shipping

Project description
You will provide general support to our office management team and shipping department at
the Tessenderlo site.

In this role you’ll touch upon a variety of administrative aspects as a part of an office
management team supporting an international company.

Project goals
● Reception:
○ Welcome guests, register them and distribute their badges;
○ Handle incoming phone calls and tackle incoming and outgoing mail
distribution;
○ Book meeting rooms and order business lunches;
○ Place orders and file documents;
○ Write and distribute internal communications, and keep the digital information
boards up to date;
○ Support our Admin team in different projects.
● Shipping:
○ Support our shipping responsible in handling ingoing and outgoing shipments.

Requirements
● You are in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Office
Management, Languages, Communication, …
● You are fluent in English, and have strong organization- and communication skills.
● You are creative, proactive, enthusiastic and show attention for details.

Duration
Minimum 6 weeks (preferably longer)

Site
Tessenderlo

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14. Internship Brand & Communications

Project description
You will assist the Global Marketing & Communications team in a variety of ways. You will be
involved in marketing and communications tasks related to media activations and partnerships
to support our wider business and marketing goals.

This role will develop and roll out regular campaigns through different channels to promote
new content or campaigns focused on promoting our internal stakeholders, including Product
Managers and Human Resources (HR), across the different regions worldwide.

If you like getting creative on a daily basis, testing new marketing waters, developing your
ideas and collaborating with other passionate colleagues, then this position is all for you.

Project goals
● Get involved with company social activities including international trade shows and
internal events;
● Day-to-day project management support of global marketing campaigns and initiatives;
● Update our corporate website and keep it relevant.

Requirements
● Marketing/Communications/MBA university degree with a spark and passion for
technology.
● Excellent communication skills and strong attention to details.
● Fluency in English.
● Strong believer in a data-driven culture and the power of ongoing testing (read:
positive can-do attitude).
● Eagerness to learn, listen, show willingness and add value to the team(s).

Duration
Minimum 6 months

Site
Tessenderlo
44

15. Internship HR

Project description
During this versatile internship you will be part of our HR team at Melexis and you will

● Actively contribute to the recruitment activities (CV screening, interview planning,
organizing and participating in career days, job fairs etc.).
● Manage the recruitment mailbox and attend optional work meetings with hiring
managers.
● Support our HR team with administrative tasks and various ongoing HR projects.

In addition, we will discuss with you which work activities are also in line with your profile and
interests.

Project goals
You will support our HR department with our day-today activities and will get the freedom to
do suggestions and work on a project that is in line with your interests and studies.

Requirements
● Bachelor or Master’s degree (HR, Office management, Psychology, Commercial
Sciences …) with a passion for HR
● Effective communication skills in Dutch and English
● Discrete, can handle confidential information
● Strong administrative skills and structured
● Curious and eager to learn

Duration
Minimum 6 weeks (preferably longer)

Site
Ieper

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16. Internship Equipment team
16.1 Internship Equipment Specialist electronics hardware

Project Description
As an Equipment Specialist hardware intern at Melexis, you will actively participate in the
hardware team. They are responsible for the hardware PCB boards of the test-setups used in
manufacturing to test our chips. These hardware interfaces between the tester and the Device
Under Test. Some examples: probe-cards, load-boards, handler-boards. Main activity of the
team is preventive maintenance and repair.
Next to this you will redesign some boards to make them more robust and reliable.

Project Goals
Repair broken hardware. Test it with test equipment, find broken component and replace it.
Stuff new boards and test them for release to production.
Redesign some boards: update schematics, do layout design in Altium, order PCB, stuff PCB
and debug. Validate for release.

Requirements
● Bachelor or Master in Electronic Engineering
● Knowledge of analog and digital electronics, especially hardware
● Hands on to be able to (de)solder components and stuff PCB

Duration
6-10 weeks or longer day shift

Site
Ieper
46

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