Internship – Civil Engineer for Modular Support Systems (Structural Analysis)

About the role

Hilti is looking for a civil engineer intern to help turn real customer applications into reusable engineering models. You will apply structural engineering, simulation and AI to define realistic use cases and evaluation methods, supporting future hardware and system development. This is a full-time internship of at least 6 months with a flexible start date; no travel is foreseen.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse customer applications from a structural engineering perspective and identify the physical behaviours that affect system performance.
• Define representative use cases and evaluation criteria, for example using Eurocode.
• Investigate existing engineering and simulation methods, including loading conditions, modelling assumptions and result evaluation.
• Work with engineers and developers to link customer application knowledge with hardware and system development.
• Document the methodology and demonstrate it with selected structural engineering use cases.

Required profile

• Enrolled in a Master's programme in Civil, Structural or Mechanical Engineering for the full duration of the internship.
• Strong understanding of structural mechanics, able to define realistic load cases and boundary conditions such as Eurocode.
• Interest in computational structural engineering and a structured approach to turning physical applications into clear engineering models.

Required skills

• Experience with tools such as Ansys, Dlubal RFEM or Python is considered advantageous.

What we offer

• A family-owned company with a global headquarters community of more than 2,000 colleagues.
• Career opportunities across functions, regions and leadership roles, with a transparent development framework.
• A flexible, trust-based working model, including remote work and workation.
• Opportunities to contribute to social-impact initiatives and to join employee-led networks and activities.
• A modern campus with an onsite gym, restaurants and access to outdoor activities.