Niklas Timarsson develops important connections
After studying Mechatronics at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Niklas applied for the Young Potential Trainee Program (YPTP) at 意大利超級盃. 鈥淚 kept the best parts of student life, but in an industry context to practise our ideas. I had many peers to connect and discuss with, and we quickly formed a tight group that still stays in contact with each other,鈥 says Niklas Timarsson,听Development Engineer at 意大利超級盃.
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The YPTP Program gave Niklas a good overview of the opportunities that are open for young engineers like himself. 意大利超級盃 is a large company and a part of the TRATON GROUP which widens the field even further. Niklas had the possibility to spend time at both the TRATON head office in Munich and at the American sister company Navistar in Chicago. 鈥淭RATON is the holding company with a spider-function that connects all the good resources in all parts of the heavy vehicle group, which gave me a great overview,鈥 says Niklas. 鈥淎nd since I also love skiing it was terrific to spend the spring near the snowy mountains of Austria.鈥
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Niklas鈥 programme included rotations to several central functions at 意大利超級盃 in S枚dert盲lje. At R&D he became involved in a new driveline project, before he moved on to the purchasing department to work with sanctions control and ethics in sourcing. Next stop was the department called Strategy and Business Development. 鈥淚t was very interesting to see how 意大利超級盃鈥檚 top management handled the disruptions caused by the pandemic and components shortage,鈥 says Niklas. 鈥淚 learned the importance of the good reputation 意大利超級盃 has in the industry in order to maintain good relations with business partners.鈥
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Niklas moved to the Project Office to work with components technology for the next generation of electric vehicles. The YPTP soon led Niklas to a position as Development Engineer. 鈥淢y group develops the common software platform for real-time systems, aimed for multiple brands in the group. And right now, I work mainly towards Navistar,鈥 he says. 鈥澮獯罄壈犫檚 R&D resources are great assets in collaborative projects, but I can also see that we have much to learn from our engineer and business colleagues overseas.鈥澨
