Infiniti Giving Engineering Students the Chance to Work for Red Bull

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is taking a page from its corporate parent and launching the Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy. Instead of giving fans a chance to drive a real racecar, the academy gives budding engineers a chance to have a one-year work placement with Infiniti Red Bull RacingRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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Infiniti Vice President Fintan Knight, driver Mark Webber and Red Bull head of engineering Paul Monaghan announced the program prior to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The program is open to engineering students at pre-selected college and universities. Applicants must be entering their final year of education or graduating in 2014, be fluent in English language, and be available to work in the UK for a continuous period of twelve months from September 2014. Applications can be submitted here. In addition to a CV, applicants must write a 500-word essay on the topic - What future technology should Formula One be incorporating to keep road-relevant?

The deadline for applications is May 9, 2014, and 12 finalists will be selected. They will go to the Red Bull headquarters in Milton Keynes, UK, for a two-day final assessment camp on July 2 and 3, and Red Bull will select two winners.

Over those two days, they will tour the headquarters and technical center, go through team building exercises and give a 10-minute presentation to a panel of Red Bull and Infiniti engineering, marketing and HR leaders. There will also be engineering and aptitude questions from the panel.

"Just as Formula One is fiercely competitive on-track, so it is off-track when it comes to engineering careers. We've created the Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy because we want to encourage and nurture the best new engineering talent," said Knight.