Infiniti gives young Australian engineer a life-changing career opportunity
22 Sep 2017|1,988 views
An engineering student from Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia has been awarded the career opportunity of a lifetime in Automotive and Formula One, as Infiniti announces Jacob Debono as the Asia and Oceania winner of the Infiniti Engineering Academy 2017.
Having been selected from over hundreds of entries and beating nine other finalists from around the country in an action-packed event at Infiniti Lab in Hong Kong, 23-year old Jacob Debono from Australia will move to the U.K. in October for a career opportunity of a lifetime, complete with travel, accommodation, access to an Infiniti company car, a salary and the possibility to work alongside world-leading engineers at the cutting edge of the automotive and motorsport industries.
Debono, who is an engineering student at University of Wollongong, will spend six months working at Renault Formula One Team's Technical Center in the U.K. and six months working at Infiniti's European Technical Centre. He will play a key role in the ongoing transfer of technical knowledge and expertise between Renault Sport Formula One Team and Infiniti.
"With Formula One becoming more relevant to the automotive industry and with an increased focus of the placements this year being on the road car development, we are training a new generation of engineers who will play a key role in the crossover between the two industries," said Tommaso Volpe, Global Director, Infiniti Motorsport.
Commenting on his win, Jacob Debono said, "When I was standing there and Nico Hulkenberg opened the envelope and read out my name, I couldn't believe it. To be able to spend a year working with both an automotive manufacturer and an F1 Team is absolutely invaluable experience. I'm still letting it all sink in, but I feel very privileged to be here and it's an opportunity I mustn't take for granted."
For more information on the Infiniti Engineering Academy, please visit academy.infiniti.com
An engineering student from Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia has been awarded the career opportunity of a lifetime in Automotive and Formula One, as Infiniti announces Jacob Debono as the Asia and Oceania winner of the Infiniti Engineering Academy 2017.
Having been selected from over hundreds of entries and beating nine other finalists from around the country in an action-packed event at Infiniti Lab in Hong Kong, 23-year old Jacob Debono from Australia will move to the U.K. in October for a career opportunity of a lifetime, complete with travel, accommodation, access to an Infiniti company car, a salary and the possibility to work alongside world-leading engineers at the cutting edge of the automotive and motorsport industries.
Debono, who is an engineering student at University of Wollongong, will spend six months working at Renault Formula One Team's Technical Center in the U.K. and six months working at Infiniti's European Technical Centre. He will play a key role in the ongoing transfer of technical knowledge and expertise between Renault Sport Formula One Team and Infiniti.
"With Formula One becoming more relevant to the automotive industry and with an increased focus of the placements this year being on the road car development, we are training a new generation of engineers who will play a key role in the crossover between the two industries," said Tommaso Volpe, Global Director, Infiniti Motorsport.
Commenting on his win, Jacob Debono said, "When I was standing there and Nico Hulkenberg opened the envelope and read out my name, I couldn't believe it. To be able to spend a year working with both an automotive manufacturer and an F1 Team is absolutely invaluable experience. I'm still letting it all sink in, but I feel very privileged to be here and it's an opportunity I mustn't take for granted."
For more information on the Infiniti Engineering Academy, please visit here
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