Bei Opel?

my office - Opel headquaters in Ruesselsheim

Its true that this is where I intern, but I do not work directly under Opel. Currently I'm working for General Motors Powertrain and as you probably know, GM owns like 15 car brands including Opel, Saab & Chevrolet. I would like to tell you in detail what I do at work and what I see, but for non-car enthusiasts, you probably scroll faster than usuall. Btw, after signing a stack-load of secrecy documents and by-passing the numerous security gates just to get to my table every morning, I rather not say too much.

In short, I run engine simulations on the computer with actual data to determine the best powertrain combinations, fuel efficiencies, emissions and drive cycles of cars. haha. Don't be confused by the word powertrain; I do not work with trains. Trivia: A powertrain in a car is all the components that make the car move which includes the engine (duh!), the clutch, the transmissions, final drive and the wheels. The cool part of the job is that I get to see the test benches where they actually test these cars, the production lines and once in a while my collegues will sneak us into the workshop to take peeks at the new concept cars which are yet to be released!

But the part of work I look forward to most is lunch! My mum says I don't eat enough in Germany.. but she hasn't seen the Opel cafeteria. 3 course meals with a salad and desset buffet is probably the only meal I can afford to eat each day. Which is probably good coz it's really ex to eat out and I pay intern prices at Opel anyway. So why not stuff myself eh? haha.