INTERNSHIP - HEAD OFFICE - Advanced Manufacturing M/F

Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health. Present in 60 countries with 66 300 employees, the Group serves more than 4 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are small molecules essential to life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide's scientific territory and have been at the heart of the Group's business since its creation in 1902.
Air Liquide's ambition is to be a leader in its industry, to perform well over the long term and to contribute to a more sustainable world - with a strong commitment to climate change and energy transition at the heart of its strategy.

Context

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has transitioned from a specialized prototyping tool to a core component of "Digital Manufacturing" for repair, spare parts on-demand manufacturing to serial production. The pulling industry segments are by order of current intensity: Defense, Medical, Aerospace, Maritime & Shipbuilding, Oil & Gas and Energy, and Automotive. The whole Metal AM industry is creating new Argon Volume in the Advanced Manufacturing marketplace at a rate of 15% CAGR; this rate is forecast to be sustained through the next 10 years of Industry 4.0 transformation.
While metal powders remain the dominant feedstock for precision parts and tooling (L-PBF process and Binder Jet process), the industry is increasingly adopting Wire-fed AM for larger structural components due to its superior deposition rates and material efficiency. The sheer rate of its market adoption suggests that within the next decade, it will double the annual volumes of welding gas and filler metal wires) built over the past 70 years of the Gas Metal Arc Welding industry evolution !

 

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

 

Mission: Industry 4.0 Transformation into Digital Manufacturing 

As part of the Global Marketing team, you will contribute to the following:

Strategic Market Intelligence: Conduct deep-dive analysis on the impact on consumables volumes (gas and hardgoods feedstocks) of the adoption maturity and growth forecast by market, by process technology and by feedstock (Powders, Wires and Filaments), Metals and Plastics.  The study needs to map the ecosystem, starting with OEMs of finished assembled products (vehicle, airplane, train, boat, rocket,...), as well as their top Tier supplier manufacturers, and an assessment of the number of machines sold/year and deployed in use in the field for each of the top OEMs of 3D-Printing Machinery.  

Stakeholder Synthesis: Engage with internal experts and external ecosystem actors to create integrated market assessments for gas applications, prioritizing on argon gas applications (powder atomization and wire manufacturing, 3D Printing processes, Heat Treatment); and eventually Nitrogen gas application.  Segment the applications per gas modes of supply: PG (Cylinders / bundles) ; SkidTank Microbulk ; Bulk. 

Strategic Briefing: Prepare high-level briefs and decision-support presentations that evaluate the gap between argon needs intensity by geography vs our current Argon capacity by geography

Value Proposition Development: For each zones (EU, NAM, LATAM, AMEI, China, WAP), build an AL SWOT analysis and support the creation of marketing materials that highlight Air Liquide’s expertise and offers relevant to Additive Manufacturing practitioners. 

Innovation Scouting: Identify and evaluate pain points / delights for best practices in processes, consumables materials, and digitization; as well as identify state of the art and emerging technologies

Regulatory & Policy Monitoring: Actively monitor industry standards and regulations pertaining to Health, Safety, Environment and IP  that could impact adoption and profitability.

 

Are you a MATCH?

 

Fluent in english.

Engineering degree, preferably coupled with business school.

Knowledgeable on manufacturing / metallurgy
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Ability to work with a high level of autonomy.

Additional Information

Air Liquide has been awarded the Happy Trainees label.

The internship will take place in the Innovation Campus Paris, Les Loges en Josas. 

• Geographical location: France / Ile de France / 78-Les Loges

• Desired start date: April / May 2026

• Duration of the internship : 6 months

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Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.