Successful Story: Evan Sloan wins a one-year work with both Infiniti and Renault Sport Formula One Team

Evan Sloan is 21-year-old engineering student from Uxbridge, Massachusetts who won a unique one-year-placement to work with both Infiniti and Renault Sport Formula Team. Sloan is a mechanical engineering student at California Institute of Technology and he is the American winner of the INFINITI Engineering Academy 2017.

Infiniti Engineering Academy - InfinitiI Motor Company and the Renault Formula One Team

Evan Sloan was selected among the thousands of entries and he has won nine other finalists from USA in an action-packed event at Microsoft Headquarters. Sloan will move to the U.K. in October. There he will be able to work alongside world-leading engineers at the cutting edge of the automotive and motorsport industries. Sloan will be provided with a salary and access to an Infiniti company car.

Sloan will spend six months working at Renault Formula One Team’s Technical Center in Enstone, U.K. and six months working at Infiniti’s European Technical Center in Cranfield, U.K. He’ll play a key role in the ongoing transfer of technical knowledge and expertise between Renault Sport Formula One Team and Infiniti.

Commenting on his win, Sloan said, "It's an incredible opportunity and I'm really looking forward to contributing to the INFINITI Motor Company and the Renault Formula One team. I can't wait to be a part of it."

"With every edition of the Academy, we are more and more impressed by the amount of interest received from students all over the world and the incredible level of the talent attracted. Students have seen the accomplishments of our former Academy graduates, who have forged successful careers in both automotive and motorsport and, as a result, more students than ever before want to participate to get this once-in-a-lifetime engineering experience to launch their careers," said Tommaso Volpe, Global Director, Infiniti Motorsport.

"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," added Volpe.

Randy Parker, Vice President, Infiniti Americas, also commented, "INFINITI prides itself on recognizing world-class talent, especially at the very beginning of a career. We are honored to present this opportunity to Evan, and we are eager to be a part of his success in this thrilling industry."

The INFINITI Engineering Academy, now in its fourth year, is a one-of-a-kind global search for the world's best up-and-coming engineers. Seven people are elected to work with Infiniti and Renault Sport Formula One Team each from Asia-Pacific, Canada, China, Europe (including Russia), Mexico, United Arab Emirates and the U.S. The interest in 2017 Infiniti Engineering Academy is over 12,000 registrations from 41 different countries and a new record has set with near-threefold increase over last year.

This is a successful story about Evan Sloan a young mechanical engineer student at California Institute of Technology who won once-in-a-lifetime engineering experience thanks to INFINITI Engineering Academy. Now, you can also register for the 2018 INFINITI Engineering Academy on https://academy.infiniti.com/