Strategic relationship with Universities
Your position in our teams
Whether you’re a trainee or a part-time student, you’ll be fully part of our company at anytime in your career. We’ll make your integration as easy as possible, and we’ll listen carefully to your questions, suggestions and bold ideas. With your fresh perspective, you’ll contribute to enriching our know-how, and we’ll support you throughout your career.
Compagnie des Signaux offers a wide range of internships and work-study contracts
- Every year, we offer high-quality internships and work-study contracts to future graduates, maximizing their chances of joining and developing within a friendly, international company.
- At Compagnie des Signaux, “autonomy” and “taking the initiative” are key skills that trainees and alternates will be able to apply throughout their assignment.
- This work experience is a great opportunity to discover international projects and often leads to recruitment opportunities.
We also place great emphasis on training and internal mobility and aim to offer you real prospects for career development and growth.
We pay particular attention to our interns and work-study students
Team integration
Follow-up throughout their experience
Participation in a dedicated induction day
Strong involvement of tutors with students
Students say

Compagnie des Signaux has been awarded the HappyTrainees label for several years, and on average 92% of trainees and alternates recommend Compagnie des Signaux to their network as a great place to work. The "Happy Trainees" label enables companies to collect the opinions of their trainees, alternates and VIEs on their working conditions and experiences
Obtaining this label is the fruit of initiatives put in place by Compagnie des Signaux to improve the welcome and quality of life for students within the company, and to constantly challenge ourselves. Our interns and work-study students particularly appreciate: the diversity of the projects undertaken, the quality of the assignments, the opportunities for career development and the friendly atmosphere of a human-sized company with an international outlook.
Our partnerships
In order to be as close as possible to students, we have established partnerships with target Universities over the years.
These partnerships enable students to share special moments with our technical experts and recruiters.
Our experts enjoy teaching innovative subjects to future generations and sharing their passions with them.
As a student, this is a great opportunity for you to learn about our core business, railway signaling, ask your questions and help build your career plan.
- Mastère Ferroviaire dans les Systèmes de Transport Ferroviaires et Urbains, pour ingénieurs salariés ou candidats (formation en cours d’emploi pendant 2 ans), en partenariat avec l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
International opportunites :
Compagnie des Signaux offers internship and job opportunities in its foreign subsidiaries and branches (Germany, UK, Korea, Morocco). Opportunities are also available in all the countries where the MERMEC group operates.
If you’re European, under 28 and dreaming of going abroad, the V.I.E. (Volontariat International en Entreprise) scheme is the perfect way to get your first professional experience abroad. We offer assignments from 6 to 24 months all over the world.
You can find out more about the MERMEC Group’s opportunities at the following link: