Spring 2025: Industrial Design Intern

Introduction

We're looking for a talented Industrial Design intern to join our Design team. This team is responsible for defining the physical and digital experiences of iRobot. The Design Intern will work with us across ID, UI, UX and design researchers to assist the team in product design and development.

This can be a part or full-time internship (20-40 hrs; M-F) in a hybrid capacity in our Bedford, MA office from April to July. Students must be within a commutable distance to the Massachusetts office and available to come onsite 3x week.

What You Will Do :

This role will support the ID team to lead the design effort on projects from early concept through production including : design and consumer research; competitive marketplace analysis; and industrial design concept exploration, refinement, communication, & documentation.

The design Interns are expected to work cross functionally with other industrial designers, UX / UI designers, engineers, researchers and visual designers to create tangible design solutions, and inform prototype development. This is an exciting time and we are relatively new team of skilled designers and researchers in the process of building a world-class internal design competency. Please join us to build cool stuff! We are looking for students with...

• Strong interest in understanding of form, function, visual composition, and conceptual integrity.
• High proficiency in a 3D program and rendering program - SOLIDWORKS & Keyshot or similar are required.
• High proficiency in the use of Adobe Creative Suite is required.
• The ability to communicate design concepts through hand sketches, mock-ups
• Eye for clean, visually impactful designs that are current and fresh.
• A great sensitivity to color, aesthetics, and materiality, and the ability to translate trends into compelling products.
• The ability to quickly build strong relationships within and across organizations.

To Be Successful You Will Have :