We are hiring a 2025 Industrial Design Spring Co-op to join our Global Design team! In this role, you would be getting hands-on experience with a design team that works with many different functions of the business. This is a great opportunity to gain experience with seasoned designers at an industry leading company. Our intern program is designed to offer hands-on experience to aspiring designers by involving them in real-world explorations and production-bound projects.
In order to be considered for the position, please link or provide your portfolio.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Grow to understand and apply research insights
- Use design and technology skills to creatively conceptualize and develop unique and innovative product and component recommendations
- Work with peers in other fields (engineering, marketing, supply chain, project management) to conceptualize, problem solve and develop components and products which are destined for production.
- Develop your own opinions and thoughtfully share them with the team
- Explore new concepts through sketching and building quick prototypes
- Assist designers in project tasks, such as documenting projects, building physical and digital models, and preparing for presentations
- Build relationships with engineers, project managers, and marketers to learn how to implement ideas into real products
Your Future Team:
This small and mighty team is comprised of Industrial Designers, UX Designer, Interior Designers, Project Managers, Engineers, and a Model Maker.
- We are in constant collaboration as a team and cross functionally.
- Our design group is aesthetically and culturally diverse.
- We are a flexible and open group of people.
- We are approachable, open to questions, new ideas and care about your growth and success. Our award-wining team is eager to mentor you.
- We believe in autonomy and trust you to accomplish your goals.
- Lastly, you’ll work alongside fellow innovators including: product engineers, model makers and industrial designers.
Who You Are:
- Are you both creative and analytical? A critical thinker who is driven by curiosity?
- Do you have ideas and like to build them? Do you enjoy making things with your hands?
- Do you enjoy using your strong communication skills to express yourself through words and/or drawings?
- Are you comfortable with using or learning new software?
- Are you able to juggle multiple tasks at once, prioritize them then execute?
- Do you have a well-rounded background of experiences?
- Are you empathetic and understanding?
- Do you enjoy working in teams to achieve individual tasks with little to no supervision?
Preferred Skills and Competencies
- Junior, Senior, or Graduate design student status
- Preferred majors: Industrial, Product or Furniture Design
- Proficiency in: SketchUp, Fusion 360 or similar solid modeler, and Adobe Creative Suite
Why People Choose to Work with Us:
At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.
As a Steelcase intern, you will gain real-world, hands-on experience and be treated as an equal member of the team from day one. You will be welcomed into a family network that extends beyond your business function into an interdisciplinary network of experts in their fields.
Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.
More than qualifications, we’re looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community. We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships. We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.
Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.
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