Industrial Design Intern

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

Primary Function of Position Industrial Designers at Intuitive help design next-generation products and solutions for robotic surgery systems and refine and evolve existing product lines. We are user-centered and hands-on, helping to translate insights into actionable design opportunities and successful user experiences. As a natural collaborator, the Industrial design intern will work with our process partners (engineering, clinical development, human factors, user research, and marketing) on the framing and definition of future product opportunities. Focusing on the user experience aspects of the product, you will employ a growing understanding of user needs, ergonomics, form, proportion, color, materials, and manufacturing processes to resolve complex technical challenges into elegant solutions. With an ability to explore, prototype and test a wide range of new ideas, the industrial designer visualizes opportunities to help build consensus on the right path forward. The industrial designer design is a skilled storyteller and crafts compelling presentations illustrating new user benefits and opportunities for Intuitive.

Requirements

University Hiring Program Eligibility Requirements:
University Enrollment: Must be currently enrolled in and returning to an accredited degree-seeking academic program after the internship.
Internship Work Period: Must be available to work full-time (approximately 40 hours per week) during a 10-12 week period starting May or June. Specific start dates are shared during the recruiting process.
Required Education and Training Current enrollment in a industrial design/product design related degree-seeking program at the Bachelor’s or Master’s level.
Has a passion for designing meaningful, revolutionary products that make a positive impact on people’s lives
Is curious about user behaviors and has an eagerness to learn in a lab environment
Is excited to work on difficult problems with a dedicated team of high-energy, high-caliber people
Has a natural aptitude for teamwork, thriving on brainstorming and presenting
Has experience supporting or driving projects from concept to production
Is a highly creative problem solver
Is eager to learn from other designers and contribute to the culture of the team
Seeks guidance and information but can also work and solve problems independently
Takes a bias toward action and an eagerness to support the team and the project
Employs healthy organization and communication habits, making you a responsive team player
Has solid aesthetic sensibility and artistic skill
Has an incurable curiosity relating to all things design
Has experience collaborating with engineering or business counterparts through educational or internship experiences

Nice To Haves

Strong storytelling and presentation skills and an ability to effectively communicate a user-centered point of view
An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates human-centered design process and core industrial design skills
Effective rapid prototyping skills, including quick low-fi foam models to fabricating more complex functional prototypes and 3D prints
Solid and growing 2D visualization skills, including sketching, storyboarding, and digital rendering
Solid 3D CAD and visualization skills to develop detailed and compelling design solutions
Experience with SolidWorks is preferred
A basic understanding of materials, manufacturing processes

Responsibilities

The industrial designer intern contributes to the definition and design of new products at Intuitive.
Working with senior designers and partners, the industrial designer creates innovative human-centered design solutions that will improve user experience.
Learns and employs a user-centered design process to help frame problems and define opportunities.
Collaborates with other Product Design team members to contribute to the design of compelling, integrated user experiences.
Utilizes a range of creative 2D and 3D tools and techniques to develop design proposals.
With support from senior team members, distills strategic, technical and ergonomic requirements while developing a range of solutions that synthesize usability, utility, manufacturability, and desirability.
Works with product development and engineering partners and fellow designers early in the product development lifecycle to generate conceptual product designs and opportunities
Combines industrial design objectives with the objectives of our process partners.
Translates and captures brand attributes in compelling physical forms.
Generates functional and/or appearance prototypes to explore and validate design choices conceptually.
Participates in user research, usability testing, and clinical research labs
Delivers design proposals to engineering for production and executes with support from senior ID team members.