Industrial Design Intern

Great Dane LLC•Savannah, GA

20h

About The Position

The Industrial Design intern is responsible for the design and development of products that optimize functionality, aesthetics, ergonomics, and user experience while ensuring manufacturability and cost efficiency. This role collaborates closely with engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and customers to create innovative solutions that enhance product performance and customer value across trailer and truck body platforms. The Industrial Design intern integrates industrial design principles with engineering requirements to develop concepts from ideation through production implementation.

Requirements

Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related field.
Skills: CAD and technical drawing, engineering fundamentals, bill of materials skills, problem solving and analytical thinking.
Experience with rendering and visualization tools (KeyShot, Blender, Adobe Suite, or similar).
Manufacturing awareness with welding, sheet metal, assembly processes, tolerances is valuable.
Ability to translate user needs into technical solutions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective communication and ability to work independently and with others.
Self-motivated, detail-oriented, with excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing awareness with welding, sheet metal, assembly processes, tolerances is valuable.

Responsibilities

Assists the engineers with designing the product.
Assists the engineers with data acquisition, data analysis, and presentation.
Assists engineers with evaluation of test equipment for functionality, repeatability, and safety.
Assists Engineers with small-scale testing and materials, fasteners, adhesives and electrical components.
Assists with MRO restocking and facility upkeep.
Assists with maintenance of databases and spreadsheets.
Assists creation of procedures for testing activities.
Other Duties as assigned.