2026 Product Developer - Cuisinart Job ID 2023-01473
About The Position
The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to provide exceptional students interested in a career in CPG with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations at Conair. Those selected will gain invaluable work experience through challenging project assignments and on the job learning experiences. The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to provide exceptional students with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations at Conair. Those selected will gain invaluable work experience through challenging project assignments and on the job learning experiences. As a Product Developer Intern for the Cuisinart brand, you’ll jump into the early-stage product development cycle—helping shape ideas, define functional prototypes, and partner cross-functionally to bring intuitive kitchen innovations from sketch to specification in a collaborative and fast-moving environment.
Requirements
- Rising senior majoring in Industrial Design, Product Design, Engineering, or related discipline
- Strong curiosity about consumer behavior, kitchen tools, and product innovation
- Proficiency or familiarity with sketching, 2D/3D visualization or CAD tools
- Comfortable working in a dynamic team environment with multiple streams and rapid iteration
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to present and collaborate effectively
- You should be a current college student, entering your senior year in the fall of 2026.
- We require candidates to maintain excellent academic standing.
- Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint, is a must.
Responsibilities
- Participate in ideation sessions and concept‐generation activities to support new Cuisinart product lines at the concept phase
- Translate user insights, trend research and competitive benchmarking into rough sketches, mood boards or concept visuals
- Assist in creating and refining low- and mid-fidelity prototypes (physical mock-ups, CAD models, renderings) to clarify design intent
- Liaise with product development, engineering, marketing and quality teams to ensure early concepts reflect feasibility, cost, ergonomics and consumer delight
- Support documentation of design intent—finish/color/graphics, accessory interfaces, fit/form—and help prepare specification packages for hand-off to engineering
- Monitor and summarize early feedback from consumer research, usability studies or prototype testing to refine concept direction
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
