careers

Industrial Design Internship (Design + Development Team)

Our ideal candidate has the following skills and abilities:

Responsibilities

  • Actively support the Design + Development team with overall project and technical design efforts across multiple products
  • Support the team in material, off-the-shelf component, and vendor sourcing activities
  • Assist in prototype assemblies and evaluations
  • Participate in virtual ideation sessions by contributing quick and rapid sketches
  • Develop sketches and renderings of new product concepts
  • Support Trig’s internal projects
  • Inject energy, enthusiasm and creativity into everything you touch

Requirements

  • Working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design or Product Design
  • Completed second year of Industrial Design coursework
  • Self-starter with a keen desire to learn
  • Experience with SolidWorks and Adobe Illustrator. Keyshot experience preferred
  • Ability to work a minimum of 10 hours per week for the duration of the internship
  • Be available to check in on a weekly basis and at key milestones with Industrial Design + Development Lead
  • Ability to travel to the Raleigh/Durham area to engage with design team and/or participate in prototype builds
  • Embrace the Curious Tinkerer mindset, with a strong desire to push against the creative constraints to deliver results that are thoughtful, game-changing, and solve real problems

Qualifications

  • Submit shareable work via online portfolio or website demonstrating sketching ability and creative problem solving skills
  • Needs to demonstrate strong visual communication skills - should be comfortable with hand sketching and familiar with rendering software (Sketchbook Pro, Photoshop, or similar)
  • Comfortable creating 3D CAD geometry using SolidWorks
  • Familiarity with creating 3D CAD Animations (Keyshot preferable)
  • Completed coursework in materials and processes.
  • Part prototyping via CNC, laser cutting, 3D printing and other methods is a plus!

Internship Details

  • Tentative Internship Duration: 14-16 weeks
  • Interested applicants should send a copy of their resume and online portfolio to ashleywhitley@trig.com

Department of interest

Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.