Industrial Design Intern

Location: Needham, Massachusetts, United States; full-time onsite, 5 days per week. The internship runs from May through August 2027, with no relocation or housing assistance.

Salary: $27–$36 per hour.

Company

hirify.global is a global product design and technology company developing consumer lifestyle products under the Shark and Ninja brands, with an AI-native culture and products sold through retailers, online channels, and distributors worldwide.

What you will do

• Support Industrial Design and CMF leads on product launches from brainstorming through market release.
• Translate consumer insights into functional, emotionally impactful, user-centered product designs.
• Create sketches, illustrations, high-fidelity KeyShot renderings, presentation visuals, and storytelling assets.
• Build visual and functional prototypes and explore emerging trends, materials, and aesthetics.
• Collaborate with Engineering on clean, production-ready CAD files and contribute to manufacturing-ready designs.
• Define product finishes, colors, materials, textures, branding, and design language while balancing performance, cost, and consumer appeal.

Requirements

• Current student in a related bachelor's or master's program, or graduated from such a program within the past year.
• Ability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, onsite five days per week in Needham, Massachusetts.
• Confident and precise product design using SolidWorks or Rhino.
• Ability to create high-quality 3D renderings using tools such as KeyShot.
• Familiarity with mechanical engineering and part design.
• Original creative portfolio demonstrating a product development process; work samples must be submitted with the resume or as a cover letter.
• Meticulous attention to detail, project planning, and the ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities, combine analytical thinking with creative energy, and propose innovative real-world solutions.
• Collaborative, curious, forward-thinking approach with a willingness to contribute to brainstorms, critiques, prototypes, materials, and user experience development.

Culture & Benefits

• Early-career program offering hands-on industry exposure, meaningful projects, professional development, community events, and connections with leaders.
• Benefits may include medical insurance, an HSA with company contribution, sick time, company holidays, retirement plans, paid time off, wellness programs, employee product discounts, product testing opportunities, referral bonuses, and employee stock purchase options, subject to eligibility.
• Culture emphasizes bold experimentation, innovation, inclusion, professional growth, and an “Outrageously Extraordinary” mindset.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume and work samples; samples may be linked in the resume or added as a cover letter.
• Response times may vary because of the high volume of applications for early-talent roles.