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Job Description
You can have an internship. Or you can make a difference. Or you can work at Herman Miller as a Product Design Undergraduate Intern and make both.
About this Opportunity
Herman Miller’s Summer Internship Program is a paid, 12-week opportunity that provides a 100% real-world experience for students early in their career. Throughout the summer, you will apply academic learning to real-world situations and cultivate leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills.
As a product design intern, you will work closely with the internal design team and its product development partners. You will participate in all phases of product design and development, from early concept generation and rough prototyping to design refinement and finished presentations. Your work will support the design team’s effort to drive world-class solutions for the seating, workplace, and lifestyle categories.
What You’ll Do
You’ll have opportunities to speak up, solve problems, influence others, and be an owner every day as you…
Benchmarking and preliminary product research
Concept generation thru sketching, 3D CAD, and physical prototyping
Compilation and presentation of work to internal teams.
Work with a cross-functional team to complete an intern project which will be presented to senior-level executives.
Gain on-the-job work experience aligned with your career goals.
Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve our goals.
Emphasis will be placed on team participation, ability to plan, and ability to achieve results on assigned projects.
Sound Like You?
You might be just who we’re looking for if you are…
Able to share your designs by sharing a link on your resume to your online portfolio.
Passionate about product design
Highly proficient visual communication skills (sketching, CAD, model making)
Desire to learn about new materials, processes, and technologies.
Able to work well with and develop a partnering relationship with other team members.
Enrolled and pursuing a four-year Bachelor’s degree in Product Design from an accredited college or university, OR pursuing a Product Design-related education from a recognized studio, and able to provide transcripts upon request.
You must have a GPA of at least 3.0 (overall or within your program) to qualify for consideration in the Intern Program
Ability to provide college transcripts upon request.
Must have satisfactorily completed basic coursework in the chosen degree program
Demonstrated ability to effectively use office automation, communication, software, and tools currently used in the HMI office environment.
Must be authorized to work in the United States
Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.
Who We Are
Simply put, we hire everyone. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.
MillerKnoll is a federal contractor and is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 14042, which is temporarily blocked by a federal court, pending the outcome of further judicial review. Depending on the outcome of the Executive Order, the Company may be subject to the OSHA Employee Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard, which the courts are also currently reviewing. The results of the legal challenges will have implications in our workplace. In certain locations, there may also be specific local requirements that may be required as a condition of employment.
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Temporary
Travel: No
Shift: First
Work Schedule: 8am-5pm
Primary Location: United States-Michigan-Holland
Application Details
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