Mercury Marine: Industrial Design Intern

As part of the Industrial Design team at Mercury as a design intern, you will be engaged in both conceptual and production work that enables the best designs for Mercury’s marine-specific products. This role supports Industrial Design, and interfaces with Engineering and Product Integration team members. In your daily work you will be supporting Mercury Marine’s premium brand and performance expectations. This role will require you to utilize your design skills to generate ideas and concepts, while respecting project requirements and research data to enable these ideas to be usable for marine propulsion systems, marine controls, and associated components.

Responsibilities

Create concepts both in 2D and 3D to convey ideas/design intent; Create both conceptual designs and learn processes for production design on physical hardware and graphics projects; Work alongside cross-functionally with designers and Engineering staff; Participate in weekly design critiques on active projects; Rapid visualization using physical and digital tools; Create Color, Materials, and Finishes (CMF) concepts/proposals; Assist design team with assignments on propulsion systems, product graphics and controls projects; Support projects throughout various stages of product development

Requirements

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States; Enrolled in an accredited university studying toward a bachelor’s degree for Industrial Design; Imaginative mindset with willingness to embrace multiple projects; Strong abilities in sketching, form development, surface interest and proportions; Solid knowledge of design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator); Product concepting including sketches, renderings and model building (digital and physical); Clear communicator, motivated and ambitious, with a user-centric mindset; Proficient in MS Office, preferably PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook; Minimum second semester sophomore status with 48 completed credits; Availability to work full-time (40 or more hours per week) during the months May through August of 2027

Nice to have

Knowledge of design industry modeling-rendering software - Keyshot/Alias/Vizcom; Observation/documentation skills of competitive trends in design segments/industries; Graphic design knowledge using Illustrator for vector art development, typeface design

Benefits

Relocation; Learning opportunities; Hands-on experience in a professional setting; Work alongside experienced professionals; Feedback and performance reviews; Growth opportunities within and across brands