Industrial Design Intern

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Tekna was founded in 1988 in the heart of Southwest Michigan where creative vision and hard work laid the foundation for a business that continues to grow in a rapidly evolving industry. The rigor and attention to detail that comes with designing for the medical industry has awarded us success in supporting both major companies and start‑ups from early stage development to commercialization.

The same principles apply as we’ve expanded to serve customers in a wide variety of other industries including consumer and industrial goods, electronics, and appliances. Tekna’s project portfolio is incredibly diverse covering medical, life science, consumer and industrial product categories. Tekna is largely client focused offering design consulting, contract manufacturing and original equipment manufacturing services. Tekna’s cross‑functional teams include Design Engineering, Industrial Design, CAD, Procurement, Production and Quality which offers a friendly and supportive team atmosphere.

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Build Manufacturing is a family of industrial businesses combining cutting‑edge enabling technologies, operational superiority and strategic M&A to build America’s next‑generation industrial company. Re:

Build leverages deep expertise in operations management and technology to supercharge the performance of its subsidiaries by implementing core technologies across industrial platforms in diversified growth markets. Our goal is to help revitalize the U.S. manufacturing base over the coming decades, creating substantial opportunities for our employees and the communities where we operate.

If you like a fast‑paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged with a diverse set of projects, we offer a great deal of variety and empower our staff to take on as much responsibility as they can handle, offering a helping hand and experienced‑based coaching and the support of a highly competent team. Our goal is to enable our employees to achieve their fullest potential, and through our association with Re:

Build, provide avenues for personal and professional growth.

The role of an Industrial Design Intern at Tekna is to help identify problems and provide solutions that focus on improving user experience while maintaining our client’s business objectives. As an Industrial Design Intern you will develop solutions using a combination of the following tools: market and user research, sketching, rendering, sketch modelling, computer modelling, and refined prototyping. Tekna understands that as an Industrial Design Intern you are working on building these skills;

collaboration with Design Leads, Engineering Leads and mentors will help you in this process.

Your day‑to‑day activities will include:

• Operating within the project framework: clients’ needs, visual brand language, market aspirations, project objectives and scope of deliverables.
• Conducting research on market trends, competitive landscape and user needs.
• Sketching and 2‑D design: graphic design support, concept sketch development, refined sketch development and/or sketch renderings that illustrate potential solutions for manufacturing, component packaging and colour/finish/material applications.
• 3‑D design and prototyping: sketch models, ergonomic and breadboard models, aesthetic mock‑ups, 3‑D form development (form core, clay, foam, wood, etc.).
• Translating sketches and mock‑ups to detailed CAD models.
• Creating photorealistic renderings from CAD data.
• Participating in client meetings: attending client team meetings and presenting concepts to marketing, engineering and manufacturing groups.

Working toward or completed:
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Industrial Design or a related field. Junior or Senior‑level students (completed at least two years toward the stated degree).

• Self‑sufficient and able to work closely with a supervising mentor.
• Professional collaboration with colleagues and clients.

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