Design Engineer Intern

E1; United States; Remote; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

E1 currently seeks a design-engineering intern who cares about both aesthetics and build quality. You will translate design intent into production interfaces, extend a shared design system, and sweat the details—motion, spacing, accessibility, and polish—that distinguish a thoughtful product from a generic one.

You will own shipped surfaces, prototype interactions, and audit screens for visual and accessibility quality, gaining hands-on experience across design and frontend engineering.

Qualifications

• Pursuing degree in design, HCI, CS, or related field.
• Experience with HTML/CSS and some JavaScript.
• Strong portfolio/work demonstrating visual craft.
• Good eye for typography, spacing, color.

Responsibilities

• Translate designs into accessible, production components.
• Extend and maintain the shared design system.
• Prototype interactions and motion to test ideas quickly.
• Audit shipped screens for visual and accessibility regressions.

Skills

HTML/CSS

JavaScript

Design systems

Accessibility

Typography

Portfolio work

Education

Pursuing degree in Design/CS/HCI

Tools

React

Prototyping tools

Job description

Role overview

A design-engineering internship for someone who cares equally about how a product looks and how it is built. The role focuses on translating design intent into production interfaces, extending a shared component system, and sweating the details — motion, spacing, accessibility, and visual polish — that distinguish a thoughtful product from a generic one. It is a craft-driven position with real ownership of shipped surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Convert designs into accessible, responsive production components
• Extend and maintain the shared design system used across the product
• Prototype interactions and motion to pressure-test ideas quickly before committing to implementation
• Audit shipped screens for visual and accessibility regressions

Requirements

• Studying design, HCI, computer science, or a related field, or building equivalent skills through self-teaching, a bootcamp, or portfolio work
• Comfort writing HTML and CSS, along with some JavaScript
• A portfolio, coursework, or side projects that demonstrate visual craft
• A strong eye for typography, spacing, and color

Nice to have

• Familiarity with a modern frontend framework such as React
• Exposure to motion design or interaction prototyping tools