Industrial Design Co-op — Onsite Needham, Fast-Track Impact

SharkNinja, Inc.; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

HSA with company contribution

Paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja, headquartered in Needham, MA, seeks an Industrial Design Co-op to join our award-winning design team. You’ll work across the product development cycle—from concept to CAD and prototyping—collaborating with Engineering and Marketing to shape consumer products that balance form and function.

As a full-time, 40-hour-per-week onsite role, you’ll translate insights into user-centered designs, build high-quality renderings in Keyshot, and contribute to production-ready CAD files.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a relevant bachelor's or master's program or recent graduate within the past year.
• Able to commit to full-time, 40 hours/week onsite in Needham, MA.
• Create product designs using SolidWorks or Rhino with confidence and precision.
• Visualize ideas through high-quality 3D renderings in Keyshot to bring concepts to life for cross-functional teams.
• Deliver meticulous attention to detail, even under tight deadlines.
• A portfolio clearly demonstrating a product development process.

Responsibilities

• Support design leads on real product launches—from brainstorming to market.
• Translate consumer insights into user-centered design solutions that are both functional and emotionally impactful.
• Bring ideas to life through sketches, illustrations, and high-fidelity renderings for cross-functional teams.
• Create presentation-ready visuals and storytelling assets that influence design decisions at the highest level.
• Build visual and functional prototypes that help test ideas and push boundaries.
• Collaborate with Engineering to deliver clean, production-ready CAD files that carry your vision through to manufacturing.
• Specify the full look and feel of a product (finishes, color, material, texture, branding) down to the finest detail.
• Contribute to a multi-disciplinary team where marketing, UX, and industrial design converge.
• Explore emerging trends, new materials, and future-forward aesthetics to inform what comes next.
• Elevate the Shark and Ninja brands by helping define the design language of tomorrow’s hero products.
• Immerse yourself in the full product development cycle and gain firsthand experience solving for real-world constraints—designing for performance, cost, and delight

Skills

SolidWorks

Rhino

Keyshot

Attention to detail

Portfolio

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in a related field (or recent graduate)

Tools

SolidWorks

Rhino

Keyshot

Job description

SharkNinja, headquartered in Needham, MA, seeks an Industrial Design Co-op to join our award-winning design team. You’ll work across the product development cycle—from concept to CAD and prototyping—collaborating with Engineering and Marketing to shape consumer products that balance form and function.

As a full-time, 40-hour-per-week onsite role, you’ll translate insights into user-centered designs, build high-quality renderings in Keyshot, and contribute to production-ready CAD files.