Industrial Design Co-Op: Shape Real-World Sporting Goods

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company; Dardenne Prairie (MO); Vor Ort; USD 21.000 - 30.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company is seeking a Co-Op Industrial Designer to join the Engineering team in O'Fallon, MO. This temporary, seasonal position runs January 2027 through August 2027 and offers hands-on experience in product design using 3D CAD tools to visualize and prototype new sports equipment concepts.

The successful candidate will collaborate with engineers and marketing to create concept designs, develop documentation, and test ideas in focus groups, while staying current with

Qualifikationen

• Pursuing Industrial Design degree (must be currently enrolled in school, Junior standing or higher preferred).
• Experience with 3D design and modeling software - NX or Solidworks preferred.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Strong affinity to develop an understanding of the ever-changing sporting goods market.
• Strong team building and communication skills.
• Proficient in sketching, rendering and digitizing tools
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software.

Aufgaben

• Seek and develop new and innovative ideas for products with designs, sketches, and storyboards using 3D capabilities to visualize and implement ideas.
• Brings new age technologies and concepts to life through visual representations including bats, protective equipment, balls, gloves, etc.
• Develops and creates product concepts for a commercialization level.
• Applies new age technology concepts and consumer vision to help promote designs to other business and marketing associates.
• Create and maintain design documentation of quality 3D CAD data packages for modeling and prototyping to interface with Design Engineers and Graphics department.
• Participate in ideation sessions that generate innovations through use of market research and trends.
• Draft sketches and illustrations of potential products or work on enhancing an existing product to make it more appealing to consumers.
• Research consumer design trends and product limitations.
• Work with engineering, marketing, production, and/or sales departments to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
• Test designs in focus groups or surveys.
• Perform research on appearance, safety, function, serviceability, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics.

Kenntnisse

3D design

Concept development

Team communication

Ausbildung

Pursuing Industrial Design degree (enrolled, junior standing or higher)

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

Adobe Creative Cloud

Microsoft Office

Jobbeschreibung

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company is seeking a Co-Op Industrial Designer to join the Engineering team in O'Fallon, MO. This temporary, seasonal position runs January 2027 through August 2027 and offers hands-on experience in product design using 3D CAD tools to visualize and prototype new sports equipment concepts.

The successful candidate will collaborate with engineers and marketing to create concept designs, develop documentation, and test ideas in focus groups, while staying current with