Industrial Design Intern — Marine Product Concepts

Mercury Marine; Fond du Lac (WI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury Marine, headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, offers a design internship within the Industrial Design team. You will work on conceptual and production design for marine propulsion systems and related components, interfacing with Engineering and Product Integration.

The internship runs May–August 2027, full-time (40+ hours per week). Candidates should be enrolled in an accredited university pursuing a Bachelor's in Industrial Design, with strong sketching, CMF, and 2D/3D concepting

Qualifications

• Enrolled in accredited university pursuing a bachelor’s in Industrial Design.
• Imaginative mindset for conceptual and real-world challenges.
• Strong sketching and form development skills.
• Proficient in design software such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Concepting including sketches, renderings, and model building.
• Clear communicator with a user-centric mindset.
• Proficient in MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Minimum second semester sophomore status with 48 completed credits.
• Availability to work full-time during May–August 2027.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple stages of product development.
• Create 2D and 3D concepts to convey ideas.
• Assist with production design on hardware and graphics projects.
• Collaborate with Design, Engineering, and Product teams.
• Participate in weekly design critiques.
• Produce rapid visualizations using physical and digital tools.
• Develop CMF concepts and proposals.
• Assist with propulsion systems, graphics, and controls projects.

Skills

Sketching

Form development

Surface interest

Proportions

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop

Illustrator

MS Office

PowerPoint

Excel

Model building

3D concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design (in progress)

Tools

Keyshot

Alias

Vizcom

Job description

Mercury Marine, headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, offers a design internship within the Industrial Design team. You will work on conceptual and production design for marine propulsion systems and related components, interfacing with Engineering and Product Integration.

The internship runs May–August 2027, full-time (40+ hours per week). Candidates should be enrolled in an accredited university pursuing a Bachelor's in Industrial Design, with strong sketching, CMF, and 2D/3D concepting