Industrial Design - User Experience Intern - Portage, MI

Stryker; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Corporate housing or living stipend

11 paid holidays

Job summary

Stryker in Portage, MI is seeking an Industrial Design Intern to support cross-functional teams focused on human-centered medical product development. You will contribute to concept development, CAD, prototyping, and design visualization to inform user research and early-stage concepts.

The internship offers hands-on experience, mentorship from senior designers and engineers, and opportunities to influence product concepts while gaining practical design skills and professional confidence.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related field.
• Foundational skills in sketching, model making, CAD, and visual storytelling.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite; experience with Rhino, SolidWorks, Creo preferred.
• A portfolio demonstrating creativity, process thinking, and design fundamentals.
• A positive attitude, empathy for users, and openness to feedback.

Responsibilities

• Create early-stage concepts through sketching, 2D visualization, and physical or digital prototyping.
• Translate user insights into improved ergonomics, usability, aesthetics, and user experience.
• Contribute to the definition of form, features, and product look/feel aligned to Stryker’s visual brand language.
• Support research activities including trend reviews, ergonomic analysis, and capturing user insights.
• Assist in preparing materials for user feedback sessions, co-creation activities, or usability evaluations.

Skills

Curious Problem Solvers

Articulate Visual Communicators

Collaborative Teammates

Dedicated Achievers

Positive attitude

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or Product Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Rhino

SolidWorks

Creo

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

SUMMARY The Acute Care Industrial and User Experience Designers are at the forefront of creating products that ensure that the user-centric needs of our customers are applied to our products and user interfaces. We focus on understanding the challenges faced by doctors, nurses and patients, and then ideate and visualize products and user scenarios that solve those problems. We collaborate with Marketing, Engineering, and Portfolio Managers to ensure that every product is aesthetically pleasing, functional, and delivers world class user experiences that improves patient care and meets the needs of our healthcare professionals. As an Industrial Design Intern at Stryker, you will support a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, researchers, and marketers focused on creating innovative, human-centered medical offerings. You will contribute to concept development through ideation, CAD, prototyping and design visualization in support of user-centered research activities that help shape the next generation of Stryker products.

WHO WE WANT

Curious Problem Solvers Individuals who are eager to explore design challenges, understand user needs, and generate thoughtful, well-reasoned concepts. Articulate Visual Communicators Designers who express ideas clearly through sketches, prototypes, storytelling, and supportive visuals. Collaborative Teammates People who thrive in cross-functional environments contribute positively to team culture and build strong working relationships. Dedicated Achievers Students with strong work ethic, attention to detail, and a passion for making healthcare better.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Design & Concept Development

• Create early-stage concepts through sketching, 2D visualization, and physical or digital prototyping.
• Translate user insights into improved ergonomics, usability, aesthetics, and user experience.
• Contribute to the definition of form, features, and product look/feel aligned to Stryker’s visual brand language.

User‑Centered Design Research‑Centered Design Research

• Support research activities including trend reviews, ergonomic analysis, and capturing user insights.
• Assist in preparing materials for user feedback sessions, co‑creation activities, or usability evaluations.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with designers, engineers, marketing, and human factors partners to advance project goals.
• Contribute to design reviews through compelling visual and verbal communication.
• Support creation of presentations, storyboards, diagrams, and visual assets articulating design intent.

Modeling & Visualization

• Produce sketches, mockups, CAD studies, and visual prototypes to support concept development.
• Assist in rendering and 3D visualization for communicating form, aesthetics, and experience.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related field.
• Foundational skills in sketching, model making, CAD, and visual storytelling.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite; experience with Rhino, SolidWorks, Creo, or similar tools preferred.
• A portfolio demonstrating creativity, process thinking, and design fundamentals.
• A positive attitude, empathy for users, and openness to feedback.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN

• Hands‑on experience contributing to real medical device product development.
• Coaching and mentorship from experienced industrial designers and cross‑functional teammates.
• Opportunities to influence early‑stage concepts and produce meaningful work.
• Growth in technical skills, communication, design process knowledge, and professional confidence.

$20 min hourly wage – $35 max hourly wage, sign‑on bonus, 11 paid holidays annually, and either paid corporate housing or a living stipend, dependent upon hiring location Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces!

For more information, visit: www.stryker.com

Work Flexibility

• Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location.
• Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based.
• Open – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category.
• Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite is defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.