Industrial Design - User Experience Intern - Portage, MI

Stryker Group; Portage, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Paid holidays

Housing stipend

Job summary

Stryker is seeking an Industrial Design Intern to join a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, researchers, and marketers. You will contribute to concept development, CAD, prototyping, and visualizations that support user-centered research and early product concepts.

You will translate user insights into ergonomic improvements, collaborate with marketing and engineering, and help define form, function, and aesthetic direction for next-generation medical devices.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or holding a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or 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.

Responsibilities

• Create early-stage concepts through sketching, 2D visualization, and 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.
• 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.
• Produce sketches, mockups, CAD studies, and visual prototypes to support concept development.
• Assist in rendering and 3D visualization for communicating form, aesthetics, and experience.

Skills

Sketching

Model making

Visual storytelling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Rhino

SolidWorks

Creo

Job description

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