Summer Product Designer Intern — Mentorship & Hardware

Nominal; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Office trips to co-locate with team

Free meals and snacks

Intern swag and gift

Hardware lab stipend

Job summary

Nominal in Austin, TX invites a design-focused student for a Summer 2027 internship with potential full-time opportunities after graduation in 2028. You’ll work with designers, engineers, and product partners on a scoped project addressing a real customer need, with mentorship and regular feedback to build your experience in research, prototyping, and detailed design for hardware tooling.

You’ll translate complex hardware data workflows into intuitive experiences, learn from users, and

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating solid visual design fundamentals and problem solving.
• Ability to communicate ideas through flows, layouts, and interactive concepts.
• Curious about unfamiliar technical problems and open to feedback.
• Experience with design and prototyping tools to communicate ideas.
• Interest in contributing to a design system and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Turn complexity into clarity by translating hardware data workflows into intuitive experiences.
• Learn from real users by observing workflows and identifying opportunities.
• Partner with design, engineering and product to research and prototype with AI.
• Lead a scoped design project from exploration to detailed design with mentorship.
• Build your craft by sharing work in critiques and applying feedback.
• Contribute to the design system by refining components and documentation.

Skills

Visual design

Prototyping

User research

Education

Design degree student (class of 2028)

Tools

Figma

Illustrator/Sketch

Job description

Nominal in Austin, TX invites a design-focused student for a Summer 2027 internship with potential full-time opportunities after graduation in 2028. You’ll work with designers, engineers, and product partners on a scoped project addressing a real customer need, with mentorship and regular feedback to build your experience in research, prototyping, and detailed design for hardware tooling.

You’ll translate complex hardware data workflows into intuitive experiences, learn from users, and