Industrial Design Co-Op

What you’ll do:

Eaton’s Studio Blue (Human-Centered Design Center of Excellence) is currently seeking an Industrial Design intern to join our team for the Fall 2026 semester (end of August – mid December 2026). This position is based at our Moon Township, PA location (Pittsburgh area).

In this role, you will help fulfill our mission of empowering people to be more human-centered, collaborative, and creative by applying human-centered design to physical products through user research, the design of physical interactions, visual brand language, and design for manufacture. You will work on a diverse portfolio of projects in collaboration with other designers and businesses across the enterprise. You will be exposed to day-to-day business functions and can grow your knowledge of user research, design thinking, sketching techniques, prototyping, and SolidWorks parametric modeling. Contributions made will directly affect new product outcomes within Eaton’s product portfolio. 

About Eaton
Eaton is a power management company made up of over 92,000 employees, with business in more than 160 countries. Our energy-efficient products and services help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power more reliably, efficiently, safely, and sustainably. 

Eaton’s diverse product line includes electric vehicle chargers, smart home devices, circuit breakers, transformers, and more. Eaton technology keeps power-critical infrastructure for airports, hospitals, factories, data centers, vehicles, and electrical grids operational. Our products and services impact millions of people every day, and our customers depend on us to help solve incredibly complex power management challenges. 

About Studio Blue
Our team, Studio Blue, is responsible for growing the practice of Human-Centered Design at Eaton. We function as an internal design consultancy, collaborating with Eaton teams around the world. Through our expertise in design thinking, industrial design, and digital user experience design, we are working to make Eaton a more design-minded company. You can find information about our team here: Design at Eaton

Eaton is over 100 years old, and many of its products and processes are rooted in industrial manufacturing. Studio Blue is central to the modernization and digital transformation of the company. Every day, we help sales, engineering, marketing and other internal teams create meaningful experiences for users with connected services, hardware, and software. It is an exciting time to be a creative professional at Eaton. Every contribution we make has a significant impact on the future of the company, and the opportunities for innovation are never-ending!

Essential Functions

•    Use traditional industrial design methods of discovery, communication, and documentation to identify problems, develop solutions, and work with development partner teams to develop products for volume production and commercialization.
•    Sketching, building, prototyping, 3D parametric CAD modeling, creating digital renderings, and executing graphic design layouts.
•    Identify product design opportunities through human-centered discovery and research methods.
•    Inspire product teams to push the boundaries past common solutions focusing on human-centered design recommendations.
•    Translate research and business plans into product solutions that lead to intuitive user experiences.
•    Execute across all project phases from early discovery and research through detailed visual design documentation.
•    Assist in planning Design Thinking workshops across a diverse group of businesses and product lines (training will be provided).
•    Collaborate closely with other human-centered designers, engineers, and business professionals to guide products through the delivery process.
•    Engage in ongoing dialogue with your manager and senior team members to give and receive constructive feedback that will drive your performance and growth.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• You have completed at least 2 years of an undergraduate program or are currently enrolled in a graduate program studying industrial design.
• You have a portfolio or presentation that represents foundational training in hand sketching, digital visualization, 3D modelling, physical prototyping, and experience with industrial design and user research.
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