Product Development Intern

About the position

Dometic is a global market leader in the mobile living industry. Millions of people around the world use Dometic products in outdoor, residential, and professional applications. Dometic Land Vehicles Americas is a trusted provider of high-end products for recreational vehicles, commercial passenger vehicles and overlanding vehicles in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Product Engineer Intern within our Product Development capability. This position reports to Tom Joughin and will work at our Industrial Parkway location.

At Dometic, we don’t just offer internships, we provide opportunities to make a real impact, grow professionally, and discover your full potential. As a Product Design Intern in the Product Development team, you will be involved in meaningful work and hands on experiences such as...

PDM Assistance

Product Design within Awnings, Refrigeration, and Sanitation

Prototype Development, 3D printing and first shot evaluations.

Lab Testing with early samples to identify risks.

General Responsibilities

Develop plastic snap fit design guidelines for Snap-fit components to eliminate fasteners. Utilizing different plastics and different loads of the snap-fit.

Design a robust dual hinge door latch for refrigerators. Opening from RH or LH.

Spend two weeks at a Dometic MFG site to understand assembly tolerances. Report design improvement to improve productivity.

What do we offer?

The Dometic Internship Program is a professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to a student’s field of study or career interest. Our program gives students the opportunity to collaborate with team members, have a meaningful project that allows you to have impact, career exploration and development, learn new skills, and get to know other interns.

The ideal candidate for this role shall have the following qualifications and experiences:

Must be a current student or recent graduate of a university or college. Minimum of a rising sophomore level.

Coursework related to the internship role in Engineering or Manufacturing

Rapid prototyping processes and 3D modeling.

Solidworks modeling, model manipulation to show movement and component interactions.

Design for Manufacturing.

To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:

Technical Skills: Basic proficiency in MS office software, Solidworks, Ability to use calipers and micrometers, GD&T, and Mechanical aptitude.

Soft Skills: Strong communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and adaptability skills.

Dometic’s Core Values

To thrive and succeed in this role, you understand the importance of our core values – Together We build our future, We play to win, We embrace change, and We walk the talk; these values reflect the heart and soul of Dometic, and they define what it takes to work here and how we do things.

Dometic operates with a 4+1 policy, 4 days per week in the office and the possibility to work 1 day per week remotely. We see the social aspect of being in the office, meeting colleagues, having short coffee break interactions or a quick face to face meeting as key to success as we become more productive and fast paced in terms of problem solving, learning, cross functional collaboration and not the least in a way to have fun at work!

Are you our next star? Then we would love to see your application.

Dometic is passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!

Dometic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Dometic evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.