Position Title: User-Centered Design Intern
Team: Strategic Innovation
Starting Date: June 1-20
End Date: September 15 (3 months)
Job Location: San Francisco, CA
Compensation: $20+/hr based on experience
The Position:
The User-Centered Design Intern will support
early phase ethnographic discovery, ideation,
synthesis, prototyping, and user testing on
Sennheiser’s Strategic Innovation team.
Responsibilities would range from hands-on
prototyping to assisting in user-centered
ethnographic interviews, ideation, and design.
This position reports to the Mechanical Design
Engineer (and User-Centered Designer) whose work
is equally split between mechanical
engineering/hardware prototyping and
user-centered design/user-experience
research/ideation process. The Strategic
Innovation team is a small, cross-functional team
that incubates new product concepts from ideation
to development, driving future-facing
technological and user-centered innovation within Sennheiser.
Works closely with:
Mechanical Design Engineer, UX Research team, Design Engineering team
Job Requirements:
:: BS in Mechanical Engineering, BA in
Industrial Design or similar is preferred but not required.
:: Familiarity with user-centered design
process is required, 1+ year experience preferred.
:: Proficiency in 3D CAD tools such as
Solidworks is a plus but not required.
:: Demonstrated experience iterative rapid prototyping.
Responsibilities:
:: Ideate and execute innovative design
concepts within Strategic Innovation project teams
:: Draft concept sketches for rapid ideation and internal communication
:: Translate user-generated insights and UX
research into innovative design concepts
:: Deploy rapid prototyping workflows for
quick iteration cycles and iterative learning
:: Assist in administration, documentation
and presentation of ethnographic interview process
:: Conduct and support ethnographic interviews
What we are looking for in a candidate:
:: Able to communicate and collaborate
effectively in cross-functional environments
:: Is quick to recognize situations where
change is needed and takes steps to implement change
:: Learns to be flexible in completing job assignments
:: Willingly accepts assignments that will expand his/her capabilities
:: Seeks opportunities to learn from others
who have more experience and tenure in the organization
:: Seeks out and works effectively with
others who have different perspectives, backgrounds and/or styles
:: Excellent organizational skills as well as
oral and written communication skills
:: Demonstrates excellent relationship development ability
:: Able to work alone and in a team, maintain
a strong work ethic, and add to a positive work atmosphere
:: Able to meet deadlines & balance multiple
projects, comfortable working under pressure & tight timelines
:: Exceptional listening skills
Contact:
Xander Bremer – Mechanical Design Engineer
xander.bremer_at_sennheiser.com
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Received on 2017-03-30 09:23:02