# Undergraduate 3M Industrial Design Intern - Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG)

**Company**: 3M
**Location**: Maplewood, MN
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Manufacturing
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159433

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## Description

As an Undergraduate Industrial Design Intern in the Safety & Industrial Business Group (SIBG) team, you will help create user-centered products and experience solutions that support industrial safety, productivity, and performance.

You’ll work closely with Industrial Designers, Engineers, Marketers, Product Managers, and other cross-functional partners to understand user needs, develop concepts, build prototypes, and support design solutions that address real-world challenges for 3M customers.

Responsibilities include:

- Contributing to product design and concept development for physical products, tools, equipment, packaging, or safety-related solutions.

- Developing sketches, CAD models, renderings, mockups, and prototypes to communicate design ideas.

- Building skills through project work, design feedback, and mentorship from experienced designers and cross-functional partners.

- Supporting innovation efforts by helping identify new product opportunities and improvements to existing solutions.

- Assisting with user research to better understand worker, customer, and end-user needs.

- Applying ergonomic and usability principles to improve product comfort, fit, ease of use, and productivity.

- Synthesizing research findings and translating insights into actionable design recommendations.

- Collaborating with engineering, marketing, product management, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams.

Requirements:

- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Industrial Design from an accredited institution.

- Experience using 3D CAD software.

Preferred qualifications:

- Experience using SolidWorks, Sketchbook Pro, or similar design software.

- Experience participating in ideation sessions, design workshops, or concept development activities informed by customer needs or user insights.

- Interest in conducting customer and user research.

- Experience designing physical products, tools, equipment, PPE, packaging, or industrial solutions.

- Strong portfolio demonstrating concept development, user-centered design, prototyping, and design execution.

Benefits:

- 3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially.

- Eligible interns receive a housing and transportation stipend in accordance with current policy.

Work location: On-site, with at least four days a week in the office at 3M Center, Maplewood, MN. Travel: May include up to 10% domestic travel.

## Skills

### Required
- Industrial Design
- 3D CAD software

### Nice to have
- SolidWorks
- Sketchbook Pro
- design software
- user research
- prototyping

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