Industrial Design Intern - Summer 2026

Job Summary

The summer Design Intern will serve the Avient Design team during the summer of 2026 (start and end dates are flexible). Work will consist of assisting designers and engineers with client projects as well as internal initiatives that may be independently lead by the intern. Client projects are often focused on medical, transportation, industrial, or consumer markets. Previous intern-lead projects have included product tear downs and testing, generating material and industry specific case studies, designing product testing apparatuses, and tip-to-tail development of consumer products that specifically leverage Avient's specialty materials.

In addition to learning alongside professional designers and engineers, interns will benefit from intentional material, manufacturing, and software training Avient Design has created for undergraduates. We will also do our best to select projects and training based on the intern's interests.

Avient can help identify local living accommodations for interns as needed.

Essential Functions

* Support the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.

* Provide market research on a given product category

* Collaborate with other team members on brainstorming activities

* Create concept sketches and illustrations

* Compile client presentations

* Develop CAD models and 3D printed prototypes with accommodations for molding draft and other manufacturing process considerations based on recommended materials

* Create orthographic drawings for quoting purposes

* Model building / functional prototyping.

* Present to team member and clients

* Communication skills are important to understand expectations and stay up to speed on developments

* While performing any procedure, all associates and contract personnel must observe applicable Safety, Health, and Environmental rules and guidelines. The use of appropriate personal protective equipment is required.

* Adhere to appropriate company operating procedures, benefit rules, employment policies, and safety policies.

* Collaborate in cross-functional project teams across business units.

* Other Duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

* Currently pursuing a BA/BS degree with emphasis in Industrial Design or related field.

* Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Solidworks (or similar CAD software)

* Must have ability to reason and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

* Must have basic Industrial Design skills including creative thinking and problem solving, hand sketching and model building skills.

* Must have manual dexterity sufficient to operate a wide variety of small hand tools, power tools, 3D printers, etc.

* Willingness and ability to travel.

* Relevant internship experience is preferred.

Additional Qualifications

* Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to acquire, assimilate, and analyze data from multiple data sources using a variety of business intelligence and reporting tools.

* Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines, as well as take initiative.

* Team player with strong project coordination and organization skills required.

* Strong oral and written communication skills required.

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.