Product Engineering Summer Intern

Product Engineering Summer Intern – Grand Rapids, MI 

Do you love to develop new products?  Do you really enjoy taking ideas to reality?  Do you love to tackle tough problems?  At Steelcase we’re looking for a 2025 Product Engineering Summer Intern – Grand Rapids, MI to work with our engineering team to develop new products and solutions.   

What You Will Be Doing:  

We believe you will appreciate working for a company that values innovation combined with phenomenal resources.  We have a major focus on learning by doing. We’ll provide you with mentorship through the development and design process with a keen focus on sustainability. This is not a CAD only experience.  Our previous students enjoyed the vast number of experiential opportunities ranging from utilizing our in-house model shop, test lab, to tours of our facilities and visiting suppliers.  You’ll learn quickly this company offers a diversity of products and materiality.  

You will work on projects that provide new value to the company. While you develop a product, you will learn and apply the design thinking process. Some previous interns have even earned their names on patents! You will be exposed to the engineering and development process including:  

Ideation  

Concept work  

Analysis  

Prototyping  

Testing  

Your Future Team: 

You will join one of many product engineering teams relating to furniture, seating, health care, education, etc. Additionally, we believe you will find our product engineering atmosphere mirrors the culture of Steelcase with people who are inclusive, open to questions, hungry for new ideas, respectful, experts in their fields, and kind.  We believe you’ll appreciate the balance of individual work with cross-functional projects with teams made up of marketing, design, finance and more.  

Who You Are:  

Are you eager to learn the product development process?  

Are you curious?  

Is your work ethic strong?  

Is your mechanical aptitude strong (enjoy creating / building in a hands-on manner)?  

Do you have experience or desire to learn solid modeling/CAD? 

Preferred Skills and Competencies 

Currently enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering based degree  

Demonstrated creative problem solving and proactive learning. 

Basic proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Office 

Experience with solid modeling (PTC Creo preferred) 

Experience using statistical tools and concepts (e.g., EXCEL, Minitab, etc.…) 

Experience working in a team-based environment 

Strong technical documentation and organizational skills 

Strong interpersonal and communication skills 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate clearly. 

Why People Choose to Work with Us:   
 

At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.  

As a Steelcase intern, you will gain real-world, hands-on experience and be treated as an equal member of the team from day one. You will be welcomed into a family network that extends beyond your business function into an interdisciplinary network of experts in their fields.  

Who We Are: 

Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens. 

(Optional) Our Approach to Hybrid Work: At Steelcase, we know that work matters and can provide people with a deep sense of purpose. The workplace offers us a shared space designed for community, innovation and learning, a place to connect and conduct our most meaningful work. As such, our office is the primary hub for doing work, but by no means is it the only place.  

Steelcase employees have always had a say in where they work - whether that is in the office, at home, or somewhere in between. We will continue to maintain this practice as part of our larger hybrid work strategy. 

Our employees know their working style best, which is why they have the choice and control to choose how and where they work. This belief extends beyond just working on or off-campus, but also to where our employees work within our office. Because our life’s work is to create the best workplaces, our employees benefit from that expertise and quality in our own spaces.  

While flexibility varies by role and team, we support choice and control for our employees so they can choose the best place to do their best work. 

 
What Matters to Us: 

More than qualifications, we’re looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community. We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships. We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.   

Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.   

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