SharkNinja
Product Development, Design & Consumer Insights Co-op Opportunities
Needham, MA, United States · Internship · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Education
- Current student in a related bachelor's, master’s, or PhD program, or graduated from such a program within the past year.
About the job
Supports product launches across product development, design, culinary, consumer insights, and customer experience by researching consumer needs, testing and prototyping products, and informing design and product decisions.
What you'll do
- Contribute to product launches by translating consumer insights into product and design decisions, and creating concepts, prototypes, or specifications.
- Conduct product testing, competitive research, usability sessions, or consumer research; synthesize findings into recommendations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage an end-to-end project, and present work to SharkNinja leaders.
What they ask for
- Current student in a related bachelor's, master’s, or PhD program, or graduated from such a program within the past year.
- Able to work a full-time, 40-hour-per-week onsite-hybrid schedule.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
Nice to have
- Prior internship, co-op, studio, kitchen, research, or personal project experience.
- For design roles, a portfolio demonstrating the design process; relevant tools and skills such as CAD, rendering, prototyping, or UX tools are pluses.
Pay
$26—$35 USD per hour (hourly salary)
Tools
Microsoft 365, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, SolidWorks, Rhino, KeyShot, Figma
AI focus
The company describes an AI-native culture and expects employees to experiment with and adopt new tools; no specific AI job duties are stated.
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