Job Description

In a nutshell:

IDEO’s Play Lab is looking for a talented, build-focused design intern to join our toy invention team this fall. As a design intern, you will work closely with a skilled team of designers and engineers to dream up and bring toy concepts to life through prototyping. IDEO’s Play Lab creates innovative, fun, and engaging products and experiences with a focus on toys for kids. Will you join us in inventing the next generation of toys?

Join our team of incredible toy inventors and dream up, prototype, and sell toys to the largest toy companies in the world. Show us your passion for toys and abilities to design and prototype them. As a design intern, you will be part of our team of designers and engineers bringing toy concepts to life through prototyping, sketching, and video making.

Check out some of our inventions:

• Paw Patrol Chase Cruiser
• Pictionary Air
• Barbie Dream Camper
• Monster Jam Grim Takedown

What matters most:

• A passion toys and playful experiences
• Developing skills in sketching, hand prototyping, rapid prototyping, and CAD
• Great communication and collaboration skills
• Motivation, initiative, and attention to detail
• An interest or knowledge of how things are made
• A drive to improve your design and prototyping skills

Once here you will:

• Join an experienced, interdisciplinary team of makers
• Generate new to-the-world toy ideas
• Tinker, explore, and validate toy concepts
• Create high quality working prototypes
• Solve complex mechanical challenges
• Explore and push concepts further through sketching
• Create engaging videos of prototypes and concepts
• Grow your design skills
• Have fun every day!

Application:

Submit a portfolio showing examples of your work and capabilities - Design projects, mechanisms, electronics, sketching, personal projects, shop skills, etc.

Pop Quiz:

Please include your answer to the following question in your cover letter: If you could redesign a toy, what would it be, why should it be redesigned, how might you make it better?

Equal Opportunity Employer

IDEO is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.