Vacancy: Product Design Intern

Full-time, Rotterdam

Snijlab is looking for a **Product Design** intern who is curious about production techniques and enjoys researching, designing, and making. During this internship, you will explore the possibilities of laser cutting and translate these into sample designs and experiments that inspire our customers. Experience with laser cutting is not required, but an investigative attitude and enjoyment of making things yourself are.

You will be part of the marketing team and work closely with the production team. Your research and designs will form the basis for blogs, tutorials, and other content. They will show our customers the possibilities of laser cutting.

About the Internship

Laser cutting offers endless design possibilities. As a Product Design intern, you will help research and visualize these possibilities. Your tasks will include:

• Research into laser cutting applications
• Investigating design methods
• Creating sample designs
• Contributing ideas on how customers can improve their design process
• Visual and content preparation for blogs and tutorials

You will work within the marketing team and collaborate with the production team. Your designs will be used for marketing, to inspire customers and help them with their projects. At the same time, there will be room for your own research and the creation of innovative designs.

About Snijlab

Snijlab is a laser cutting service. Our customers create a design, and we cut it from plastic and wooden sheets. With our easy ordering process, we make laser cutting accessible for businesses and individuals. We serve the creative and technical sectors.

Lasersheets, our subsidiary, sells sheet material to people who own their own laser cutter. Here, we apply the same knowledge for a different target audience.

Snijlab has an informal company culture. We value making things ourselves and learning as we go. People motivated by their own curiosity fit well within our team.

Who are you?

You are pursuing a Product Design (IPO) degree or a similar design program. You are curious, interested in laser cutting, and enjoy researching how technology and design converge.

You don't need to be a laser cutting expert yet; this internship is precisely for learning.

What we value

• IPO degree or similar
• Basic knowledge of CAD software (e.g., Rhino, AutoCAD, etc.) and Adobe Illustrator
• Basic knowledge of materials and production techniques
• Interest in laser cutting
• Eye for form and aesthetics
• Affinity for making things yourself
• Investigative attitude
• Strong communication skills
• Eager to learn and proactive

Nice-to-haves

• Adobe Photoshop
• Product photography
• Affinity for content and knowledge sharing
• Experience with laser cutting
• Commercial insight

What we offer

Snijlab offers an educational and creative environment. During this internship, you will gain insight into two growing e-commerce companies. Because we work in a small team, you'll immediately see the impact of your work. 

Our company started by building a laser cutting machine ourselves, and that 'do-it-yourself' and 'collaborative invention' mentality is in our company's DNA. Outside of working hours, you may use our workshop for your own projects, in consultation with us. 

• An educational full-time internship (5 days per week)
• Market-rate internship compensation
• Plenty of room to learn, ask questions, and contribute ideas
• Informal work atmosphere with short communication lines
• Opportunity to use the workshop for personal projects outside of working hours (in consultation)
• A pleasant workplace in Rotterdam North

Will you join us for an internship?

Snijlab and Lasersheets are run by one team. We are growing rapidly and operate from a spacious location in Rotterdam North. Laser cutting is our craft; experience in laser cutting is not required, and we'd be happy to teach you more about it during your internship.

Curious? Send your CV and a brief motivation letter to paula@snijlab.nl, attn: Paula Stoffijn.

Recruitment efforts regarding this vacancy are not appreciated.