2026 Product Developer - Cuisinart
Job ID 2023-01473
Description
The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to provide exceptional students interested in a career in CPG with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations at Conair. Those selected will gain invaluable work experience through challenging project assignments and on the job learning experiences.
Position Summary:
The Conair Summer Internship Program is designed to provide exceptional students with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about the diverse business operations at Conair. Those selected will gain invaluable work experience through challenging project assignments and on the job learning experiences.
As a Product Developer Intern for the Cuisinart brand, you’ll jump into the early-stage product development cycle—helping shape ideas, define functional prototypes, and partner cross-functionally to bring intuitive kitchen innovations from sketch to specification in a collaborative and fast-moving environment.
Qualifications:
- Rising senior majoring in Industrial Design, Product Design, Engineering, or related discipline
- Strong curiosity about consumer behavior, kitchen tools, and product innovation
- Proficiency or familiarity with sketching, 2D/3D visualization or CAD tools
- Comfortable working in a dynamic team environment with multiple streams and rapid iteration
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to present and collaborate effectively
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in ideation sessions and concept‐generation activities to support new Cuisinart product lines at the concept phase
- Translate user insights, trend research and competitive benchmarking into rough sketches, mood boards or concept visuals
- Assist in creating and refining low- and mid-fidelity prototypes (physical mock-ups, CAD models, renderings) to clarify design intent
- Liaise with product development, engineering, marketing and quality teams to ensure early concepts reflect feasibility, cost, ergonomics and consumer delight
- Support documentation of design intent—finish/color/graphics, accessory interfaces, fit/form—and help prepare specification packages for hand-off to engineering
- Monitor and summarize early feedback from consumer research, usability studies or prototype testing to refine concept direction
To be eligible for this exciting internship opportunity, we're seeking candidates who meet the following criteria:
- You should be a current college student, entering your senior year in the fall of 2026.
- The internship program will run from June 1, 2026, through August 7, 2026. Interns will work Monday through Friday on a 37.5-hour work week schedule, which includes a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day.
- We require candidates to maintain excellent academic standing.
- Demonstrated strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills are essential for success in this role.
- Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint, is a must.
- As part of our hybrid work model, interns are expected to be present in the office 4 days a week with Friday being a work from anywhere day. Please note that Conair does not provide housing for summer interns.
- Compensation for all internship positions is set at $25 per hour, and the internship is based out of our Stamford, CT or Newton, MA office locations.
- At this time, we are unable to sponsor visas or OPT
Environmental Factors:
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.
- We currently operate on a hybrid schedule; candidate must be willing to come into the office 4 days a week, Monday through Thursday with Friday being a work from anywhere day.
About Conair:
Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.
Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands include CONAIR, Cuisinart, Cuisinart Outdoors, BaBylissPro, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.
Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.
At Conair, we inspire our customers with innovative quality products and brands
that enhance their lives.