Intern: Transportation Design (Summer 2026)
Greensboro, NC, US, 27409
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Who We Are
Here at Mack Trucks, we focus on superior customer value by designing appealing products and services with strong brand profiles for the Mack brand. Mack Design expertise consists of generating ideas of future designs and inspiring creativity and innovation with function and usability within the Volvo Group. We constantly increase innovation and efficiency through cooperation between our design studios located in Gothenburg, Greensboro, and Lyon.
What you will be doing
As an Intern, you will assist in studio projects as well as produce a personal project which will be developed alongside the team. You will get hands on experience working with engineers and Digital Surface Modelers to get a feel for what product development cycle truly means. You will work alongside designers, chiefs, and our design director and receive weekly feedback to keep you on track of the development of your projects which you will present at the end of your internship. Our goal is to help bring your fresh ideas to a high level of maturity with some of our ongoing projects and for you to leave with a personal project that encompasses your experience here at Mack Trucks. You will report directly to Senior designer and Chief designer which will guide you on a day-to-day basis. You will be asked to show how you go from ideas, to sketches to 3D through storytelling, mood boards, and sketches. You will be measured on how you solve everyday problems to how you solve future problems not yet being faced in traditional truck development.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to ongoing projects at every stage of the design process
- Develop and push every part with Mack aesthetic and brand in mind with use of inspiration
- Push the boundaries of traditional truck design to a brighter more daring future
- Provide new ideas that challenge traditional forms of manufacturing
- Present all work to team on a weekly basis and join in giving constructive feedback
Who You Are
You are a Transportation Design student that is prepared to work in a challenging and fast-paced environment, gaining experience and knowledge in all aspects of Industrial Design. GTT’s values collaboration and life-long learning and our goal is to contribute to your development while providing you an opportunity to work in a business environment within the manufacturing industry. You will report to Senior Exterior Designer.
Required:
- Must be enrolled and pursuing a degree in Transportation/Product Design at an accredited school and have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate studies.
- Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75.
- Summer interns may work up to 40 hours per week
- Presentation and communication skills and fluent in English
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Group Trucks Technology are seeking talents to help design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of our team, you’ll help us by engineering exciting next-gen technologies and contribute to projects that determine new, sustainable solutions. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact. Join our design shift that leaves society in good shape for the next generation.
Nearest Major Market: Greensboro