Product Development Intern

Kreg Tool is seeking a Product Development Intern for Summer 2025. The internship will take place over the summer months and last approximately 12 weeks from May to August, with flexible start and end dates. You will be paid a competitive hourly rate for the internship. In addition, many interns may receive academic credit for their work through their college or university.

About the Kreg Internship Program:

Headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, Kreg is a rapidly growing company that manufactures a wide variety of tools, accessories, and equipment for woodworkers and do-it-yourselfers. We create products that are available throughout North America in the nation's major home improvement stores, such as Lowe's, Home Depot, and Menards. Our employees work as a team to make Kreg customers raving fans through quality service and innovative products.

Kreg is focused on providing interns with a positive employee experience where they can learn, grow, and develop their skills while obtaining real world experience in their chosen field. We believe all our employees make a difference and are committed to offering each member of the Kreg Team opportunities to contribute to the betterment of our community and economy. If you are interested in gaining a valuable internship experience that will give you a step up with future employers and in your future career, look no further than Kreg Tool!

What You'll Do:

Kreg's Product Engineering group designs exciting new woodworking tools and jigs that make building projects more approachable to a wide variety of beginner, intermediate, and professional woodworkers. The Product Development Engineer Intern role will be a member of a collaborative team that defines and develops products from concept through production while working with the Product Management, Project Management, Supply Chain, and internal/external manufacturers.

So, What's the Gig?

• Participate in ideation and concepting of products aimed at solving our customer's needs
• Assist with the development and design of components and assemblies of consumer hand tools, including 3D solid modeling, prototyping, and testing of new ideas and products
• Generate product specifications and conduct or coordinate performance testing during development and production to verify function, quality, and safety of a product
• Ensure design documentation is accurate, and kept up to date, while driving design standardization across all product lines.
• Participate in teams whose mission is to reduce cost of existing products or increasing production throughput through via design improvements and simplification
• Works with Product Managers to develop technical design requirements
• Supports internal and external manufacturing during initial trials and production
• Participates in continuous improvement teams and/or problem-solving teams
• Interface with internal and external customers regarding technical performance issues
• Review and control vendor-supplied engineering documents

What We're Looking For:

• Completed Sophomore level minimum in a Mechanical Engineering or equivalent degree program
• Experience or training on 3D modeling CAD software - SolidWorks preferred
• Previous internship experience desirable

Other Skills and Abilities We're Looking For:

• Strong problem-solving skills. Ability to apply existing technologies to new problems.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Passionate about being hands on
• Woodworking experience a plus