Metabo Internship
Summer 2025 in Nürtingen, Germany
At Metabo, I joined the product development team to support the visualization, organization, and redesign of professional power tools and accessories.
Duration
3 months
Role
ID Intern
Software
CATIA, Rhino, Adobe Suite, Power Automate, Excel
Context
Professional / Industry
Internship
Brand Language
AI Usage
Context
A three-month placement with Metabo's product development team in Nürtingen.
The role split across two workstreams: improving internal visualization workflows and contributing to design language development for a next-generation cordless drill.
My role crossed workflow engineering, AI tooling, and industrial design.
Projects
Power Tool Accessory Visualization Automation
The team was generating accessory renders manually, one file at a time.
I developed automation workflows using Power Automate and Excel to batch-process visualization outputs, reducing per-asset effort and improving consistency across the accessory catalog.
Next-Gen Cordless Drill Development
Metabo's next-gen cordless drill needed a refined design language direction.
Working in CATIA and Rhino alongside the PD2 team, I contributed to form explorations and brand language evaluations, supporting surface and proportion decisions for the next product generation.
More details on this work are available on request for interview purposes.
Reflection
This internship confirmed that design doesn't stop at the form.
Working at Metabo pushed me beyond a traditional design role. The experience is best understood through the things I didn't expect to do.
Huge thanks to Julian, Christian and Dirk for your kind mentorship. Y'all made my summer.
1
Stakeholder communication
Reaching out to external software vendors and leading conversations around portfolio organization sharpened how I present ideas and navigate professional relationships.
2
AI-driven workflow improvement
I applied my background in AI to develop internal processes that sped up information transfer across teams, finding a clear use for that skill in a professional context.
3
Technical depth in 3D tools
Three months of daily CATIA and Rhino work reinforced my proficiency in the tools that define modern industrial design practice.
4
Multidisciplinary confidence
The internship confirmed that I work best at the intersection of design and operational thinking, comfortable with hard design skills and the business context that surrounds them.
More details on this work are shared exclusively for interview purposes. Feel free to reach out if anything sparks your curiosity.
Luke Shen / Carnegie Mellon University / Industrial Design