User Experience Designer Intern (Summer 2026) - St. Louis, MO Job at Hubbell in

User Experience Designer Intern (Summer 2026) - St. Louis, MO

The Hubbell Internship Program is a 10 to 12-week program providing students the opportunity to gain corporate experience, learn about all aspects of our business, and prepare students with the kind of experience needed to have a rewarding career at Hubbell.

For this internship, the student will work as part of a team that applies a User Centric Design process to the development of enterprise software, services, and solutions. The student will enable user experience to be a competitive differentiator for Aclara, and provide product usability, evaluation and support to product development teams.

A Day In The Life

Every day at Hubbell is different and you'll contribute in many ways. On any given day, you'll make a difference by:

• Applying skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to on-the-job experiences.
• Working on comprehensive, value-added projects.
• Working in teams and with colleagues in a professional environment.
• Developing technical skills specific to your major.
• Providing opportunities for professional development by building relationships and learning about other parts of the business.
• Providing a presentation to the local management team at the end of the program.
• Gaining knowledge of the industry as it pertains to the Hubbell business location.
• Gaining experience in planning and organizational skills.
• Working on challenging robust projects that will provide practical experience.
• Assisting with process improvement.
• Managing multiple projects with overlapping tasks and working independently with minimal supervision.
• Providing support and assistance to co-workers as appropriate.

Essential Functions:

• Work closely with Aclara product managers and product owners to understand desired application capabilities.
• Perform assigned tasks to conduct user research including techniques such as user interviews, task analysis, usability testing, surveys, A/B testing, site analytics, and user personas to understand user behavior and validate solutions with the guidance of more senior team members.
• Use modern UX design tools for product design communication and for developer handoff.
• Effectively communicate UI designs and requirements to engineering for development.
• Perform assigned tasks to define new UI requirements and wireframes with guidance from more senior team members.
• Understand and estimate how selected tasks will impact established quantitative and qualitative metrics to measure improvement in user experience.

What Will Help You Thrive In This Role?

• Enrollment in an accredited university working towards a Bachelor's or Master's Degree related to the internship (required)
• Minimum 3.0 GPA (required)
• Experience with Microsoft Office products preferred.
• Familiarity with relevant software and systems.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Required:

• Working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Interaction Design, Human Factors, Psychology, Usability Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or equivalent
• Proficiency with UX prototyping tools and methodologies
• Proficient in Figma and Figjam
• Proficiency with usability principles, web standards, and UI patterns.
• Familiar with human factors principles and proficiency with various UX research methods including user personas, user flows and usability testing.

Preferred:

• Working towards Master's Degree in Interaction Design, Human Factors, Psychology, Usability Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or equivalent
• Agile software development methodology experience
• Experience in applying user centric design to the development of B2B software applications

Physical Demand:

• Frequent sitting and walking.
• Normal office and laboratory activities.
• Limited travel, as need.

Expectations: The intern will be expected to work full-time at 40 hours/week and will be compensated on an hourly basis. Compensation Range: $22.50/hour - $29.00/hour (dependent upon graduation date)