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.

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 teamat 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

• 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 Maste'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)