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Product Intern, Genesis (D2C) — High-Ownership Learner

Genesis Dynamics | Chicago (River North) | In-office / Hybrid | $20–$30/hr

Genesis is building advanced prosthetic systems designed to restore and expand human mobility. We're looking for a Product Intern to support a D2C-first launch and help bring a real, physical product into the world.

This is not a "watch from the sidelines" internship. You'll work closely with the Product Lead, engineers, and others to learn how a product actually gets shipped, used, and improved—by real customers, in the real world.

What you'll do

  • Support the end-user journey: interest → onboarding → first successful use → ongoing improvement

  • Help build the "whole product": device + app/software + onboarding materials + documentation + support workflows

  • Assist in tracking and understanding D2C product metrics (activation, early usage issues, feedback patterns)

  • Work with engineering, research/biomechanics, and manufacturing to translate real feedback into product improvements

  • Help turn messy inputs (user feedback, bugs, edge cases) into clear notes, tasks, and priorities

  • Support launch readiness: onboarding flows, training docs, FAQs, and "first-week success" materials

  • Help maintain lightweight execution rituals: checklists, release notes, issue tracking, and retrospectives

  • Talk to users when appropriate—listen, document patterns, and help close feedback loops

  • Be close to what's working, what's confusing, and what needs to improve next

Must have

  • Bias toward actionYou don't wait to be told what to do next. You see something that needs doing and you move on it, even imperfectly.

  • Comfort being close to the problemYou want to be in the room where things are messy, not watching a summary deck about it later.

  • Excellent verbal and written communicationYou can explain what you're seeing, what you're thinking, and what needs to happen next — clearly, to anyone on the team or any user.

  • Resourceful problem-solvingIf you don't know the answer, nothing slows you down. You use Google, ChatGPT, YouTube, whatever it takes to find it. When you bring a problem to the team, you bring it with multiple possible solutions and a recommendation — not just the problem.

  • Fluent with AI and modern toolsYou already use AI regularly in how you work and think. Ideally you've built something real with it — an app, a tool, a workflow, a prototype — using Cursor, Replit, or similar. We want to see evidence that you can build and ship, not just talk about ideas.

  • Process-mindedYou've worked in or built environments with real processes and standardization. You understand how to look at a messy system or recurring problem and turn it into a repeatable, implementable process.

  • Follow-throughIf you say you'll do something, it gets done. If it can't get done, you say so early.

Nice to have (not required)

  • Hands-on experience with hardware of any kind—robots, electronics, mechanical systems, wearables, vehicles, tools, or physical builds

This can include personal or informal projects: modifying skateboards or bikes, building drones, 3D printing parts, Arduino/Raspberry Pi projects, robotics clubs, or garage tinkering.

  • Comfort working with real-world systems where things break, behave inconsistently, and need iteration

  • Curiosity about how physical products are designed, built, tested, and improved over time

You don't need formal robotics experience. If you've built, modified, repaired, or obsessed over anything physical—even as a hobby—that curiosity matters to us.

No degree requirements

You don't need a specific major, program, or diploma. We care how you think, how you learn, and how you show up—not what's listed on a transcript.

We expect most applicants to be in school, recently out of school, or to have equivalent hands-on experience—and to care about product, startups, hardware, software, or human-centered technology. If that's you, we'd like to hear from you.

Work style

In-office / Hybrid in Chicago (River North). High learning, high ownership, low ego, high standards.

Next step

Open the application form — we'll review your note and follow up by email. You can also reach us directly if you prefer.

Prefer email? team@gdynamics.tech