Operations Strategy & Analytics Intern — Global Travel

United Airlines; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Flight privileges

Job summary

United Airlines offers internships in Operations Strategy & Analytics for early career professionals. You will work on predictive models and analytics to optimize Tech Ops performance, collaborating with cross-functional teams and gaining hands-on experience with real projects and industry conferences.

The role emphasizes data mining, model development, and communicating insights to partners while supporting continuous improvement and AI readiness within airline operations.

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering or related quantitative field.
• 2+ years of experience or coursework in data science, ML, optimization, statistics or related field.
• 1+ years designing and programming data structures for large-scale computer models.

Responsibilities

• Engage with domain experts to understand business challenges and identify data-driven opportunities.
• Conduct data mining, cleaning and feature engineering to prepare high-quality datasets for analysis.
• Develop models (machine learning, statistics, optimization) and analytics solutions to create actionable insights for Tech Ops performance.
• Communicate complex data insights and model results to non-technical partners clearly.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

SQL

Python

R

Education

Undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor's degree

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Job description

United Airlines offers internships in Operations Strategy & Analytics for early career professionals. You will work on predictive models and analytics to optimize Tech Ops performance, collaborating with cross-functional teams and gaining hands-on experience with real projects and industry conferences.

The role emphasizes data mining, model development, and communicating insights to partners while supporting continuous improvement and AI readiness within airline operations.