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Operations Planning Summer Intern (MBA)

Waymo

Skills

Required

  • analytics
  • Excel/Google Sheets
  • data analytics
  • supply chain
  • SQL
  • data analysis

Preferred

  • physical operations
  • building data-driven models

Join Waymo as an Operations Planning Summer Intern, where you'll work on impactful projects alongside industry leaders. You'll design strategic frameworks, collaborate with various teams, and contribute to optimizing our depot throughput and efficiency. This internship offers a unique opportunity to apply your knowledge, expand your skill set, and be an integral part of our company culture.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering teams to develop and present initiatives that enhance commercial scaling and growth targets.
  • Design strategic frameworks and models to address complex operational questions and optimize depot throughput and efficiency.
  • Improve the fidelity of planning processes and contribute to maintaining the Plan of Record.
  • Experience building data-driven models to solve operational bottlenecks, improve efficiency, or make large scale cost decisions

Requirements

  • Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills

Executive communication skills

  • Currently enrolled in an MBA program focused on operations, supply chain, analytics, technology, strategy, or a related field
  • Ability to work both independently and drive alignment and outcomes between disparate cross functional stakeholders
  • Familiarity with SQL or other data analysis languages

Preferred

  • Experience and deep interest in working with physical operations, not just software (e.g., transportation, manufacturing, hospitals, etc.)