2027 Summer Intern, MBA, Operations Planning
Waymo
About the Role
Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company, seeks an MBA Summer Intern for Operations Planning. This internship offers the opportunity to partner with industry leaders on impactful projects, applying existing knowledge while expanding skill sets. Interns are an integral part of Waymo's culture and recruiting pipeline.
Key Responsibilities
- Design strategic frameworks and models to answer complex operational questions and optimize depot throughput and efficiency.
- Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering to prove out and present initiatives that improve commercial scaling and growth targets.
- Improve the fidelity of planning processes and contribute to maintaining the Plan of Record.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Currently enrolled in an MBA program focused on operations, supply chain, analytics, technology, strategy, or a related field.
- Experience building data-driven models to solve operational bottlenecks, improve efficiency, or make large-scale cost decisions.
- Ability to work independently and drive alignment and outcomes between disparate cross-functional stakeholders.
- Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills.
- Executive communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience and deep interest in working with physical operations (e.g., transportation, manufacturing, hospitals).
- Familiarity with SQL or other data analysis languages.
This will be a hybrid onsite internship position.
Expected hourly rate: $50 USD.