Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

Positioned within the Operations Planning and Performance organization, the Operations Decision Support team functions as an internal consulting group providing quantitative analysis and decision support for Integrated Operations Control and Airport Operations and we have an opening for an Optimization/Data Science Intern starting this summer.

What you'll do

Airlines are awash with data about customers, flight networks, aircraft maintenance, and operations. These data may seem disjointed but are all related to flying passengers safely from origin to destination. We are a mathematical modeling, data mining and machine learning group within our department. The group’s mandate is to find useful relationships between different data domains, with the goal of improving internal and external operations, revenue, and ultimately, the customer experience. As an Optimization/Data Science intern, you will be responsible for data wrangling, building descriptive/predictive/prescriptive models, visualization, development of recommendations and presenting the results to the business units.

We have a diverse group of consultants who are passionate about applying their advanced analytical skills to create a competitive advantage for American. Our goal is to attract and retain talented individuals to help us be the leaders of data driven, optimization-based solutions in the airline industry.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Pursuing advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a quantitative field including but not limited to operations research, Industrial Engineering, statistics, computer science/data mining, or mathematics

• Deep understanding of large-scale optimization modeling (LPs, MIPs, etc.) and solution techniques

• Deep understanding of/course work related to statistical and machine learning techniques and experience in applying predictive analytics to real-world problems

• Experience in optimization programming platforms such as CPLEX, FICO Express, etc.

• Experience in programming languages like Java to build optimization models and/or prototypes

• Experience in computational programming such as SAS/R/Python, or in other statistical packages

• Ability to view data from different angles to employ feature engineering techniques to better represent models

• Experience using SQL for writing complex queries involving various joins, aggregation functions, sub queries, update/alter tables and creating volatile tables

• Experience with visualization tools like Tableau/PowerBI is a plus

• Demonstrated aptitude for logical analysis, problem identification, and problem solving

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to present analytics effectively to the leadership, team members and customers

• Knowledge of Big Data concepts is a plus

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.