2027 Summer Intern, MBA, Operations Planning

Waymo
San Francisco, CA
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in operations planning and cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with MBA programs focused on operations or analytics and a track record of solving operational bottlenecks
    — “Currently enrolled in an MBA program focused on operations, supply chain, analytics, technology, strategy, or a related field.”
  • Individuals who can drive alignment between cross-functional stakeholders and deliver strategic frameworks
    — “Ability to work both independently and drive alignment and outcomes between disparate cross functional stakeholders”
  • Those with interest in physical operations and a background in data-driven modeling for efficiency improvements
    — “Experience building data-driven models to solve operational bottlenecks, improve efficiency, or make large scale cost decisions.”

Things to consider

  • Hybrid onsite work is required, which may not align with remote-only preferences
    — “This will be a hybrid onsite internship position.”
  • The role is part of a global team but based in San Francisco, requiring location flexibility
    — “We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with operations modeling and tangible efficiency improvements in your resume
    — “Design strategic frameworks and models that answer complex operational questions and allow us to optimize our depot throughput and efficiency”
  • Emphasize cross-functional collaboration and communication with leaders in your application materials
    — “Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering to prove out and present initiatives”
  • Demonstrate fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and data analytics skills with specific examples
    — “Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills”
  • Showcase your ability to maintain the Plan of Record through project management or planning experience
    — “Contribute to maintaining the Plan of Record”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • designing strategic frameworks
  • improving planning processes
Typical background
MBA program focused on operations

Skills & requirements

Required

Strategic FrameworksData-driven ModelsOperational Efficiency

Preferred

SQLPhysical Operations

Stack & domain

Communication

About the role

Original posting from Waymo

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

Waymo Operations exists to deliver the Waymo Driver to the world. We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform. From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver. At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration. We value our team members' unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and support and encourage all team members to share their ideas to help Waymo better serve the communities in which we operate.

Waymo interns partner with leaders in the industry on projects that create impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: applying your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!

You will:

Design strategic frameworks and models that answer complex operational questions and allow us to optimize our depot throughput and efficiency

Collaborate with Operations, Product, and Engineering to prove out and present initiatives that improve our ability to achieve commercial scaling and growth targets

Improve the fidelity of our planning processes and contribute to maintaining the Plan of Record

You have:

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 both independently and drive alignment and outcomes between disparate cross functional stakeholders

Fluency in Excel/Google Sheets and general data analytics skills

Executive communication skills

We prefer:

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

Familiarity with SQL or other data analysis languages

Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.

The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.Hourly MBA Pay$50—$50 USD

Source: Waymo careers

Similar roles

More roles at Waymo