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Intern - Tech Ops Analytics (Summer 2026)
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Location

Chicago

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internship

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About this role

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

Description

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our internships are paid, and course credit hours may be considered depending on university’s guidelines. Internships include a competitive benefits package sought at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From mentorship opportunities to benefits like medical insurance and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind internship experience. Are you ready to travel the world?

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

The Technical Operations Analytics team is looking for a passionate Analyst to turn data into information and information into insights to drive business decisions. The group strives to get the right work done on the right aircraft at the right location at the right time. To do this, we partner with business experts to pursue analytical opportunities within maintenance planning, supply chain, aircraft engineering, maintenance execution, and maintenance programs, among other areas. We are seeking creative, driven, and detail-oriented individuals who enjoy tackling complex problems quantitatively. Individuals who have a desire to improve the performance of United's fleet and maintenance operation are encouraged to apply. High-level responsibilities of the role include:

Qualifications

  • Understanding of data visualization standard processes 

  • Intellectual curiosity for working with data 

  • Query, transform and model data in a quantitative analysis software package or language (SQL, Python, R, SAS, etc.) 

  • Visualize data relevantly to tell a story

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

  • Reliable, punctual attendance is a crucial function of the position

  • Experience with PowerBI or other data visualization tools 

  • Work autonomously to learn from subject matter authorities, identify gaps in data, and generate quantitative solutions to problems

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills · Comfort with ambiguity


The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education and skills. This position may also be eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards.

You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges.

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact [email protected] to request accommodation.

Other facts

Tech stack
Data Visualization,Intellectual Curiosity,SQL,Python,R,SAS,PowerBI,Communication,Presentation Skills,Problem Solving,Quantitative Analysis,Attention to Detail,Autonomy,Data Transformation,Data Modeling,Storytelling with Data

About United Airlines

This is the story of airline that leads the industry from ground to clouds. Our global cast of over 100,000+ hero characters are each on a journey to be a force for good for our customers, the planet and each other. Come be part of this story.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Airlines and Aviation

What you'll do

  • The role involves turning data into insights to drive business decisions within the Technical Operations Analytics team. Responsibilities include partnering with business experts and tackling complex problems quantitatively.

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What does a Intern - Tech Ops Analytics (Summer 2026) do at United Airlines?

As a Intern - Tech Ops Analytics (Summer 2026) at United Airlines, you will: the role involves turning data into insights to drive business decisions within the Technical Operations Analytics team. Responsibilities include partnering with business experts and tackling complex problems quantitatively..

Why join United Airlines as a Intern - Tech Ops Analytics (Summer 2026)?

United Airlines is a leading Airlines and Aviation company.

Is the Intern - Tech Ops Analytics (Summer 2026) position at United Airlines remote?

The Intern - Tech Ops Analytics (Summer 2026) position at United Airlines is based in Chicago, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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