Job Description
Job Description
This individual will be embedded with United’s Analytics & Innovation organization and working alongside full‑time employees on ongoing, complex optimization initiatives. Day to day, they will design, build, and refine large‑scale optimization and OR models that support critical airline decisions across areas such as network planning, operations, and resource allocation. The role focuses on solving problems that are too large or complex for standard approaches, selecting the right optimization techniques, and translating mathematical results into practical, high‑impact business decisions.
• Develop and apply operations research and optimization models to complex business problems
• Solve large‑scale optimization problems using decomposition and mathematical programming techniques
• Build, prototype, and support OR/optimization model applications
• Design analytical approaches and assess limitations, risks, and tradeoffs
• Partner with cross...
This individual will be embedded with United’s Analytics & Innovation organization and working alongside full‑time employees on ongoing, complex optimization initiatives. Day to day, they will design, build, and refine large‑scale optimization and OR models that support critical airline decisions across areas such as network planning, operations, and resource allocation. The role focuses on solving problems that are too large or complex for standard approaches, selecting the right optimization techniques, and translating mathematical results into practical, high‑impact business decisions.
• Develop and apply operations research and optimization models to complex business problems
• Solve large‑scale optimization problems using decomposition and mathematical programming techniques
• Build, prototype, and support OR/optimization model applications
• Design analytical approaches and assess limitations, risks, and tradeoffs
• Partner with cross...