Operations Research Intern - Summer 2025

Operations Research Intern – Summer 2025 

A Day in the Life of an Operations Research Intern  

As an intern work within the Operations Research department, you’ll gain real life experience during your college academic career. You will develop skills related to building optimization models, enhancing existing mathematical models, and conducting data analyses. You’ll gain railroad business knowledge for general service design principles, scheduling, and algorithms. 

As a Norfolk Southern Intern, you will expect to gain the following experience: 

• Hands-on Experience: engage in meaningful projects that align with your academic and career goals.
• Mentorship: benefit from guidance and mentorship from seasoned professionals in your department.
• Professionally Network: connect with professionals across various departments, building valuable relationships for your future career.
• Learning Opportunities: access training and development resources to enhance your skills and knowledge.
• Inclusive Environment: join a diverse and inclusive workplace that values collaboration and innovation.

Responsibilities 

• Assist with building new optimization models, enhancing the existing mathematical models, and conducting data analyses.
• Work on development of decision support software (DSS) to improve assets utilization and to reduce operating cost.

Education Required 

• Advanced degree, e.g., Ph.D. or M.S. in operations research, industrial engineering, information systems, mathematics, statistics, or other science and engineering fields.
• Active enrolled student during the months of January through April 2025

Skills Required 

• 1+ year experience in developing decision support systems using operations research models.

Skills Preferred:   

• Experience in developing decision support systems using operations research models.
• Gurobi, CPLEX, or other optimization solvers.
• One or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or C/C++.
• Statistical analysis tool such as R or MS Excel.
• Database programming languages such as SQL or NoSQL.
• Machine learning, neural network, and deep learning.
• Simulation with AnyLogic or ARENA.

Work Conditions

Location: Atlanta, GA 

Environment: Hybrid (two days in office; three days remote) 

Duration: 12 weeks 

Schedule: Monday through Friday; 9AM -5PM