“General Motors Co. plans to hire 3,000 employees in engineering, design and IT to help push forward as a leading electric vehicle maker and to develop more in-car connected technologies, the automaker said Monday.
GM is battling its Silicon Valley competition for talent to be able to achieve its mantra of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, and to provide connected software that puts them ahead of the competition.
‘As we evolve and grow our software expertise and services, it’s important that we continue to recruit and add diverse talent,’ said GM President Mark Reuss. ‘This will clearly show that we’re committed to further developing the software we need to lead in EVs, enhance the customer experience and become a software expertise-driven workforce.’
Now through the first quarter of 2021, GM will have job openings for electrical system engineers; infotainment software engineers; developers for Java, Android, iOS and other platforms; controls engineers; and other positions to build on GM’s current software foundation.
Job listings are posted atGM’s career site.
Ken Morris, GM’s vice president of electric and autonomous vehicle programs, said during a Monday call that many of the jobs will involve work on the automaker’s new Ultium platform for electric vehicles, and on the development of autonomous technology. The job opportunities will be remote, he said, giving GM more access to talent.
Like many other automakers, GM is trying to be the first to market with an electric truck while it also commercializes its electric and fuel-cell technologies, and works to lower the cost of these future vehicles. The automaker is leveraging the success of profit-rich products, especially trucks, to accelerate electric vehicle investment. The automaker expects its annual capital spending to exceed $7 billion through at least 2023 to help accelerate its expensive electric vehicle investments.
The pandemic hasn’t put a damper on GM’s electric-vehicle plans. It has pulled forward two major electric vehicle programs since its March EV Day, but Morris wouldn’t say which ones. The announcement to hire additional tech talent is yet another ‘proof point,’ he added, of GM ‘doing what we said we were going to do.’
Stephanie Brinley, principal automotive analyst for IHS Markit, said the hiring shows ‘this is important to us; this matters.'”
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