{"id":155412,"date":"2020-11-10T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=155412"},"modified":"2020-11-10T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:03:10","slug":"gm-adding-3000-tech-jobs-to-accelerate-vehicle-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2020\/11\/gm-adding-3000-tech-jobs-to-accelerate-vehicle-development\/","title":{"rendered":"GM Adding 3,000 Tech Jobs to Accelerate Vehicle Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Motors plans to hire 3,000 new engineering, design and IT employees to help transform the future of product development and software as a service.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

General Motors is preparing for a hiring spree in the next few months as moves to fill 3,000 openings for engineers and software developers. Part of the pitch will be to allow more employees with technical skills to work remotely far from Detroit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we evolve and grow our software expertise and services, it\u2019s important that we continue to recruit and add diverse talent,\u201d said GM President Mark Reuss, adding GM expects to complete the hiring of the new employees by the end of the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n

“This will clearly show that we\u2019re committed to further developing the software we need to lead in EVs, enhance the customer experience and become a software expertise-driven workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n

(GM delivers\u00a0unexpectedly strong Q3 earnings but Wall Street remains unimpressed.)<\/u><\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The hiring plan was influenced by GM\u2019s experience during the pandemic, which placed greater emphasis on being able to reach customers through online retailing and a growing effort to offer more services and features both online and through apps that can be incorporated into a vehicle.<\/p>\n

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GM will offer more remote opportunities than ever before as development of autonomous and electric vehicles and advanced platforms continues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emphasis on online retailing and services comes on top of GM\u2019s corporate goal of building vehicles for a future with \u201czero crashes and zero emissions and zero congestion,\u201d which drives the development of electric and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n

GM\u2019s current software initiatives already produced advances such as the company\u2019s well-regarded \u201cSuper Cruise\u201d system and OnStar, which offers access to safety services from a compatible phone or from an OnStar equipped vehicle.<\/p>\n

(GM names former Delta Air Lines exec Jacobson as new CFO.)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

While many of the new hires eventually will be based in Detroit as GM opens up its offices after the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control, GM said it plans to offer what it describes as \u201cmore remote opportunities than ever before\u201d as the development of autonomous and electric vehicles as well as advanced platforms\u00a0continues at a fast pace.<\/p>\n

GM noted recent virtual innovations made by the engineering team allowed the company to speed up electric-vehicle projects and lower costs even as employees work from locations outside of GM\u2019s engineering sites around Detroit.<\/p>\n

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GM is looking to keep developing autonomous and electric vehicles and advanced platforms like the Ultium battery system at a fast pace.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The company\u2019s hiring spree also will create new jobs for electrical system engineers; infotainment as well as software engineers with skills in Java, Android, iOS and other platforms; controls engineers that can build on GM\u2019s current software foundation.<\/p>\n

The announcement also emphasized that the company\u00a0is making strides toward its goal of becoming the most inclusive workplace in the world.\u00a0\u201cGeneral Motors believes that achieving an all-electric future can only become a reality by embracing and investing in diverse perspectives and talent,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

(GM investing $2B to build Cadillac Lyriq at former Saturn plant.)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To meet its goal, GM also recently announced the start of a 12-week paid family leave program for non-union employees to assist with challenges surrounding family care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Motors is preparing for a hiring spree in the next few months as moves to fill 3,000 openings for engineers and software developers. Part of the pitch will be to allow more employees with technical skills to work remotely far from Detroit, reports TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20009,"featured_media":155420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,12,9],"tags":[],"make":[58],"post-state":[],"category_old":[118,286,150,151,313,123,287,131,318,319,289,299,243,316,132,130,284,125,124,137,139,312,290,128,291,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155412"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=155412"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=155412"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=155412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}