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April 23, 2006
DETROIT — Automotive engineers remain in demand, despite the recently announced layoffs at General Motors.
About the same time, Hella, a German manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Mich., announced that it plans to hire 50 new lighting and electronics engineers before the end of the year.
Ironically, Hella needs the new talent because it's picking up more business from General Motors, and Ford chose it as a strategic supplier for exterior lighting.
"Despite intense competition, layoffs and downsizing at some domestic auto manufacturers and suppliers, Hella is growing and we are hiring," Steve Williams, the company's human resources manager, said in a statement. "We will be hiring both experienced engineers and graduate students to join the current staff of 120 engineers at our North American headquarters in Plymouth."
Hella's plans demonstrated that automotive engineers still can find opportunities, says David Amati, the director of global automotive business for the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Lots of automotive suppliers in key fields are hiring, he said.
And Steve Howell, chairman of the mechanical engineering department at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich., said automotive engineers are well suited to transfer their skills to other technical fields, making the field even more valuable.
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