The Ann Arbor area's tech graduates might get a jump start at not only local start-ups, but at the new and retooled Ford Motor Co.
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"Ford Motor is dramatically stepping up its hiring of engineers, software workers and other salaried employees to meet the increased demand for a new high-tech era in the auto industry. Ford said it will increase white-collar hiring by 36%, or 800 jobs, to a total of 3,000....
At the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, traditionally one of the nation's top sources of automotive talent, students are grasping that automotive is undergoing a revolution, says David Munson, dean of the engineering school. With driverless cars, advanced infotainment and other high tech on the way, "there has never been a more exciting time in the auto industry." Demand is strong, he says, for all but civil engineers."
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