Want to work at a new car company? Google is hiring!
Google parent company Alphabet has posted ads for 36 positions for marketing to manufacturing jobs on its website related to the Google X car project.
One listing for a marketing manager expects the person to shape a "go-to-market strategy and storytelling to win hearts and minds of community members, influences and governments".
Another role for a manufacturing process engineer lays out responsibilities which include "designing factory assembly stations, optimizing production floor layout, automating critical manufacturing processes and approving fixture designs used in the assembly of electronic modules for the self-driving car".
Google is the first company of autonomous vehicle development. The big question remains whether it will go it alone in developing, manufacturing, and distributing its self-driving cars, or partner with an existing major automaker in bringing its technologies to the street.
The company plans to add 4,500 more workers in California alone in the next four years, according to the terms of a $15 million tax credit awarded this year. The company currently has 1,600 open positions.
