Tata Technologies, a subsidiary of Tata Motors, has said it plans to hire 400 engineers by the end of the year at its technical centre near Detroit to help with projects for car makers in North America.
Dan Saad, Tata Technologies director of communications in North America, said yesterday Tata is looking candidates with engineering, design and experience in product lifecycle.
"The 400 positions are currently open in our HR database to be filled by January 3 that are a result of new automotive programme work our engineering and our PLM/Consulting groups have won over the past months," Saad said.
"The positions are at automotive client sites - about 80 per cent in metro Detroit, about 20 per cent elsewhere in the US We have about 500 employees in the US now, and about 350" are assigned to the company's Novi, Michigan, he said.
Tata follows on the news that General Motors Corp is looking to hire 1,000 engineers over the next two years and Chrysler has added 1,000 employees at its technical centre in Auburn Hills and is planning to hire additional personnel to handle engineering projects and to help the company prepare for an initial public offering of stock in the second half of 2011.