Engineers wanting to work in the automotive sector might want to take a look at Bentley as the carmaker has just announced dozens of new job vacancies. Those openings are all-new positions created to assist the super-luxury brand make the transition to electric powertrains more smoothly over the next few years.
Bentley has committed itself to something it calls the Five-in-Five plan where it will build a new electric model each year from 2025 until 2030. It hopes that the effort will allow it to become end-to-end carbon neutral by that 2030 deadline. Each of those goals is part of a larger strategy called “Beyond 100”.
2019 was the 100th anniversary of the British car company and this new plan focuses on the next century. To achieve those lofty goals, Bentley knows it needs new engineers and so the call has gone out. Roughly half of the vacancies are jobs related to electrical competencies. Other positions are related to UX/UI engineering, chassis engineering, and design management just to name a few.
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“Bentley is in the middle of the most significant transformative phase in the company’s long and illustrious history. Extraordinary products has always been at the heart of our business, however tomorrow’s engineers face the most exciting challenges in a generation as we become an exclusively electric car business,” said Dr. Matthias Rabe, Bentley’s Member of the Board for Research and Development.
“We are looking for true innovators, who can create the new future of automotive, support our product ambitions and shape our Beyond100 vision as we aim for leadership within sustainable luxury mobility,” he continued. As of today, some 50 new positions are opened up with the rest coming online over the “coming weeks and months”.
Bentley says that while the jobs will be based at its headquarters in Crewe, England, it has adopted a hybridized system that includes remote work. Of course, employees might enjoy being ‘in office’ considering that the company has committed some £2.5 billion ($3.3 M) towards transforming the product portfolio and completing improvements at the site.