Undergoing a historic transformation, access to global opportunities and a love for iconic vehicles rank among the reasons workers are leaving traditional technology titans of video game makers and microchip designers for a future with a legacy automaker.
Companies like Stellantis NV are seeking to become tech mobility leaders with the ability to offer higher-margin software-based products. It's planning on adding thousands of developers and engineers in the coming years to its global team. To do that, though, the maker of Jeep SUVs, Ram pickup trucks and more needs to compete with others for the highly sought-after talent and train up others.
"I interview people coming to Stellantis who are coming from tech companies," Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said last month during a virtual conversation with investment bank Morgan Stanley. "Why do you come to see us? We are supposed to be the dinosaurs, right? Well, that's not what they tell me."
