This week it was reported that Mark Zuckerberg was personally leading an aggressive campaign to recruit top AI specialists for Meta, primarily through direct emails and WhatsApp messages to elite researchers at companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and others. I have never heard of a CEO publicly attempting to shape hiring on a personal basis, but it shows how high the stakes are.
To gauge where many tech jobs are going, it often makes sense to follow the money. Meta’s leadership has set extremely ambitious revenue targets for its AI initiatives, forecasting $2–3 billion in generative AI revenue for 2025 and projecting this could soar to as much as $460 billion to $1.4 trillion by 2035. And that is just Meta.
In the automotive sector alone (another sector of interest here), global investment in AVs (autonomous vehicles) is projected to grow from $57 billion in 2021 to over $788 billion by 2028, reflecting renewed momentum and confidence in the sector. Moreover, the AI automotive market is forecast to reach a valuation of $200 billion within the next decade, with autonomous driving alone potentially generating $300–400 billion in revenue by 2035. Much of that money is in R&D and energy. Who is going to staff the R&D needed?
The internet of things, autonomous vehicles, generative AI is in deep and increasing need of human talent. Many will have advanced degrees. Some might be you.
This week we profile jobs and internships in these areas, from autonomous vehicles, to motion engineering, robotics, automation, general intelligence and more from some of the leading corporations and start-ups. You can find more at SmartJobs.
Take a read. Examine the requirements. Look at a few jobs postings. Apply if interested. And while this week we focused on more STEM-related work, in future posts we will look at non-STEM demand in the sector. Yes, there is a ton of opportunities for non-scientists as well as the world needs to make sense of generative AI and its impact.
Keep searching.
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