How often do you see a billionaire CEO take on the public role of a job recruiter via social media?
That's exactly what Elon Musk did Thursday night, taking to his Twitter account to let everyone know that Tesla is mashing the dash on autonomous technology and is looking for "hardcore software engineers" to join the automaker's Autopilot software team. Musk even mentioned that he'll be personally conducting interviews for this "super high priority."
Ramping up the Autopilot software team at Tesla to achieve generalized full autonomy. If interested, contact autopilot@teslamotors.com.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2015
We are looking for hardcore software engineers. No prior experience with cars required. Please include code sample or link to your work. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2015
Should mention that I will be interviewing people personally and Autopilot reports directly to me. This is a super high priority.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2015
Musk's urgent tweets demonstrate Tesla advancing toward delivering a self-driving car. Even before Musk tweeted Thursday night, the automaker seemed to be moving in that direction with its autopilot feature on the Model S, which can also parallel park itself.
With Google testing its autonomous cars on public roads and Apple reportedly hiring auto execs to load up a strategy, it seems like Musk doesn't wants to be left out in the dark when it comes to tech giants and self-driving cars.
Call it a hunch, but Tech Times doesn't think the billionaire CEO will struggle to land the software engineers he needs to advance Tesla in autonomous technology even further.
