We last posted on Dyson in "Batteries: Northvolt and Dyson". Here CNBC takes a deeper dive in two posts June 20. First up, the headliner:
- Tech giant Dyson is known for its consumer gadgets such as vacuum cleaners, hair styling products and air purifiers, but it is now breaking into a new generation of products.
- The company is trying to hire another 2,000 engineers globally, according to Dyson’s director of upstream robotics, Kashyap Chandrasekar.
- A key part of Dyson’s global investment scheme is a 247,000-square-feet battery plant in Singapore.
Dyson is known for its consumer gadgets such as vacuum cleaners, hair styling products and air purifiers, but it is now breaking into a new generation of products.
Recently launched devices like its 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum boast “intelligent” features, which require more software development — and the company has ramped up hiring in order to support those functions.
“We’ve really seen a ten-fold increase in our engineers working in software over the last years,” Dyson’s Chief Technology Officer John Churchill said. “We’re hunting for the greatest talent, from graduates of colleges to experienced people, to join us to pivot Dyson into more of a software world.”
The company is trying to hire another 2,000 engineers globally, according to Dyson’s director of upstream robotics, Kashyap Chandrasekar.
“Robotics and software are the largest pools of people we’re trying to hire,” he said....
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And:
How many engineers does it take to make a Dyson headphone? We tour its secret labs to find out
Remember Dyson’s failed project to create an electric car? We had an exclusive tour of its global headquarters in Singapore, where we got to see the full-scale model, including its secretive lab where other prototypes are tested before they are launched....
We have a few dozen posts on the company and on Sir James. Here's one from 2016:
"James Dyson on 5,126 Vacuums That Didn’t Work— and the One That Finally Did"
