“Apple Inc. is hiring hundreds of new engineers and supply-chain managers in China and Taiwan as it attempts to speed up product development and launch a wider range of devices,” Eva Dou reports for The Wall Street Journal. “People familiar with the matter said the Cupertino, Calif., company is hiring engineers from rival smartphone maker HTC Corp. and other Taiwanese tech firms to build up teams in Shanghai and Taipei.”
“The hiring push reflects Apple’s need for more engineers to work with Asian suppliers on developing components for coming iPhones and iPads as it plans for faster and more frequent product launches,” Dou reports. “Apple is also ramping up its number of supply-chain managers in the wake of criticism over factory conditions at some of its suppliers.”
“Apple has added several hundred new engineers and operations staff in China over the past two years, with a blitz of hiring that began in mid-2013, people familiar with the matter said. The total number of engineers and operations staff in China now exceeds 600, they said,” Dou reports. “‘Apple is building an engineering team in Taipei to drive new iPhone product development,’ Apple said in one recruiting email obtained by The Wall Street Journal.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Brawndo Drinker” and “Jax44” for the heads up.]