Ford hires 400 mobile connectivity engineers

Ford plans to double its mobile connectivity engineering team by hiring 400 software developers and hardware engineers.Three-quarters of the new engineers will be part of a Canadian research-and-development center aimed at building out connected vehicle technology that will eventually let vehicles talk to each other -- and the infrastructure around them.Ford is investing about $375 million to establish its new Ottawa Research and Engineering Centre. It is Ford's first Canadian R&D facility f