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Digital Engineering April 2026
In the latest issue of Digital Engineering, we take a look at the latest innovations in design for additive manufacturing, including the use of natural language inputs, social media cosplayers, and AI integration. The issue also includes a feature…
January Special Focus Issue: Design for Additive
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The University of Michigan Economic Growth Institute and MxD have publicly released the Electric Vehicle Hiring Guide, a guide to help U.S. manufacturers build the necessary workforce to support the electric vehicle (EV) use.
The guide outlines 170 roles that are critical to the future of EV manufacturing. Additionally, five key roles were selected for profiling, detailing the skill sets, career paths, and education and training needed to prepare American workers for these jobs.
“As the mobility sector evolves, manufacturers must proactively prepare their workforce for the jobs of tomorrow,” says Ashlee Breitner, managing director of the Economic Growth Institute at the University of Michigan. “The EV Hiring Guide is a timely and actionable resource that supports both companies and communities in navigating this transition.”
The EV Hiring Guide, developed with support from ManpowerGroup, engaged experts from more than 30 industry, academic, workforce development, labor union representatives to define the state and future of manufacturing’s EV workforce. The new guide builds off MxD Learn’s previously developed Hiring Guides in Cybersecurity and Digital Manufacturing.
The guide was created through a partnership between the University of Michigan Economic Growth Institute (EGI) and MxD as part of the Michigan Defense Resiliency Consortium (MDRC). EGI leads the MDRC, which was formed out of the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program. MDRC is working to create energy storage and battery manufacturing solutions throughout Michigan to support the Department of Defense.
The Hiring Guide does a deep dive into several roles within electric vehicle manufacturing:
“A talented workforce will be critical to the growing EV sector,” says Lizabeth Stuck, vice president of MxD Learn. “We are excited that the EV Hiring Guide will serve as a workforce roadmap for manufacturers, workers, and academia alike and will support industry in attracting and retaining workers.”
Interested parties can access the Electric Vehicle Hiring Guide on MxD’s website at mxdusa.org/ev-hiring-guide/.
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