The end of 2017 brings good news in front of engineering jobs, unless your company has been recently acquired.
First, the bad news, by the numbers:
560
That is the last dismissal announced by Oath, the new umbrella organization of Verizon that includes the former AOL, Yahoo and Huffington Post. This follows 2100 cuts right after the acquisition of Yahoo. It is not known exactly where, geographically, the ax is falling.
308
The acquisition of Brocade Communications recently completed by Broadcom means that at least 360 employees in San Jose will be dismissed, according to a filing with the Employment Development Department. This announcement comes after a layoff of 96 from the Brocade office in San Jose, attributed to delays in closing the acquisition.
60
In November, Cisco fired 60 employees from cloud operations, mostly from two companies it had acquired, according to The Information. This follows a chain of cuts throughout 2017.
75
In December, ABC News reported that 75 engineers working on the design of wind turbines and related technologies received information from General Electric in Schnectady, New York, that their jobs were being phased out, and that number is expected to increase.
Now the good news:
1200
BAE Electronic Systems in November indicated that by the end of 2017 it will have hired some 1200 engineers, manufacturers and technicians, including 300 interns, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader, with more hirings planned for 2018.
1000
ARM during a round-table press conference at ARM TechCon in October revealed that the company had hired 1,000 new staff members, mainly engineers, during 2017. Those new employees increased the total ARM workforce by 20 percent.
1000
Amazon announced in November that it will add 1,000 new technology jobs to its operations in Vancouver by 2020. 90% of current Vancouver staff members are software engineers or programmers; The new employees will be an unspecified combination of technical employees and HR and marketing personnel.
500
AXISCADES, a product engineering form based in Bangalore, said in November it would establish a new US headquarters in Indiana with 500 new employees, mostly engineers.
470
MasterCard announced in December that it will add 470 jobs to the 250 R & D employees already working at its technology center in Manhattan. This is not as exciting as it seems, the company is giving itself until 2024 to bring the new workers on board.
300-500
Also announced long-term vague plans was Shopify; The company announced in October that it will add 300 to 500 engineers, product managers, UX designers and other employees to its Waterloo headquarters.
239
Oculus, the virtual reality company now owned by Facebook, enthused engineers in the Seattle area in November, when Geekwire reported that it had listed 117 vacancies at its location in Redmond, Washington, and six more in Seattle. The company is also adding 71 to its staff at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
