Tesla reportedly has started recruiting workers for its new Shanghai factory, according to job postings on its website, just a month after it signed agreements with local authorities for the US$2bn project.
According to Reuters, the automaker's website showed it was looking to fill 14 roles including architectural designer and senior finance manager. Most of the positions are senior and require at least six years' experience, the job descriptions showed.
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Tesla did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment. The 21st Century Herald newspaper, which reported the job postings, said Tesla began advertising the roles on Sunday, according to the news agency.
Reuters noted Tesla last month signed agreements with Shanghai authorities to build its first factory outside the US which would double the size of the EV maker's global manufacturing.
It has a final assembly plant in the Netherlands.
According to Reuters, chief executive Elon Musk has said the factory would cost around $2bn and Tesla planned to fund the project with local debt. Tesla has said it wants to produce the first cars at the plant about two years after construction begins, reaching as many as 500,000 vehicles a year about two to three years later.
