(SAE: Warrendale, PA) -- The recently released “Engineer Employment Study for Mobility Industries, 2011–2016,” from SAE International finds that U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the automotive, aerospace, and commercial vehicles industries is too negative and overlooks the reality that mobility industries are struggling to find good engineering talent.

“Unemployment remains stubbornly high in many developed countries following the recent recession,” notes study author Winn Hardin. “What surprised us the most about this study’s findings were the aggressive employment plans from major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Tier 1, and Tier 2 companies compared to the latest BLS employment projections.”

 …