MIT and Stanford Line Up... LG Energy Solution Hosts Global Talent Recruitment Event

Major Universities and Research Institutes Hold Recruitment Event for Over 40 Master's and PhD Candidates in San Francisco, USA

Key executives of LG Energy Solution have headed to the United States to secure top talent that will drive the company’s future growth.

In this regard, LG Energy Solution announced that on the 8th (local time), it held a global talent recruitment event, the ‘BTC (Battery Tech Conference),’ at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, USA. LG Energy Solution’s key executives, including Vice President and CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Shin Young-jun, Executive Director and CHO (Chief Human Resources Officer) Kim Ki-soo, Executive Director and CDO (Chief Digital Officer) Byun Kyung-seok, as well as Executive Director and Head of the Small Battery Development Center Noh Se-won, and Managing Director and Head of the Cell Advanced Development Center Kim Je-young, all participated.

LG Energy Solution held a global talent recruitment event, the Battery Tech Conference (BTC), on the 8th (local time) in San Francisco, USA. Photo by LG Energy Solution

The event was held under the theme “LG Energy Solution, actively providing special opportunities to talent.” More than 40 master’s and doctoral candidates selected from top U.S. universities and research institutes such as MIT, Stanford, UCLA, Purdue, and Argonne National Laboratory attended. It is reported that over 200 people applied for this event. Compared to 50 applicants in 2021, this shows a sharp increase in interest from talent toward LG Energy Solution.

As LG Energy Solution emerges as a leading global battery company, highly skilled professionals working overseas are increasingly moving to Korea. Last year, Byun Kyung-seok, former CDO of NVIDIA in the U.S., was recruited to lead the company-wide DX (digital transformation) at LG Energy Solution. Vice President Lee Hyuk-jae, formerly of Continental, was appointed to oversee the North American region. In addition, individuals with diverse backgrounds from companies such as Amazon, Daimler, and Rivian Automotive are joining LG Energy Solution one after another.

At the event, LG Energy Solution’s key executives introduced the company’s vision, the roles and duties of each business division, and talent development programs to the attendees. In particular, the presentation titled ‘LG Energy Solution & Why LGEnsol?’ which highlighted LG Energy Solution’s high growth potential, advanced organizational culture, and various career development programs, attracted significant attention from participants.

One attendee at the BTC said, “I was especially impressed not only by the company’s high business growth potential, aiming to triple sales within five years, but also by the dedicated departments for employee growth and the free and horizontal organizational culture. I could truly feel that LG Energy Solution is a company where individuals and the company grow together.”

LG Energy Solution stated, “Until now, many overseas students who earned degrees found it difficult to return to Korea due to a lack of global companies where they could fully utilize their expertise, often ending up working for foreign companies. However, as LG Energy Solution, a global leader in the battery industry, actively recruits top talent, we expect this to be an attractive opportunity for highly skilled professionals seeking to develop their careers.”

BTC is a global recruitment event that has been held since 2006 under the name BC (Business & Campus) Tour before LG Energy Solution’s spin-off. Since the spin-off in 2021, the event has been renamed BTC (Battery Tech Conference) to strengthen LG Energy Solution’s brand image for recruiting master’s and doctoral candidates. This year’s BTC saw a fourfold increase in applicants compared to 2021, reaching 200, reflecting high interest from talent.

LG Energy Solution North America Production Network Map. Photo by LG Energy Solution

Executive Director Kim Ki-soo said, “As a global battery leader, securing talent must come first. Our goal is to firmly establish our position as a global leader by actively recruiting top talent through various recruitment events and activities.”

Meanwhile, the total number of domestic employees at LG Energy Solution, which was 7,524 at its launch in December 2020 (based on the business report), increased rapidly to 10,919 as of December 31 last year. In particular, the company is actively securing top talent through various programs such as industry-academia cooperation and the establishment of contract departments with prestigious universities and research institutes.

In January this year, LG Energy Solution signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish an industry-academia cooperation center with Seoul National University. In November last year, it signed an industry-academia cooperation agreement with POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) for battery materials and process technology development, and in September, it signed an industry-academia cooperation MOU with Yonsei University to operate an automotive battery technology development program.

Contract department operations are also actively underway. In June 2020, LG Energy Solution established Korea’s first contract department in the battery industry, the ‘Battery-Smart Factory Department’ at Korea University. In October of the same year, it established the ‘Secondary Battery Convergence Engineering Cooperative Program’ contract department with Yonsei University. Additionally, in June last year, it signed an agreement to establish a contract department with Hanyang University, continuing efforts to secure top talent and expand research and development capabilities.

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