LG Electronics President Ryu Jae-cheol personally oversees North American R&D talent recruitment in race to secure Physical AI talent

[Financial News] LG Electronics CEO Ryu Jae-cheol hosted the company’s research and development talent recruitment event, the North America Tech Conference, in San Francisco, California. The move was aimed at securing talent that will lead future growth businesses such as robotics, AI data center cooling solutions, and mobility.
LG Electronics said on the 31st that it held the North America Tech Conference, an invitation-only event for overseas talent, in San Francisco on the 29th local time. The event was organized as a recruitment-linked program that invited experienced local R&D professionals and doctoral-level specialists to introduce the vision and technological competitiveness of LG Electronics' future businesses.
A total of about 100 people attended, including doctoral researchers and scientists from major universities and research institutions across the United States, such as Stanford University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of California, Berkeley, as well as R&D professionals working at local big tech companies and startups.
Ryu visited the venue in person and introduced his own career path, from studying mechanical engineering and joining the company as an engineer to serving as a business division head, a business unit head, and now CEO. He added, "LG Electronics places greater importance than any other company on securing talent with technical expertise," and said, "It is a company where such talent can grow into key leaders who will drive the company's future."
He also presented the vision and strategy for accelerating future growth around commercial HVAC, mobility, and Physical AI, rather than resting on the company’s current global No. 1 positions in home appliances, OLED TVs, and telematics.
LG Electronics is nurturing robotics, AI data center cooling solutions, and mobility as the core pillars of future growth based on Physical AI. Its robotics business combines robot platforms, robot intelligence, and data capabilities. The mobility business is also being developed to build an intelligent in-vehicle platform based on AIDV and SDV.
Finally, Ryu said, "We talked here about future technologies such as AI, robotics, and mobility, but in the end, it is talent that changes the future," adding, "LG Electronics will continue to create meaningful change in the world with talented people who are not afraid of bigger challenges."
LG Electronics is operating a range of recruitment programs to secure outstanding talent worldwide, including the North America Tech Conference. Starting on the 9th of this month, the company has been visiting major universities across North America in sequence, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Michigan, Purdue University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to hold recruitment information sessions. In South Korea, it has also been recruiting new employees for the second half of the year since last month in fields such as robotics, production technology, and electrical and electronics, as it seeks to secure talent to lead next-generation growth areas.
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