Yamaha Marine Celebrates a Year of Progress at Marine Innovation Center
May 02 2024 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Kassidy Peterson, Yamaha Marine Advanced Development Engineer
and graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology®
(M.I.T.), began her career at Yamaha one year ago and is an example
of the top talent Yamaha is attracting to it Marine Innovation
Center here in Kennesaw, Ga. since it opened a year ago.
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Yamaha recently held a Spring Recruitment
Day at the Marine Innovation Center (MIC) in Kennesaw and continues
to actively recruit top engineers for positions within the MIC,
which houses the Yamaha Marine Connected Division as well as Yamaha
Marine Product Management, U.S. Marine Solutions and Advanced
Marine Systems. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Marine Advanced Development division focuses on new and
emerging technology in the marine industry and explores new ways to
enjoy the water.
“In my role as a Marine Advanced Development Engineer at Yamaha,
I work on innovative products and solutions to interesting
problems,” said Peterson. “The people here are full of passion for
the products and desire for knowledge-sharing about all things
marine. Ownership over my projects, support from amazing people and
continued learning opportunities are just a few of the reasons I
chose to work at Yamaha.”
Yamaha recently held a Spring Recruitment Day at the Marine
Innovation Center and marked the first anniversary of the official
ribbon cutting ceremony for the MIC, attended by Governor Brian
Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp and Mayor Derek Easterling of Kennesaw.
Yamaha Marine continues to actively recruit top engineers for
positions at the Marine Innovation Center in Kennesaw, which houses
the Yamaha Marine Connected Division as well as Yamaha Marine
Product Management, U.S. Marine Solutions and Advanced Marine
Systems.
“The Marine Innovation Center (MIC) represents the cutting edge
of product development within our Marine division. The MIC
currently employs 100 and during the next few months, Yamaha plans
to fill an additional 20 positions in areas such as engineering,
product planning and supply chain,” said Ben Speciale, President,
Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit. “Our marine teams in Kennesaw are
responsible for the development of innovative products that deliver
exceptional experiences for Yamaha customers across the globe. As
we move more development and engineering to the U.S., we will
continue to work with universities to recruit for those positions
and expand our team.”
Yamaha Marine has been hiring students from top universities
across the nation to fill electrical engineering, systems
engineering, mechanical engineering, product development
engineering and software engineering positions. To date, Yamaha has
recruited and hired several employees right after graduation. They
now work at the MIC in various engineering positions.
During the recruitment day, students interviewed with hiring
managers for various software, mechanical and electrical
engineering positions. In addition, they received a comprehensive
tour of the state-of-the-art Marine Innovation Center, gained
insight into current projects at the facility, and experienced
product walkthroughs and demos. The students also had the
opportunity to participate in a question-and-answer session with
Ben Speciale. This recurring event provides new job opportunities
and broadens Yamaha’s presence within universities around the
world. Thirty-four students from 17 universities including M.I.T.,
Georgia Tech® and Carnegie Mellon®, attended the event at the
facility.
The recruitment day also builds on past university engagement
opportunities including offsite recruitment, lab partnerships,
seminars and career fairs that create new direct connections with
some of the nation’s top engineering schools. These helped
facilitate Yamaha’s partnerships with innovative universities and
labs for research, establishing the company within top
universities.
The Yamaha Marine Innovation Center is accepting applications
now. For more information or to apply, please contact
yamaha-motor.com/careers.
Yamaha Marine products are marketed throughout the United States
and around the world. Yamaha Marine Engine Systems, based in
Kennesaw, Ga., supports its 2,000 U.S. dealers and boat builders
with marketing, training and parts for Yamaha’s full line of
products and strives to be the industry leader in reliability,
technology and customer service. Yamaha Marine is the only outboard
brand to have earned NMMA®’s C.S.I. Customer Satisfaction Index
award every year since its inception. Visit
www.yamahaoutboards.com.
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