Shanghai (ZXZC)- Chinese automaker Geely has expanded its line of business into such areas as satellite and aviation equipment, and now seems to tap the rocket field.

GEESPACE, a subsidiary of Geely Technology Group, is recruiting a rocket chief engineer, according to a recruitment advertisement posted by a blogger via his Sina Weibo account. The information was confirmed by Yang Xueliang, vice president of Geely Auto Group, on April 18.

“We hire the rocket chief engineer to promote the integration of satellites and rockets, not to build rockets on our own efforts,” Mr. Yang replied.

Besides, the company is also enlisting experts in satellite integrated measurement and satellite frequency, engineers of baseband and radar as well as satellite payload designers, etc. with a monthly salary of up to RMB50,000.

Geely Technology Group, the technology development arm of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), celebrated on Mar. 2 the first spade cut for a satellite R&D base in Taizhou, Zhejiang province.

According to a press release, the newly-launched project will build China's first smart AIT (assembly, integration and testing) center of pulsating modular satellite, containing the satellite R&D hub, intelligent component manufacturing facility, measurement & control center and cloud-computing big data platform, etc.

The Taizhou project is part of Geely's deployment in satellite field. With growing investment in digital technology domain, Geely Holding is ambitious to build a multi-layered mobility ecosystem and turbo-charge its shift to being an innovative technology company.

In 2018, Geely pumped its strategic investment in GEESPACE, which focuses on the R&D of satellite communications system, and technologies about communications and data processing, starting the building of its space-ground integrated mobility ecosystem.

GEESPACE has to-day finished the qualification tests of two low-orbit satellites, which are set to be launched this year to provide more accurate data for higher-level intelligent driving vehicles.

The tech subsidiary intends to carry out in 2020 the validation of the world's first low-orbit augmented navigation system for commercial use with all of core technologies independently controlled (photo source: Geely).