Chapter 136 Treatment of Engineers and Scientific and Technological Personnel
The research and development and production of a rocket requires the supporting support of a series of industrial chains, enough to form an industrial cluster with thousands of related companies.
The number of top engineers in each department is thousands or even thousands.
Without strong support from the national level, Lu An started it from scratch. Just by pulling together such a team of engineers for Star Power Aerospace Company, it would be considered super efficient to be able to complete it within two years.
And top scientists or engineers in some fields are often in the national team.
Excluding these talents, the remaining talents will be one or two levels behind, both in quantity and quality.
Although Lu An has hundreds of years of technological knowledge leading the world in his brain, he can make a humanoid robot by himself, but even if he masters all the rocket technology, he still cannot make a rocket by himself.
Because this is not only cutting-edge technology, but also a large-scale system project. It requires hundreds or even thousands of people to work together and coordinate in dozens of large and small departments to successfully build the rocket.
Lu An smiled and said: "Yesterday, the teacher greeted me on the phone. The superiors are coordinating the relevant departments. The four major companies with equity participation have already transferred human resources from them, about 700 to 1,000 people.
The four major companies will not be too secretive and will not let people go. On the one hand, this is the instruction from above. On the other hand, the four major companies all have shares in Star Power Aerospace Company, so the company will not suffer losses when it develops.
With these key talents in place, the main talent gaps in the seven major departments of Star Power Aerospace can be quickly filled.
In other words, after these talents are in place, they can be put into operation quickly. This is the high efficiency brought about by the strong support at the national level, which can save at least three years.
The most important thing is that with the support of the state, talent barriers disappear.
If it were another person to start a commercial aerospace company, after the documents jointly released by multiple departments last year, it would definitely be no problem to establish the company. However, it is absolutely impossible to quickly build a group of outstanding scientific and technological research and development teams after establishing a commercial aerospace company.
Will the key talents from the four major national team companies be given to you? Don't even think about it. The best talents in the aerospace field have already joined the national team. Even if they offer super high salaries, they may not be able to make people change jobs.
Because this is not only a personal issue, but also involves the confidentiality of cutting-edge technology in the aerospace field.
The Star Power Aerospace Company founded by Lu An does not have such a problem. Even some technologies and talents in the aerospace field that involve technical secrets can be linked to Star Power Aerospace and even be shared with each other.
This is a top-level resource that no other commercial aerospace company can obtain no matter how much money they spend.
It is no exaggeration to say that the starting point of Star Power Aerospace is the end point that will be difficult to reach by other commercial aerospace companies in the future.
Finally, Meng Qiuyan looked at Lu An and said, "As for the salary and benefits system of Star Power Aerospace, do we need to implement equity incentives and dividend plans?"
Lu An immediately shook his head and rejected: "This company does not need to engage in these incentive plans. It is inappropriate. After all, there are four major national team companies as shareholders, and Star Dynamics Aerospace will definitely not be able to make profits in the short term. Such a large and heavy asset requires continuous heavy investment. Even if there are business orders in the future, it will not be enough to offset the huge initial investment, and there will be no dividends in three to five years."
ˆFor Star Dynamics Aerospace Company, its ownership structure will remain the five major shareholders, namely Lu An and the four major national team companies, and the shareholding ratio will not change.
Hence neither diluting equity for option pool incentives nor seeking financing to introduce new shareholders.
As for the large amount of R&D capital investment required for star power aerospace, Lu An gave two solutions to solve the funding problem.
The first is to get a loan from a bank. With such a strong background as Star Power Aerospace, the current Luan is not the same. It is definitely impossible for banks to play the trick of suddenly withdrawing loans, unless it is itchy and wants to step on the sewing machine.
And with such a strong background, it is easy to find a bank loan.
The second is that Lu An can also be a creditor of Star Power Aerospace. To put it bluntly, Lu An uses money in his own name to lend money to Star Power Aerospace. From now on, Yuanjie Intelligent Control will pay dividends every year, and the dividends will definitely be higher every year.
Just wait a few years for Star Dynamics Aerospace Company to turn losses into profits, and then repay the money borrowed from Lu An in accordance with the procedures.
Lu An himself lent money to the company he founded. It is absolutely impossible for Star Power Aerospace to have such troubles as being called upon by creditors.
After a while, Meng Qiuyan thought to herself and said: "Since we don't use equity incentives and dividends, we can only motivate from other aspects, higher salary and higher welfare benefits."
Speaking of this, Meng Qiuyan looked at Lu An: "What do you think?"
Lu An nodded and smiled and said: "Just follow your idea. The salary of scientific and technical personnel in Star Power Aerospace cannot be lower than that of NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX." Public data shows that the annual salary of NASA engineers is about US$70,000, about 450,000 yuan; the starting salary of SpaceX is US$120,000, about 790,000 yuan, and the chief engineer level can reach US$350,000, about 2.3 million yuan. "
The salary of practitioners in the domestic aerospace field varies depending on the region, experience and type of enterprise.
Domestic private aerospace companies have just started, and they mainly rely on the national team.
According to the benefits of several major national team companies, their basic salary is relatively low. For example, the monthly salary of a fresh master's degree is 8 to 12k, but the benefits are complete and stable. After all, it is a national team company.
If it is a private enterprise, this kind of salary will definitely not attract real top talents.
The technical positions of the soon-to-be-established Star Power Aerospace Company are divided into three major levels: engineers, scientific experts, and chief engineers.
Engineers are subdivided into five levels: technician, assistant engineer, engineer, deputy senior engineer, and senior engineer.
There are four levels of scientific experts: researcher, deputy senior researcher, senior researcher, and chief researcher. There are three levels of chief engineer positions: deputy chief engineer, chief engineer, and chief chief engineer.
This is also the general career path for engineers in Star Power Aerospace Company, with a total of twelve levels.
The company's promotion route follows a dual-track mechanism, that is, the regular promotion ladder and the promotion of special talents.
Regular promotion is a precise check point for academic qualifications and qualifications.
Special talent promotion is for talented players and is approved directly by Lu An, regardless of academic qualifications and qualifications.
As long as you can get Lu An's approval, you can soar directly to the sky, but this is also the most difficult. Regular general promotion can also be promoted to several levels by enduring seniority.
The five-level division of engineers places greater emphasis on the continuity of technological growth and has clear academic and qualification requirements.
Technician: Requires a bachelor's degree + 1 year of internship period, mastering basic equipment operation.
Assistant engineer: requires a bachelor's degree + 2 years of technician experience, or a master's degree + 1 year of practice, and can independently complete simple technical solutions.
· Engineer: Assistant engineers are required to have served for 4 years or more and have led more than 3 projects.
Deputy senior engineer: PhD + 2 years of experience required, or Master + 5 years of experience required.
Senior engineer: Deputy senior engineer is required to have served for 5 years + major technical achievements, such as leading the research and development of domestically leading new processes.
When you reach the level of senior engineer, it means that you have officially entered the top of the technical pyramid. The scientific experts and chief engineers at the top are the ones on the top of the pyramid.
Lu An thought for a while and made a decision in his mind. He turned to look at Meng Qiuyan and said: "The starting salary of technical engineers at Star Power is higher than that at SpaceX. They start with an annual salary of 120,000 US dollars, and we give an annual salary of over 150,000 US dollars, which is 1 million." RMB 1,000,000 annual salary starts. ”
Since Star Dynamics Aerospace Company does not engage in equity incentives and dividends, it will definitely increase its salary and benefits, and there is a large progressive tax on wages, so the basic salary must be raised so that the after-tax salary is also considerable.
Meng Qiuyan immediately made a memo: "The technician's annual salary is 1 million, what about the rest?"
Hearing this, Lu An said one by one: "Assistant engineer 1.75 million, engineer 3 million, deputy senior engineer 5.25 million, senior engineer 9 million."
After speaking, Lu An glanced at Meng Qiuyan, and seeing that she had memorized, he continued: "Researcher is 14 million, associate senior researcher is 20 million, senior researcher is 30 million, and principal researcher is 50 million."
After a moment, Meng Qiuyan asked: "Where are the last three levels?"
Lu An immediately replied: "The deputy chief engineer is 75 million, the chief engineer is 100 million, and the chief chief engineer is 200 million."
The annual salary of Star Dynamics Aerospace Company is compared internationally with peers. No matter which level it is, it is a high salary. It is not only in line with international standards, but also higher than international peers.
In China, let alone that.
Even compared with those national team companies, they are more attractive. Although the national team companies are stable, the star realm provides much more motivation.
In addition to high salary packages, other benefits are also top-notch.
Lu An looked at Meng Qiuyan and said: "For Star Power Aerospace employees, whether they are in management or technical positions, the company provides a set of commercial houses for free for new employees to live in, but the house belongs to the company's assets."
Lu An added: "For the housing specifications, you need to sort out a specific plan, such as how many square meters for technicians and how many square meters for engineers. How many square meters, what size of villa should the researcher live in, etc. The plan will be drawn up and the housing of the corresponding size will be allocated according to the corresponding rank.
Lu An continued in an orderly manner: "Then there is the scooter. The vehicle is the company's property and is provided for free. Whether it is for public or private use, the gas cost will be reimbursed."
In other words, the company is responsible for the loss, insurance, depreciation, and fuel costs of the vehicle.
Although the car belongs to the company, employees can always use it for free as long as they do not leave the company.
Lu An said: "Technicians and assistant engineers should choose scooters with a price of less than 300,000 yuan, and engineers, principal/deputy senior engineers should choose scooters with a price range of 500,000 to 1 million yuan."
"The three levels of the chief engineer are all equipped with more than 2 million scooters, and are equipped with special drivers and personal security personnel. The chief researcher is also equipped with personal security personnel, who can be both drivers and personal bodyguards."
At Star Dynamic Aerospace Company, top talents above the scientific expert level can be said to take care of their lives in all aspects.
They only need to focus on engineering and technology research, and the rest of the trivial matters, including food and daily life, will be clearly arranged by relevant professionals.
Finally, Meng Qiuyan re-read the adjusted salary and benefits system and couldn't help but say: "With such treatment conditions, I think even key employees from several national team conglomerates such as Aerospace Science and Industry and Aerospace Science and Technology will have a lot of people willing to change jobs."
Even the most junior engineer technicians have an annual salary of one million, and are provided with free housing and scooters. The higher the rank, the higher the salary and various welfare specifications.
Such generous treatment is hard not to be tempting.