韩国媒体汇总：LG CNS、现代AutoEver等IT服务商争抢Physical AI人才，属行业趋势性招聘报道

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[Key Issue Briefing]
■ Large IT Services Firms Battle for Physical AI Experts: LG CNS, Hyundai AutoEver and Lotte Innovate have simultaneously begun recruiting experienced professionals in physical AI and robotics, igniting competition for talent. With 58.2% of domestic companies reporting a shortage of physical AI specialists, professionals with hands-on field experience are becoming increasingly scarce and valuable.
■ Hiring for AI Field Role FDE Jumps 14-Fold: As corporate AI solutions move into the stage of actual business application, demand for forward-deployed engineers (FDEs), who build solutions directly at client sites, has surged more than 14-fold in a single year. Wanted Lab plans to hold a recruiting carnival next month followed by an "FDE Academy" for developers lacking the necessary skills, broadening entry paths into the field.
■ Question Marks Over Reliability of Government AI Services: The Interior Ministry's "AI Government24" presented an obligation for individual business owners to file interim value-added tax returns — a requirement abolished in 2012 — as if it were still in effect, putting the accuracy of public AI services under scrutiny. Critics note that the service labeled the incorrect answer as "high confidence," which could deepen user confusion.
[News of Interest to University Students and Job Seekers]
1. Three IT Services Firms Intensify Fight for Physical AI Talent
Key summary: LG CNS is recruiting robot hardware and software developers along with safety engineers to handle European and North American certification procedures. Hyundai AutoEver (307950) is seeking robot platform and data specialists with an eye toward deploying Boston Dynamics' Atlas, while Lotte Innovate is hiring developers for imitation learning, reinforcement learning and vision-language-action models. In a survey by the Korea Industrial Technology Association, 66.7% of large and mid-sized companies reported a shortage of physical AI specialists. As the robot-as-a-service market emerges as a next-generation growth engine for IT services firms, robotics graduates with field experience are expected to become even scarcer and more sought after.
2. Demand for FDE Hires Soars 14-Fold in One Year
Key summary: According to Wanted Lab, the number of companies posting FDE job openings between January and September this year rose 13.8-fold from the same period a year earlier, while the number of positions climbed 14.5-fold. FDEs are developers dispatched to client sites to build AI solutions tailored to each company's operations and data — a role first introduced by Palantir that is now spreading in South Korea. Wanted Lab will hold an "FDE Recruiting Carnival" on the 18th of next month at Lotte World Tower in Jamsil and plans to connect graduates of its "FDE Academy," which covers everything from using AI technology to implementation, deployment and validation, with its hiring talent pool. As corporate demand shifts toward practical AI deployment, doors are opening quickly for developers who combine technical skills with field experience.
3. Government AI Service Calls Abolished Rule "Current"
Key summary: When The Seoul Economic Daily queried AI services run by the Interior Ministry, the National Tax Service and the Ministry of Government Legislation about tax and everyday information, "AI Government24" answered that an interim value-added tax filing obligation for individual business owners — abolished in 2012 — is "still mandatory." The National Tax Service's Hometax chatbot correctly answered the same question by saying there is no interim filing obligation, while AI Government24 classified its answer as "high confidence," adding to the confusion. A similar case was found in guidance on the comprehensive income tax filing period, where an incorrect date was also labeled "high confidence." The Interior Ministry said it will update and structure civil service data across ministries to minimize incorrect answers.
[News for University Students and Job Seekers to Note]
4. Self-Driving Robots Tested for Last-Mile Delivery on Islands
Key summary: Mobile robot startup Fieldro, working with the Korea Island Development Institute, will begin testing deliveries of daily necessities and parcels on the 29th using its "Carribot Pro" autonomous delivery robot on Songdo Island in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. Over a test period of more than 30 days, the targets are 120 delivery missions, 300 item handovers and more than 250 kilometers of autonomous driving. The Korea AeroSpace Administration and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute are also testing a heavy-cargo delivery system combining drones and autonomous robots on Biyangdo Island in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and Neubility has developed a delivery robot for the project with double the payload capacity of its previous model. Against the backdrop of advancing physical AI technology, the scope of autonomous robot testing is expanding beyond industrial sites into everyday logistics.
5. Korea-Japan-China Beauty Rivalry Spills Onto Global Shelves
Key summary: AS Watson has launched platforms to nurture K-, J- and C-beauty simultaneously, and China's Proya will enter 400 Ulta Beauty stores in the United States starting next month, as C-beauty rapidly expands onto overseas shelves. At Scotch's New York store, the share of Chinese products jumped from 5% to 15% in two years. Japan's Curel expanded sales channels to five European countries this year after Germany and France. While K-beauty remains strong, the intensifying push from C-beauty and J-beauty is widening the options available to global retailers and sharpening competition for shelf space.
6. Shinhan Accelerates Stablecoin Testing in Japan
Key summary: SBJ Bank, the Japanese subsidiary of Shinhan Bank (000010), signed a memorandum of understanding with yen stablecoin issuer JPYC and Line Next and has begun a proof of concept linking bank accounts with digital wallets. With Japan having implemented a stablecoin regulatory framework ahead of other countries in June 2023, the strategy is to accumulate technical and operational experience through the local subsidiary while legislative discussions proceed in South Korea. Shinhan Card (032710) has also signed an agreement with SBI Group and is jointly reviewing the possibility of linking yen stablecoins to payments at existing stores and settling cross-border trade payments. Both partnerships are at the stage of technical validation and business feasibility review, with actual service launches to be decided based on the test results.
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