Doug Field, Former Tesla Engineering Chief, Returns to Apple

Doug Field, Former Tesla Engineering Chief, Returns to Apple
Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York, U.S., August 1, 2018. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
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Doug Field, who stepped down as the senior vice president of engineering at Tesla Inc. last month, is returning to Apple Inc., Apple told Reuters on Thursday.

Field will be working with Apple executive Bob Mansfield, who has been heading up Apple’s self-driving car program, Project Titan, according to Daring Fireball, a technology news website that earlier reported Field’s move.