What are the jobs in the automotive industry?

difficult task. look into search engines like google. this might help.

There's a high demand for CNC operators now in the US, the American auto industry is in a pitfall. The money is in CAD design with CNC programming skills to cut injection molds and pricy one off replacement parts for the aircraft etc type industries. Just for grins, look at your local job board for jobs related to CNC-CAD programmers. There's a specialty now, it's called EDM where a under water electrode burns parts, this is highly lucrative.

Automotive technology, design, engineering, ergonomics, ecology, sustainability, etc. You will have to choose. You could be more in a design field, engineering, or mechanical. If you are hunting for a more hands on mechanical knowledge go to a automotive vocational institution. If engineering and design is within your scope look to apply for and engineering or design degree at a four year college.