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The University of TexasHKN
January 28, 2015
SW: Roger Chen, William EarleHW: Michelle Denny
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Overview
• Introduction
• Career Opportunities
• Benefits
• Questions
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National Instruments – Quick Facts
• Founded: 1976• 2013 Revenue: $1.17B• Global Operations: Offices in
nearly 50 countries• Employee Count: ~7,100• Customer Base: 35,000+
companies served annually• Diversity: No industry comprises
more than 15% of revenue
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National Instruments – Top Commitments
• Invest 16% of revenue back into R&D
• Donate 2% of pretax profits to primarily education initiatives
• Maintain employee turnover rate at 25% lower than market average
• Reduce carbon emissions per employee by 10% by 2023
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NI Graphical System Design Approach to Automated Test
Traditional Solution PXI Solution
Lower cost Higher performance Smaller size Flexibility Easily upgradable
design User-defined solution
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Empowering Users Through Software
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT
“the smartest, coolest toy of the year”
CERN Large Hadron Collider“the most powerful instrument on earth”
Providing unique differentiation and preserving customer investments
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From Kindergarten…
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… and safely back
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Engineering Grand Challenges
Advance health informatics
Engineer better medicines Enhance virtual reality
Engineer the tools of scientific discovery
Provide access to clean water
Advance personalized learning
Reverse-engineer the brain
Develop carbon sequestration methods Make solar energy economical
Provide energy from fusion
Restore and improve urban infrastructure
Prevent nuclear terror
Secure cyberspace Manage the nitrogen cycle
IV Drift Pump
Cheap Solar Panels
Distance Learning
Hadron Collider
Costa Rica Rain Forest
Tokomak Plasma Control
Material Monitoring
Olympic Stadium Safety
Cancer Detection
Advanced Purification
CO2 Storage
Spectral Monitoring
Infant Brain Scans
Xbox Testing
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NI in medicine … National Instruments LabVIEW and R-Series are used by OptiMedica for controlling 532nm laser pulses for retinal photocoagulation to help save the vision of patients suffering from diabetes.
Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness for people ages 20 to 74.
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Did you know … Shiner beer is brewed using the power of LabVIEW.
The Shiner brewery uses National Instruments control and imaging software to manage many areas of their plant including water purification, filtration, and bottling.
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Did you know …Boeing uses National Instruments PXI, dynamic signal analyzers, and LabVIEW to perform phased array data acquisition for flyover tests.
These tests help Boeing evaluate new designs for reducing commercial jet noise during takeoff.
200x300 Foot Area
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Did you know …
Microsoft selected LabVIEW and PXI to be the center of their test solution for its Xbox and Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system controllers. The virtual instrumentation solution was deployed to the production line for the functional test of every Xbox controller.
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Career Opportunities at NI
• Engineering Leadership Program (ELP)• Software Engineering• Hardware Engineering• Both Full-time and Internships
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• We recruit and develop leadership for the future.• We expect ELP Engineers to assume a leadership role in the department
– this isn’t just lip service.• For example, you will be able to:
• Become a Team Leader or Team Manager• Serve as a technical Go-To for the department• Develop and teach department-wide training• Become a recruiting leader by hosting and mentoring younger
engineers• Work closely with professors to develop curriculum
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ELP Tracks (“Majors”)
• Technical Sales• Technical consultant for NI• Positions outside of Austin,
Texas, available• Product Marketing
• Requires technical knowledge and interest in working with customers
• Opportunities for travel• Develop and present seminars,
demos, etc.• Project Management
• Manage a group of R&D Engineers
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Customer Education 1%
Marketing 27%
Manufacturing 5%
Sales 24%
Research and Development 43%
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Research & Development
• Product ownership: “Circle of Life”• Software Engineering
• Hardware drivers• Application development
• Hardware Engineering• Digital• Analog
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Driver Software Engineering
• Work with hardware engineers to define, prototype, and develop products
• C, C++, LabVIEW, Python
• Wide range of operating systems
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Application Software Engineering
• Challenging design tasks• Graphical interfaces• Application performance• Memory management• Threading• Algorithm development
• Primary language: C#/C++• Some engineers develop exclusively
in LabVIEW
• Development platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
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• 1 Hz to 26.5 GHz I/O hardware
• Exciting, cutting edge products
• Follow the project from concept to production
• Design ownership
Hardware Engineering
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Digital Hardware Engineering• Digital interfaces
• Bus (PCI, PCI Express, PXI, PXI Express USB, Ethernet, etc.)
• Processor / Memory
• Digital Logic• FPGA / CPLD• ASIC• Typically written in VHDL
• Schematic and board-level development and validation
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Analog Hardware Engineering• Common designs
• Amplification stages• Filters• Power supplies• ADC and DAC interfaces• RF
• Schematic and board-level development and validation
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Benefits
• Flexible hours• No dress code• Job security• Relaxed environment• Work-life balance• Career mobility• Employee development
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Benefits
• Deck parties• Beer:30• NI GRAD• Sports leagues and
sponsorship• Donations and
volunteering• Company picnic
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Upcoming Events
• Career Fair (EXPO)• Friday, February 6, 2015
• Info Session• Thursday, February 12, 2015
• Interviews• Thursday, February 19, 2015• Friday, February 20, 2015
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WHAT QUESTIONS
DO YOU HAVE ?
