From: neilf@natinst.com (Neil Feiereisel)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Job Opportunity in Japan for Engineers
Date: 16 Dec 1992 08:54:05 -0600
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: eagle.natinst.com

Wanted: Applications Engineers for Japan Office of National Instruments

National Instruments, located in Austin, Texas, is a rapidly growing company
that provides hardware and software tools for the measurement and
instrumentation industry.  Our hardware and software products are some of the
most advanced in the world.  We have branch offices and distributors
throughout the world, including a branch office in Tokyo.

We are currently looking for individuals with a BS or MS degree in engineering
(preferably Electrical Engineering or Computer Science).  We also welcome
those with a graduate degree such as an MBA, as long as they have an
undergraduate degree in engineering.  Fluency in both written and spoken
Japanese and English is required.  

The successful candidate will be hired as an applications engineer (more on
this later) and come to Austin, Texas for a training period of 6 to 18 months
before being permanently relocated to Japan.  

Training
     It is important to spend time in Austin training on our extensive product
line and getting familiar with the resources available.  Although there will
be an initial training period of 6 months to 18 months, the exact schedule is
highly flexible.  You could spend almost the whole time in Austin, with
occasional 3 week trips to Japan, or you could bounce back and forth from the
states to Japan for 3 months or 6 months at a time over a longer period. 
After being relocated to Japan, you will come back to the states once or twice
a year for sales conferences and further training.

What is an applications engineer?
     An applications engineer is in more of a customer support role than a
design engineer.  Applications engineers regularly interface with the
engineers who actually design the products, and the customers who use them. 
Applications engineers support customers over the telephone, teach classes,
visit customer sites, and work on various projects for the rest of the
company.  Since our products are so highly technical, and our users are
usually engineers at other companies, it is important that our applications
engineers be highly qualified engineers themselves.  You will have endless
opportunities to learn more about computer platforms such as the PC, Mac, and
Sun workstation, various programming languages, and the wide variety of
hardware used in our products and in the test and measurement industry.

Although there will be a training period of 6-18 months here in Austin, Texas,
and there will be opportunities to come back to Austin once or twice per year,
it should be made clear that we are hiring for our Japan office, not our
Austin office, and the successful candidate will not be sponsored for
permanent U.S. residency.  The Japan office will arrange for the necessary
Japanese Visa if you are not a Japanese national.

This is an exciting time to join National Instruments; we're growing rapidly
and expect our Japanese sales to increase significantly over the next several
years.  If you're interested in such a position, or have any further
questions, please call me at the number below:

Neil Feiereisel
800-433-3488
(mention that you are not calling for technical support, but need to talk to
me about recruiting and were specifically asked to call.  If I am not
available, ask to leave voice mail (I'm at extension 5345).  Please leave a
detailed message including what numbers you can be reached at and when you
should be available.  Be as specific as you can - you'll have plenty of time
to leave a nice long message)  I'll be in the office throughout the holidays,
except for Dec 17, 24, 25 and January 1.

If you are in Japan, please call Ken Kimura (the branch manager of our 
Japan office) at 03-3788-1921 (fax is 03-3788-1923).  If Ken Kimura is not
available, ask to speak to Gary Rymar.
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