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American Airlines passenger division is the largest scheduled
passenger airline in the world. American provides scheduled jet service serving
172 cities with a fleet of 840 aircraft and receives more than 329,000 reservation
calls, handles more than 293,000 pieces of luggage and flies more than 2,600
flights daily. AMR, the parent company, includes other
corporate businesses including: American Airlines Cargo, American Eagle, American
Beacon Advisors and American Airlines Facilities. Find out about careers
at American Airlines.
(AIS) is a highly regarded system and software engineering firm. For almost 25 years AIS has achieved unparalleled excellence by focusing and investing in specific markets. Very few companies possess AIS' breadth of experience and success in applying a process oriented approach to software engineering projects. AIS delivers On Time, On Budget and On Target; Every Time. AIS clients include Fortune 100 corporations as well as Federal, State and Local Governments.
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco's Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of the Internet and most corporate, education, and government networks around the world. Cisco provides the broadest line of solutions for transporting data, voice and video within buildings, across campuses, or around the world.
ConocoPhillips an international energy company, is the third largest integrated energy company in the United States and the second largest refiner in the United States. The company is known worldwide for its technological expertise in deepwater exploration and production, reservoir management and exploitation, 3-D seismic technology, high-grade petroleum coke upgrading and sulfur removal. ConocoPhillips operates in more than 40 countries and has approximately 35,600 employees.
Dell is the world's leading computer company. We design, build and
customize products and services to satisfy a range of customer
requirements. From the server, storage and professional services needs
of the largest global corporations, to those of consumers at home. We do
business directly with customers, one at a time. Dell Inc. listens to customers
and delivers innovative technology and
services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business
model, Dell sells more systems globally than any computer company,
placing it No. 25 on the Fortune 500. Dell's climb to market leadership
is the result of a persistent focus on delivering the best possible
customer experience by directly selling standards-based computing
products and services.
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and
videos, and learn more about the people they meet. www.facebook.com
Fortigo offers logistics cost management solutions by automating
manual processes, making optimal decisions and providing closed-loop auditing
to every group of the value chain that is touched by logistics. All products
are based on a web native, carrier neutral platform that makes them accessible
via a web browser. Each product can function either independently or in concert
with other Fortigo modules.
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's
targeted advertising program, which is the largest and fastest growing in the
industry, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing
the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley
with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
HBK Investments L.P. is an alternative investment firm employing over 300 individuals in offices around the world. Headquartered in Dallas, the firm also maintains offices in New York, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. HBK commenced operations in October 1991 with the launch of HBK Fund L.P. Today, HBK manages over US $10 billion in equity capital, ranking it as one of the largest hedge fund managers in the world. HBK strives to provide superior risk-adjusted rates of return with relatively low volatility and with relatively low correlation to most major market indices. Our funds follow a "multi-strategy" approach that is often described by our clients as either "arbitrage," "market neutral" or "absolute return."
Work with us! Hedge funds make up the fastest growing segment of the financial services industry,
with over $1 trillion in assets under management. HBK is aggressively pursuing
new investment opportunities around the world, and is seeking world-class individuals
to join our technology, trading, analysis, and financial teams. Candidates come
from a wide range of educational backgrounds, including computer science, mathematics,
economics, accounting, and finance. HBK is always looking for outstanding individuals,
whether they are recent college graduates or experienced professionals.
Invodo is an Austin based Web 2.0 company developing online and mobile video communities around its clients' products, services and brands. Our fast paced competitive environment encourages employees to test their intellectual and creative limits within a technological framework poised to cause a fundamental shift in the way that companies and their customers communicate.
Based in Round Rock, Texas, Knowledgeable and Innovative Technical Solutions builds fully integrated software solutions that empower military and public safety commanders to fully leverage their available resources. We assist in designing command and control (C2) architectures that enable reliable information exchange across an enterprise of disparate systems, be it an Army Brigade Combat Team or a domestic emergency response. KITS approach is driven by the concept of a rapid systems initialization process, a concept derived from our experience supporting enterprise level military Systems of Systems (SoS) interoperability efforts. We are a small, dynamic and fast growing company. Starting in 2003, we have grown to a team of over 40 engineers. Our competitive advantage is our people, and we hire innovative minds to ensure our continued growth and success.
Kodosky Foundation
NI Fellow Jeff Kodosky cofounded National Instruments with Dr. James Truchard and William Nowlin in 1976 while working at The University of Texas at Austin. Today he is a respected mentor in the NI global R&D organization and continues to chart new directions for National Instruments flagship product, LabVIEW graphical development software. Kodosky, revered by engineers and scientists around the world as the "father of LabVIEW" invented the graphical programming language that defines the software, spurring the development and widespread adoption of virtual instrumentation and making instrument automation available to all engineers.
Lockheed Martin is a premier systems integration company of 132,500 employees of whom 55,000 are scientists and engineers. Of those, 30,000 are software and systems engineers. Sales are $31.8 Billion and the company has a backlog of $76.9 Billion. Lockheed Martin business areas range from aeronautics to space as well as information and technical services and electronic systems.
Microsoft is on the forefront of technology because of the people who work here. Creative and passionate people who love what they do. From operating systems, to applications, to games, to internet technologies, we're ushering in the next generation of computing. By creating and supporting software that furthers understanding, lightens workloads and increases communication, we're changing the way people work, live and play.
National Instruments is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation - a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers
and scientists approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers
costs through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition,
instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,200 employees and direct operations in 40 countries. In 2003, the
company sold products to more than 25,000 companies in 90 countries. For the past five years, FORTUNE magazine named NI one of the 100 best companies to work
for in America.
NetIQ, an Attachmate business, is a leading provider of comprehensive systems and security
management solutions that help enterprises maximize
IT service delivery and efficiency. With more than 12,000 customers
worldwide, NetIQ solutions yield measurable business value and results
that dynamic organizations demand. NetIQ's best-of-breed solutions help
IT organizations deliver critical business services, mitigate
operational risk, and document policy compliance. The company's
portfolio of award-winning management solutions includes Performance
Management, Security Management, Configuration Management and Change
Control.
NetQoS is a provider of network performance management products and services, giving Global 2000 organizations the information needed to improve the delivery of applications across the network infrastructure. NetQoS software and services helps some of the world's largest organizations - including 8 of the Fortune 12 - improve the delivery of applications over wide area networks by enabling them to monitor
application service levels, troubleshoot problems quickly, and plan for change. NetQoS is positioned for
long-term success as a fast-growing, profitable company with an established base of blue-chip customers.
Obsidian Software provides semiconductor verification tools. RAVEN® is used
by the world's most advanced processor verification teams to test their
cores. The tool generates random instruction sequences under user control. Normally,
a verification engineer must write one or more directed tests for each function
to verify. For a complex processor, this may mean writing millions of tests.
With RAVEN, a user writes a few hundred test templates, and then allows the tool
to generate the millions of tests required.
Overwatch Systems is a world-class provider of multi-source intelligence
framework solutions in the areas of C4ISR. Dedicated to the analysis,
design, development, and support of complex software systems, Overwatch
offers a software product line of intelligence applications and
components which enhances scalability, versatility, usability, and
performance associated with its bundled packages. Overwatch has five key areas:
Intelligence collection and analysis tools; automated multi-source analysis tools;
National-to-tactical interoperability/collaboration tools; Network centric system
capabilities; and Satellite Communication capabilities. Overwatch
Systems is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron Inc.
RGM Advisors, LLC is an Austin-based investment management firm that applies scientific methods and computing power to trading in multiple asset classes around the world. RGM manages fully automated, high frequency algorithmic trading systems with a team of approximately fifty professionals, including software developers, information technologists and scientists with backgrounds in computer science, physics, chemistry, statistics and ecology. We value building an organization centered on excellence, respect and integrity. We're actively looking for people with a genuine enthusiasm for problem-solving. Please visit our web site at
www.rgmadvisors.com to view upcoming events and learn more about our exciting career opportunities.
Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) is the leading oilfield services company
supplying technology, project management and information solutions that
optimize performance for customers working in the international oil and gas
industry. We are committed to excellence in technical innovation, teamwork and
creating value for our customers, our shareholders and our employees. At the
well site, in our global connectivity centers and in our R&E facilities, we
are working to optimize customer performance in a safe and environmentally
sound manner. Schlumberger is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about careers in Schlumberger,
visit www.slb.com/careers.
Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is one of the largest independent, non-profit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States. SwRI provides contract research and development services to both commercial and government clients. SwRI’s 3,200 employees occupy more than two million square feet of office and laboratory space on more than 1,200 acres in San Antonio, only a short drive from Austin. SwRI provides an environment which fosters an almost entrepreneurial-like pursuit of technical and scientific interests among its R&D staff. During 2007, SwRI provided $6 million to fund innovative research through its internal R&D program. SwRI’s Automation and Data Systems Division performs research and develops systems in multiple domains such as real-time embedded systems, intelligent vehicles, enterprise IT systems, and network and systems security. Visit our website at www.swri.org.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision - The Network is The Computer - has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software, and services that
make the Network. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) strives to protect the states
human and natural resources consistent with sustainable economic development. Our goal
is clean air, clean water, and the safe management of waste. With almost 3,000 employees
in sixteen regions throughout Texas, TCEQ actively promotes workplace diversity. We hire
recent college graduates and experienced professionals with a degree or background in natural
and physical science, engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and business.
Our information technology employees perform work in Project Management, Server Administration,
Desktop Support, Software Development, Business Analysis, Configuration Management, Oracle
Database Administration, and Network Administration. To learn more about employment opportunities
and internships at TCEQ, visit our website at www.tceq.state.tx.us/admin/employ
At Valero, we're really energized about the future. We are the largest
refiner in North America and one of the premier marketing companies with
an approximately 3.3-million-barrel-a-day refining system, a more than
5,800 retail and wholesale store network and a mid-stream logistics
system that supports Valero's refining and marketing operations. With
approximately 22,000 employees, we strive to gain and retain the
sharpest and brightest. Check out our opportunities at
www.valerointernships.com
and come be a part of the team! Our energy
can take your career far!
Vertive is a leading performance marketing company that builds lead generation and comparison shopping Websites to promote consumer products and services. We are based in Austin and are currently working on a next-generation personal shopping Website that will be launched in the summer of 2008. All of Vertive's Websites and advertising campaigns are powered by Vertive’s patent pending technology. Our Websites are standards compliant XHTML generated by our proprietary PHP framework. Our reporting system is based on .Net 2.0 and SQL Server 2005. Vertive is actively hiring in all areas of the company and has a number of full and part-time positions in Austin for CS and other students and grads.