National Instruments Corporation

National Instruments (NI) transforms the way engineers and scientists around the world design, prototype, and deploy systems for test, control, and embedded design applications. Using NI open graphical programming software and modular hardware, customers at more than 30,000 companies annually simplify development, increase productivity, and dramatically reduce time to market. From testing next-generation gaming systems to creating breakthrough medical devices, NI customers continuously develop innovative technologies that impact millions of people.

NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide, with its largest customer representing approximately 4 percent of revenue in 2010 and no one industry representing more than 15 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has approximately 7,140 employees and direct operations in more than 50 countries.

Since the company’s inception more than 30 years ago, National Instruments has grown from a three-man operation based out of the founders’ homes to a multinational corporation with more than 7,140 employees. As the company continues to grow, the entrepreneurial spirit that led to the creation and early success of NI remains entrenched in the company. NI maintain a fun and innovative corporate culture by recruiting the best and the brightest employees and motivating them in a work hard, play hard environment. NI's unique culture has not gone unrecognized; NI has been named a top 100 company to work for in America by FORTUNE magazine for 14 consecutive years.

Great management and historical growth has made NI a stable workplace that offers many attractive characteristics and benefits.

About National Instruments ASEAN

National Instruments ASEAN opened its doors in Singapore in 1994. Led by Southeast Asia Managing Director, Chandran Nair, NI ASEAN also has direct field offices in Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam. NI ASEAN is one of six regional operations in Asia Pacific, along with China, Japan, Korea, India and Oceania. NI's consistent growth and rapid expansion in Southeast Asia is testament to the success they have enjoyed in the adoption of Graphical System Design platform across diverse industries in ASEAN.

From daily tasks to grand challenges, NI helps customers in virtually every industry overcome complexity to exceed even their own expectation through:

• Flexible off-the-shelf solutions that can be tailored to multiple application needs now and in the future
• A differentiated approach to increase productivity and decrease time to market through integrated software and hardware
• Powerful, intuitive platforms that integrate advancements in commercial technology to help customers adapt to changing needs
• A community of users, partners, tools, and IP that ensures success by letting engineers focus on driving rapid innovation

National Instruments employs highly qualified and competent people, so employees can expect a stimulating and challenging work with talented colleagues. National Instruments has built up a group of creative people with entrepreneurial spirit and teamwork, and NI are continuing to grow in the same spirit. National Instruments employees are proud of the company and believes in the company's innovative products. The employees are allowed to develop in a stimulating environment of trust and sincerity.

Benefits and Development

NI hire talented people with strong integrity and work ethics; and then manage them using a few fairly simple guidelines that help them make good decisions. In addition to providing a great work environment, NI offer employees an attractive and competitive compensation and benefits plan that features many different components. NI seek employees who want to develop their careers at a good company over the long term; therefore, NI invest in training and development opportunities to keep employees challenged.

Great Work Environment

Employees, supervisors, and managers truly appreciate a unique aspect of the NI award-winning work environment: using a simple set of guidelines, rather than a lengthy bureaucratic policy manual, to foster good decisions and resolve conflict.

Employee Benefits

NI offer a multifaceted compensation and benefits package to eligible employees that includes an outstanding medical plan; an on-site medical center staffed by a physician and nurse; dental and vision plans; company-matched 401k retirement; profit sharing; employee stock plans; 10 paid holidays; tuition reimbursement; vacation and sick days; an on-site fitness center; and a wellness program.

Career Development

NI strive to keep employees challenged and fulfilled in their careers. In each major business function, company have a dedicated training professional. They work with supervisors and employees to drive development opportunities and thus career growth and satisfaction.

People and Culture

The greatest and most sustainable long-term competitive advantage for NI is its employees, who directly influence the company culture and the company’s continued success. As NI continues its steady growth and global expansion, the company ensures that its “people advantage” strategy is preserved, lending success to the company’s other key stakeholders: customers, shareholders, and partners. With this strategy, NI meticulously hires the best and brightest employees, nurtures a great work environment with career development opportunities and purposeful work, and maintains a culture of giving through relevant and impactful employee and company philanthropy programs.

Hire and Retain the Best and Brightest

Staying true to its people advantage strategy, NI hires top talent from leading universities and retains employees through meaningful work, a friendly environment, and a variety of developmental programs, which foster an impactful culture of growth. NI hires not only for aptitude and potential but also for the ability to take initiative and work collaboratively—fundamental components of the NI culture. NI encourages employees to challenge each other by providing an open work environment that supports idea generation and innovation. NI employees get satisfaction from knowing the work they do empowers customers to improve the world.

Create a Great Place to Work

NI strives to create a great place to work for its employees worldwide. NI’s vision-driven work environment promotes meeting the world’s grand challenges for engineering through purposeful, innovative work and community involvement. For the fourth consecutive year, NI achieved a top 20 ranking on the Great Place to Work Institute’s list of the World’s Best Multinational Workplaces. NI has consistently achieved these recognitions on a global scale, attesting to the importance NI places on maintaining a collaborative corporate culture.

Maintain a Culture of Giving

NI and its employees are passionate about ensuring the success of the communities in which they work and live. At headquarters, and the nearly 50 NI branch offices around the world, the company works to improve the education and well-being of its communities through employee philanthropy and volunteerism. Because NI is a technology leader, the cornerstone of its community engagement program focuses on growing the number of students and teachers who have access to engaging, hands-on learning tools. Ultimately, NI aims to inspire and empower students to pursue science and engineering careers.