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ENGINEERING GRADUATES Page 10 • The Battalion H Upg , / . x ‘ | | Friday • April 21,1 JSIDE Find Out What Motorola In ^‘ ^^ Has To Offer By Attending Our Engineering Student Career Fair Some Of The Best Job Offers Haven't Been Offered—Yet! Sunday, April goth, Moon to 5 pm Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott £440 Freeport Parkway in Irving If you haven’t considered what Motorola in Fort Worth has to offer, it’s not too late! Motorola has a reputation for cutting-edge technology. So the engineering challenges you want are here. In terms of a great place to live and work, Fort Worth is Texas at its best, and Motorola’s new Fort Worth facility is state-of-the-art. Find out more by attending our Engineering Student Career Fair on Sunday, April 30th, from noon to 5pm at the D/FW Airport Marriott in Irving. Hiring Managers from Motorola’s Paging Products Group will be there to tell you how you can engineer the next generation of paging products and infrastructure in Fort Worth. Motorola is a world leader in paging. And, right now, we’re hiring individuals with world-class talent who want to make an impact in this exciting technology: Software Engineers • Micro controllers • Imbedded real-time • C and Assembly language • Digital Signal Processing • Computer Science • Systems Engineers Hardware and Mechanical Engineers • RF design • Digital Hardware • Display housings and PCMCIA cards • Switches Paging is a high-growth industry expected to be serving over 150 million customers by the year 2000. With breakthroughs in high speed signaling systems and two-way paging, Motorola is taking paging technology into the next century and beyond. Find out how you can be part of the excitement at the Engineering Student Career Fair. If unable to attend, send your resume to: Motorola Paging Products Group, College Relations Manager, 5555 N. Beach St., Fort Worth, TX 76137. 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