Integrated systems' tm PRE-RECRUITING November 12th from 7:00 to 9:00pm at the College Station Hilton in the Mockingbird Room ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS November 13th & 14th 8:30am to 12pm & 1:00pm to 5:00pm each day HARDWARE DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES The Hardware Engineering Group at Inter-Tel is responsible for designing ad testing Inter- Tel’s line of communication systems. The hardware design group offers the opportunity to learn and use a wide variety of disciplines including digital, DSP, UP, and analog design skills. Inter-Tel’s Hardware Engineering Group will provide you with a chance to be creative, learn new skills and develop state-of-the-art circuits for our advanced communications systems., Inter-Tel Firmware Opportunities Inter-Tel is also looking for software engineers for its System Software group. The group focuses on embedded Operating Systems and the design and development of real-time soft ware. Platforms range from 8-bit microcontrollers like the Intel 8051 through Motorola’s 680x0 family and into the realm of DSPs. Software languages range from assembly to C++, depending on the application. You’ll he asked to write things like interrupt service routines, hardware-specific interface modules, and memory management functions. General DSP- based telephony applications ranging from simple conferencing, through DTMF receivers, to complex voice encoding and compression also fall under the scope of the system software group. The ability to read hardware schematics will help as part of your responsibilities will include working with our hardware department all the way from the design phase through production, with most of the time spent on systems design issues dealing with performance and real-time requirements. Inter-Tel Software Opportunities Inter-Tel’s Software Design Group offers many exciting opportunities to develop products that are at the forefront of the telephony communications market. For 26 years Inter-Tel has set the standard in full featured, productivity enhancing, business communications tools and is today looked to as an industry leader in the PC based PBX market. This technology cre ates a need for skilled software engineers who excel in C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic and Windows programming. Qualified individuals will enjoy a fast paced career working on a variety of applications such as CTI (Computer Telephony Integration), voice processing and Voice over IP. A 1 N The Battalion AT JhASE Thursday • November 13, Sk By Quatro Ewe Hall By JED 1 U/0M!>£R WVUa VWtfYEHUS TO (q-OOZlUA? BSMEs , ^que futim looks orignt. 1 don't knou) Bo-r Hts DETEAT \'u_ we's mm SUMMfcD. / WELCOME EVERHOtie To" MOMSTEKS NM0MMMpUS."We HPN6 ft lieu MeMgefc. (fODZlU-A Continued from Page 1 Dr. Gary Briers, professor an assistant head of the Departmei of Agricultural Education, saidil convention is a leadership trail ing opportunity that has duced many leaders at A&M. “Eleven of the past stude body presidents have come out the College of Agriculture and! Sciences and most of those havf strong background in the FFA,i eluding the present presidec Curtis Childers,” Briers said. Briers said Texas A&M has booth at the national convention career show. “The convention gives stii dents interaction with folks a over the nation involved agribusiness and ag industryal around the world,” he said. “Itis real networking opportunity will peers and potential employers. Funds Simel & Lewis Sales Engineers Group Presentation Tuesday, November INrh J. Earl Rudder Conference Center, Room 507 7:00 pm On Campus Interviews Place: Career Center Date: Wednesday, November I 9th To schedule an interview, sign up at the Career Center or on the Web. Continued from Page 1 Of the funds utilized by tk J ' er ^ University, 65 percent went to Ie program support, 29 percent tc scholarships, 4 percent to chairs aiu l and professorships and 2 percent 3Ie( to institutional development Rose Ann Thomas, manageroj communications of the Foundation, said program sup- 11 port is all financial support that (a does not go to one specific stu-iM dent or faculty member, including J1,K3 funds used for facility improve- ^ ments at the Evans Library ani ' K j the A&M Visitor’s Center. pH Stropp said the foundations®™ goal is to reach $1 billion dollar^ in assets by 2010. “I think $1 billion is achievabli by the year 2010, but I think can make it before then.” TheToirington Company is the nations largest broad-line bearing manufacturer, and the largest division of Ingersoll-Rand. 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