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Altair Engineering is an MNC that is involved in dealing with designing and developing software and cloud computing software. It is headquartered near Troy, Michigan and has regional offices in different locations in the USA, South America, Asia Pacific and Europe. Altair is the inventor of the HyperWorks suite of CAE software products.
Company profile
It is a leader in offering innovative decision-making technology to its clients. They aim at offering software solutions that will help its clients with optimization and analysis, management and visualization of future trends in business. The company was started by Jim Scapa, George Christ, and Mr. Mark Kistner in 1985 and over the last 25 years, it has maintained excellence in offering engineering solutions and consultation services to its clients. Before settling down at Troy, the company had its headquarters located near Detroit, Michigan. The company offers services in the areas of:
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CAE Software
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Product Design and Development Services
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Grid Computing
The three divisions of the company, namely Product Design (PD), HyperWorks CAE Software (HW), and PBS Works (PBS) are responsible for conducting all its R&D and product development and designing related tasks.
It is a privately held company with more than 1,500 employees. Jim Scapa is the founder, President and the CEO while Jim Brancheau is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Mr. Brett Chouinard the Chief Operation Officer (COO).
The company is currently catering to over 3,000 clients spread across a wide spectrum of industries such as:
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Automobile
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Aerospace
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Government and defense
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Consumer products
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Life science
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Financial services
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Energy industry
They offer technology and analytical support to their clients to help them gain an edge over their competitors. They focus on empowering their clients by helping them in optimizing the uses of their resources and visualizing their competitive advantage over others.
Products and services at Altair Engineering
The HyperWorks line of software remains the primary product line for the company. The available varieties of the software in this category are:
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HyperMesh
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HyperView
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HyperView Player
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HyperGraph
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HyperCrash
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MotionView
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HyperMath
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SimLab
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RADIOSS
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AcuSolve
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OptiStruct
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HyperStudy
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MotionSolve
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HyperShape/CATIA
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HyperForm
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HyperXtr
They further operate in the following segments:
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Engineering Simulation Software
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Product Design Services
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Software for Computing On-demand
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Enterprise Analytics Solutions
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Industrial Design and Styling Software
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Solid State Lighting Products
Career with Altair Engineering
Altair describes itself as a ‘people driven’ organization where the employees are considered as the primary driving force. They have offices across the globe where they carry out their groundbreaking researches. The company is in constant search for people with backgrounds in:
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Aerospace engineering
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Civil engineering
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Electrical engineering
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Mechanical engineering
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Communications
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Sales and Marketing
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Software development
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Software product support
Interested candidates can post their resumes on their website and search for current job openings in their chosen location.
Last Updated: 12/17/11
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