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Positons Open: Systems Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.

Locations: Dallas, Texas
                  and
           Atlanta, Georgia


THIS IS A PRE-SALES SYSTEMS ENGINEERING POSITION REQUIRING EXCELLENT
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, NETWORK AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, AND VERBAL
COMMUNICATION SKILLS.


NeXT Systems Engineers provide the technical expertise necessary
to close sales, and generally evangelize the NeXT product family.
SE's must possess superb technical skills and a sense of innovation,
combined with a personality which promotes cooperation, trust, and
the sharing of ideas.  The successful candidate will have a mix of
software engineering skills, and enjoy working with people and new
technology.


Duties and Responsibilities:

- Rapid prototyping of software for feasibility analysis
- Technical presentations to all levels of customers
- Integration of NeXT computers with existing systems
- Technical account management
- Provide strategic input and guidance to sales, marketing, and
   engineering, regarding market conditions, product requirements,
   and overall program successes or failures

A typical NeXT Systems Engineer will spend one-third of their time
writing NeXTSTEP applications for customer-based prototyping or
proof-of-concept efforts, one-third consulting one-on-one with
potential and existing customers on software development and network
engineering, and one-third performing presentations and
demonstrations of NeXTSTEP.


Necessary Skills:

- Solid software engineering background
- Ability to articulate technically complex issues to a wide variety
    of audiences
- Demonstrated aptitude at working independently
- Ability to work with limited supervision in an autonomous,
    results-oriented environment
- Ability to work within a team environment
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks
- B.S.C.S or equivalent with 4 years experience required; M.S.C.S
    preferred


Relevant Experience:

- NeXTSTEP, Objective-C, Mach
- UNIX systems programming/systems administration
- Object-oriented programming
- Advanced application programming in C, LISP, and FORTRAN (or
     equivalent)
- Windowing application development (Macintosh, X11, MSWindows, etc.)
- Database application development (Sybase, Oracle, etc.)
- TCP/IP, NFS, YP/NIS
- PostScript
- Pre-sales support experience


For more information please send a cover letter, resume, and salary
history via email to ...

	southern_area_jobs@next.com 

or fax to 512.343.1221.  Responses without cover letters will not be
considered.  Please include at least one paragraph which reflects on
how your skills and experience will enable your success as a Systems
Engineer for NeXT.