Is National Instruments a good company to work for as a Hardware Engineering?

Hardware Engineering professionals working at National Instruments have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 39 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of National Instruments employees being 3.7 out of 5 stars. Search open Hardware Engineering Jobs at National Instruments now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Hardware Engineering interview questions at National Instruments .

Does National Instruments pay Hardware Engineering employees well?

Hardware Engineering professionals rate their compensation and benefits at National Instruments with 2.7 out of 5 stars based on 39 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 20% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Hardware Engineering salaries at National Instruments.

What are the top reviewed jobs at National Instruments?

Software Engineer (168) , Applications Engineer (94) , Staff Software Engineer (87) , Senior Software Engineer (69) , Technical Support Engineer (48) , Account Manager (46) , Intern (45) , Engineer (35) , Field Sales Engineer (20) , Hardware Engineer (20) , Programme Analyst (20) , Project Manager (20) , Product Marketing Manager (19) , Principal Software Engineer (18) , Software Engineer(Internship) (18)

What are the pros of working at National Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"People there are great and always willing to help or teach you how things work." ((in 308 reviews)); "good work life balance and work ethic" ((in 239 reviews)); "good food and benefit in company" ((in 133 reviews)); "Good Work Environment and enjoyable" ((in 86 reviews)); "Got to work with some great colleagues" ((in 85 reviews))

What are the cons of working at National Instruments according to real employee reviews?

"People complain about low salaries don’t understand pay reflects the market value of the company." ((in 229 reviews)); "People learn to live with it and perceive they are subsidizing culture with low pay." ((in 179 reviews)); "poor management could be detrimental to your career success" ((in 109 reviews)); "Salaries/total compensation is low and losing ground to other technology companies" ((in 56 reviews)); "Frequent layoff" ((in 43 reviews))

National Instruments Hardware Engineering reviews

3.2

26% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Alex Davern

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1% positive business outlook

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Hardware Engineering employees have rated National Instruments with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Hardware Engineering professionals have a good working experience there. National Instruments is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Hardware Engineering professionals compared to other employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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39 reviews

4.0

Feb 13, 2016

R&D - overall great place to work...but start in R&D

Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management tries to be open, honest, flexible Company is generally stable due to financial model. As with any growing company, there are pain points and opportunities Several very technical leaders Great people to work with / culture of knowledge sharing, not hiding knowledge for fear of losing job security.

Cons

Sometimes management is overly optimistic / altruistic. Career opportunities from applications engineering to R&D are still a very big pain point. Tangible benefits (e.g. salary) on low side as a consequence of aforementioned business decisions to remain stable.

3.0

Feb 5, 2016

Staff Hardware Engineer

Staff hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance. Flexible schedule. Friendly atmosphere. The mentorship is pretty good.

Cons

Consensus based decision making can take a lot of time. Leveraging old products a lot so the new product development is not very exciting.

3.0

Dec 6, 2015

Great company. Low pay

Staff hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of growth. Great potential if you're a recent grad Small company feel Opportunities to publish papers NI week is huge party but it happens in HQ

Cons

Low pay No bonuses due to bad management Layoffs have started to happen Manufacturing is now overseas which makes communication much harder

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