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Virtual Instruments Opens R&D Centre in London’s Tech City
October 2012 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Virtual Instruments announced it is opening a research and development centre in London’s Tech City. Building on the company’s strong European presence, the centre will serve as Virtual Instruments’ EMEA Engineering Headquarters, with the team focusing on end-to-end product development and working with customers across the region.
Initially, Virtual Instruments will be recruiting for software engineers and software QA engineers. Over time, that will be expanded to add support, management and hardware engineering roles to the team.
After considering a number of locations around the world, Virtual Instruments chose London’s Tech City because of its strong engineering talent base, proximity to world class universities with top computer science and engineering programs and an engineering culture driven by innovation. The Virtual Instruments office is at 81 Rivington Street, right in the heart of Tech City.
Virtual Instruments partnered with the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO) and London & Partners on its search for a location in London. These organisations provided information on the business and talent landscape in the United Kingdom, introduced Virtual Instruments to similar companies in the area and arranged for the company to meet with and explore research activities in local universities.
As Virtual Instruments focuses on expanding its VirtualWisdom platform to support additional technologies and virtual environments, the company will look to the local engineering team to own end-to-end development for a set of products that will be wholly developed out of the London office. Team members will also work closely with Virtual Instruments’ EMEA customers to define the next generation of products.
