MathWorks, a developer of mathematical computing software for engineers and scientists, is to establish a shared sales and services centre in Galway.
The company’s long-term investment in Galway includes plans to fill 50 positions in its new location, more than 20 of which are being recruited at the moment.
MathWorks was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts. The company’s flagship products, Matlab and Simulink, are used throughout the automotive, aerospace, communications, electronics, and industrial automation industries as fundamental tools for research and development. They are also used for modeling and simulation in increasingly technical fields, such as financial services and computational biology.
More than 5,000 colleges and universities around the world use Matlab and Simulink for teaching and research in a range of technical disciplines. The company employs more than 3,500 people around the world.
The new centre in Galway will support the company’s EMEA markets and will employ staff in sales & services support, inside sales, channel development & support, and finance & administration.
Welcoming the announcement, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor said: “Today’s announcement that MathWorks is setting up their EMEA centre creating jobs in Galway is great news. We are all aware that specialist software is a huge growth area and the generator of quality jobs. This initiative builds on our success in developing a thriving software sector in Ireland over recent years following our ongoing investment in developing appropriate skills.”
Richard Haxby, managing director, MathWorks Galway, said: “We selected Ireland because it has built a core competency in shared sales and services centre operations. Additionally, Galway has access to a diverse multi-lingual workforce, and it has a university system that attracts talent from all over Europe.”
IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan said: “This announcement by MathWorks that it is making a significant investment in Ireland to support future growth across EMEA in a key regional location is excellent news. It adds to IDA’s significant cluster of technology companies in Galway, reinforcing the area’s reputation as an ideal location for such business. I wish the MathWorks team every success here.”
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