Electronic Design 2006 Reader Profile Survey Results

Total number of respondents: 2597.

Section A: About You Professionally

Questions in this section included:

• A1. What is your principal job function?
• A2. What is your job title?
• A3. Is this the same job title you held at this time last year?
• A4. If you changed job titles within the past year, what was the primary reason for change?
• A5. Which of the following best describes your current employment status?
• A6. How many hours during the typical workweek do you spend: At your office; Working at home; Working at other locations; On call?
• A7. Which of the following best describes your current design project?
• A8. Which of the following markets are the products your company designs sold into?
• A9. Some industry data suggest that there is a growing shortage of analog engineers. Does your organization have difficulty finding qualified analog engineers?
• A10. If yes, what are some of the ways your organization is addressing the shortage?
• A11. In your opinion, what are some of the reasons why analog engineers might be getting harder to find?
• A12. How many members, including yourself, comprise your current design team: At your location; At other locations within the US; At other locations outside the US?

The responses broke down as follows:

A1. What is your principal job function? (select one)		Responses: 2398
Design & development engineering		68.9%	1652
Engineering management		12.3%	296
Executive/operating management		6.8%	162
Other		12.0%	288
A2. What is your job title?		Responses: 2385
President/owner/CXO/other executive management		9.8%	233
Vice president/VP of engineering		2.2%	53
Department head/section head		3.6%	86
Technical director/director of engineering/R&D/engineering manager		5.3%	126
Group leader/project team leader/project manager		6.5%	155
Chief engineer/senior engineer/lead engineer/principal engineer		14.0%	335
Applications/systems engineering manager		1.6%	37
Hardware/software engineering manager		2.1%	50
Manufacturing/production manager		0.6%	15
QC/evaluation/test manager		0.7%	17
Design engineer/project engineer/R&D engineer		20.1%	479
Systems engineer/applications engineer		4.9%	117
Hardware engineer/software engineer		9.4%	224
Manufacturing/production engineer		1.3%	30
Test engineer		3.2%	77
Consulting engineer/scientist		3.5%	83
MTS		0.5%	12
Other		10.7%	256
A3. Is this the same job title you held at this time last year?		Responses: 2415
Yes		86.8%	2096
No		13.2%	319
A4. If you changed job titles within the past year, what was the primary reason for change?		Responses: 559
Promotion with same employer based upon merit/training		36.3%	203
Reassignment because of layoffs or restructuring with same employer		10.4%	58
Laid off or fired from previous company		6.8%	38
Left previous company to pursue other opportunities		23.8%	133
Other		22.7%	127
A5. Which of the following best describes your current employment status?		Responses: 2412
Full time		86.7%	2091
Part time		2.6%	62
Freelance/self employed		8.0%	193
Contract worker		1.7%	40
Other		1.1%	26
A6. How many hours during the typical workweek do you spend: At your office?		Mean: 42.19	Responses: 2383
More than 60 hours		2.6%	61
56-60 hours		5.1%	121
51-55 hours		7.5%	178
46-50 hours		19.8%	472
41-45 hours		35.0%	934
36-40 hours		15.7%	374
31-35 hours		3.4%	80
26-30 hours		2.3%	55
21-25 hours		1.5%	35
16-20 hours		1.8%	42
15 or fewer hours		5.5%	131
Working at home?		Mean: 8.06	Responses: 2361
More than 60 hours		0.7%	17
56-60 hours		0.7%	16
51-55 hours		0.3%	7
46-50 hours		1.2%	28
41-45 hours		1.1%	26
36-40 hours		1.2%	28
31-35 hours		0.8%	20
26-30 hours		1.7%	41
21-25 hours		2.0%	47
16-20 hours		6.4%	151
11-15 hours		5.8%	137
6-10 hours		17.3%	409
1-5 hours		35.8%	845
None		24.9%	589
Working at other locations?		Mean: 2.25	Responses: 2201
More than 20 hours		2.5%	54
16-20 hours		2.4%	52
11-15 hours		1.6%	36
6-10 hours		7.1%	156
1-5 hours		18.5%	408
None		67.9%	1495
On call?		Mean: 1.52	Responses: 2155
More than 10 hours		8.4%	180
6-10 hours		2.5%	54
1-5 hours		16.2%	350
None		72.9%	1571
A7. Which of the following best describes your current design project? (select one)		Responses: 2399
Computer product design (supercomputers, mainframes, workstations, servers, PCs, notebooks/laptops, peripherals, boards, etc.)		4.1%	98
Communications systems and equipment (local-area/wide-area networking products, wireless, cellular, RF and microwave, Bluetooth, etc.)		12.1%	291
Industrial controls systems and equipment (including robotics)		13.5%	324
Test and measurement equipment		8.0%	193
Power design		5.7%	136
Safety/security		1.5%	36
Research & development		8.6%	206
Software design/development/programming		4.9%	117
Medical electronics products		5.9%	141
Consumer electronics products		5.5%	131
Automotive electronics products		4.0%	95
Avionics, marine, or space		4.7%	112
Military electronics products		6.5%	155
Components and subassemblies		1.8%	44
ICs and semiconductors		5.5%	132
Other		7.8%	188