EMBEDDED SYSTEM ENGINEERING SURVEY DATA: EMBEDDED SYSTEM ENGINEER TYPE 2009 SERVICE YEAR

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1 Table of Contents & List of Exhibits EMBEDDED SYSTEM ENGINEERING SURVEY DATA: EMBEDDED SYSTEM ENGINEER TYPE 2009 SERVICE YEAR Embedded Software and Tools Practice Steve Balacco, Director Chris Rommel, Analyst Cyril Bernard, Account Executive VDC Research Group, Inc. 679 Worcester Road, Suite 2 Natick, MA USA

2 About This Document This document presents the Table of Contents and List of Exhibits from: Embedded System Engineering Survey Data, Embedded System Engineer Type part of VDC Research Group s Embedded Software and Tools Service. The full report is specifically designed to serve as a valuable decision support tool for any company operating in, or targeting the, Embedded Software and Tools market. Our market intelligence helps senior executives and their teams define and respond to critical strategic and tactical questions. About VDC Research Group VDC Research Group (VDC) is a technology market research and strategy consulting firm that advises clients in a number of technology markets including: Automatic Identification and Data Collection, Embedded Hardware and Systems, Embedded Software and Tools, Industrial Automation and Control and Mobile and Wireless. Using rigorous primary research and analysis techniques, the firm helps its clients identify, plan for and capitalize on current and emerging market opportunities. We strive to deliver exceptional value to our clients by leveraging the considerable technical, operational, educational and professional experience of our research and consulting staff. During our nearly four decades of ongoing operation, we have had the pleasure of serving most of the world s leading technology companies, many high-profile start-ups and numerous blue-chip early and later stage investors. Our products and services consist of research reports, annual research programs and custom research and consulting services. Founded in 1971, the firm is located in the Boston area. Please visit our Web site at to learn more. For more information about this research product, please contact: Steve Balacco, Director, x124, sbalacco@vdcresearch.com Chris Rommel, Analyst, x123, crommel@vdcresearch.com Cyril Bernard, Account Executive, x142, cbernard@vdcresearch.com VDC Research Group, Inc. 679 Worcester Road, Suite 2 Natick, MA U.S.A. Page 1 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009

3 Table of Contents Report Summary Slide 2 About this research Scope and Methodology Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Scope of VDC s Research Scope Methodology Definitions Slide 8 Slide 9, 10 & 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 & 15 Embedded System/Device Embedded Engineering Types Software Regions Vertical Markets / Industries Market Overview Slide 17 Embedded system engineer primary project role Type of Product Slide 19 & 20 Type of product under development by primary role at company Project Tasks Slide 21 & 22 Tasks personally involved on the current project Percent of Respondents' Time Spent in Different Tasks Slide 23 & 24 Where time spent over the course of the current project Tool Types Used in Project Slide 25 & 26 Types of tools used for current development project Demographics on Age Slide 27 & 28 Age of respondents by primary company role Page 2 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009

4 Demographics on Experience Slide 29 & 30 Experience designing embedded systems by primary company role Number of Projects Currently Working On Slide 31& 32 Number of projects which respondents currently working (that require 5% or more of their work time) Demographics Years at Current Company Slide 33 & 34 Number of years working at current company Work Environment Slide 35 & 36 Percent of time spent in different work environments Demographics Annual Salary Slide 37 & 38 Salary by primary company role List of Exhibits Embedded System Engineer Type Exhibit 1: Survey Respondents Segmented by Country in which Currently Working Exhibit 2: Survey Respondents Segmented by Geographic Sub-Region Exhibit 3: Survey Respondents Segmented by Geographic Region Exhibit 4: Types of Company/organization for which Respondents Work Exhibit 5: Survey Respondents Segmented by Primary Role within Company Exhibit 6: Number and Types of Embedded System Engineers at Respondents' Companies (Mean of Respondents) Exhibit 7: Number of Different Embedded Engineering Projects Started by Respondents' Companies in 2008 Exhibit 8: Survey Respondents' Best Estimate of the Fully-Loaded Labor Cost (including salary, benefits, overhead, etc.) for a Typical Engineer Involved in the Engineering of Embedded Products at the Same Location Exhibit 9: Number of Different Embedded Engineering Products Shipped by Respondents' Companies in 2008 Exhibit 10: Which of the following best describes the type of product your project team is developing? Exhibit 11: Survey Respondents Segmented by the Target Industry/application of their Current Project Exhibit 12: Survey Respondents Segmented by Automotive/transportation Exhibit 13: Survey Respondents Segmented by Consumer Electronics Exhibit 14: Survey Respondents Segmented by Industrial Automation Exhibit 15: Survey Respondents Segmented by Medical Devices Exhibit 16: Survey Respondents Segmented by Military/aerospace Page 3 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009

5 Exhibit 17: Exhibit 18: Exhibit 19: Exhibit 20: Exhibit 21: Exhibit 22: Exhibit 23: Exhibit 24: Exhibit 25: Exhibit 27: Exhibit 28: Exhibit 29: Exhibit 30: Exhibit 31: Exhibit 33: Exhibit 34: Exhibit 35: Survey Respondents Segmented by Mobile phone Survey Respondents Segmented by Office/business automation Survey Respondents Segmented by Retail Automation Survey Respondents Segmented by Telecom/datacom Estimate of the Number of Units that will Ship per Year Once the Current Product has been Designed Estimate of the Approximate per Unit Production Cost of the Current Embedded Product Respondents are Developing Costs of Components as Percentages of the Per Unit Production Cost Estimate of the Number and Types of Full-time Engineers that are Working on Respondents' Current Projects (Mean of Respondents) Estimate of the Total Project Length in Calendar Months (Actual Time from Initial Specification to Shipment) Approximate Number of Months after the Start of the Project that the Following Design Tasks Were Started and Completed System Architecture Specification/engineering (Mean of Respondents) Hardware Engineering (Mean of Respondents) Software Engineering (Mean of Respondents) System Integration/test/verification (Mean of Respondents) Adherence to Schedule for Current project (or Best Estimate Upon Completion) Estimate of the Additional Cost of Being Behind Schedule Estimate of the Cost Savings (or value) of Being Ahead of Schedule Engineering Tasks Outsourced to External Companies Percent of Engineering Task Effort being Outsourced to External Companies when Outsourcing of that Task Takes Place Primary Geographic Sub-Region to which Engineering Tasks are being Outsourced to External Companies when Outsourcing of that Task Takes Place Project Management Planning Requirements Management/specification System Architecture Engineering Algorithm Engineering Software Application/middleware Development/test Operating System Development/test Firmware Development/test IC/SoC Design Verification Board Level Engineering/test Mechanical Engineering Prototype Development System Integration/test/verification Expected Change in the Amount of Outsourcing for a Typical Project at Respondents' Companies Percent of Respondents Who Work in the Same Country as the Majority of Engineers Working on the Current Project If No - Country in Which the Majority of Current Project Team is Located Page 4 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009

6 Exhibit 36: Exhibit 37: Exhibit 39: Exhibit 40: Exhibit 41: Exhibit 42: Exhibit 43: Exhibit 44: Exhibit 45: Exhibit 46: Exhibit 47: Exhibit 48: Exhibit 49: Exhibit 50: Exhibit 51: Exhibit 52: Exhibit 53: Exhibit 54: Exhibit 55: Exhibit 56: Exhibit 57: Exhibit 58: Exhibit 59: Exhibit 60: Project Tasks in which Respondents are Personally Involved on the Current Project Percent of Respondents' Time Spent in Different Tasks over the Course of the Current Project (Mean of Respondents) Percent of Respondents' time within each Engineering Task Spent in Design/development Efforts Versus Test/verification Efforts System Architecture Engineering - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Algorithm Engineering - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Software Application/middleware Development/test - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Operating System Development/test - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Firmware Development/test - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort IC/SoC Development/test - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Board Level Engineering/test - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Mechanical Engineering - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Prototype Development - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Systems Integration/Test/Verification - Ratio of Design to Testing Effort Processing Unit(s) Used on Current Designs Processing Unit(s) Expected to be Used in Two Years Processing Architecture Used on the Current Project Processing Architecture Expected to be Used in Two Years Total Number of ICs/processors (on separate silicon) Used in the Current Project Total Number of Cores (across all ICs/processors) Used in the Current Project Multiprocessing Methodology Employed for Current Project Multiprocessing Architecture Used in the Current Project Instruction Set Architecture(s) Used within the Embedded System/device Currently Being Designed Semiconductor Supplier(s) Providing the Processors Used within the Embedded System/device Currently Being Designed Processor family(ies) of Processor(s) Used within the Embedded System/device Currently being Designed Operating System(s) Used on the Target Embedded System on the Previous Project Operating System(s) Used on the Target Embedded System on the Current Project Operating System(s) Expected to be Used on the Target Embedded System on the Next Project Importance of Embedded Operating System Characteristics during Selection for Current Project (Mean of Respondents, 1= Not at all important, 5 = Very important) Software Elements/applications Required by Current Device/system Publically Obtained Open Source Operating System(s) Used on Target Device for Current Project Commercially Licensed Operating Systems Used on Target Device for Current Project Commercially Obtained Open Source Operating System(s) Used on Target Device for Current Project Approximate Cost Budgeted for All of the Tools Respondents are Using on the Current Project Expected Change in Respondents' Tool Budgets Percent Change in Respondents' Tool Budgets Page 5 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009

7 Exhibit 61: Exhibit 62: Exhibit 63: Exhibit 64: Exhibit 65: Exhibit 66: Exhibit 67: Exhibit 68: Exhibit 69: Exhibit 70: Exhibit 71: Exhibit 72: Exhibit 73: Exhibit 74: Exhibit 75: Exhibit 76: Exhibit 77: Exhibit 78: Exhibit 79: Exhibit 80: Exhibit 81: Exhibit 82: Exhibit 83: Exhibit 84: Exhibit 85: Exhibit 86: Exhibit 87: Exhibit 88: Exhibit 89: Exhibit 90: Exhibit 91: Exhibit 92: Exhibit 93: Exhibit 94: Exhibit 95: Exhibit 96: Types of Tool(s) Used for Current Project Types of Lifecycle Management Tool(s) Used for Current Project Types of EDA/ESL Tool(s) Used for Current Project Build Tool(s) Used for Current Project Virtual System Prototyping/Simulation Tool(s) Used for Current Project Completion of Virtual Platform for Current Project with VSPS Tool at Time of Survey if VSPS Tools are Used Number of Calendar Months Need to Build Virtual Platform Number of Full Time Engineers Needed to Build Virtual Platform over Calendar Period Cited Number of Calendar Months Expected to be Needed to Build Virtual Platform if Not Completed at Time of Survey Number of Full Time Engineers Expected to be Needed to Build Virtual Platform over Calendar Period Cited Number of Calendar Months Prior to IC/SoC Availability that the Virtual Platform was (or will be) Available Static Analysis Tool(s) Used for Current Project Dynamic Testing Tool(s) Used for Current Project Model-based Testing Tool(s) Used for Current Project Standard-based (UML, SysML, SDL) Software/system Modeling Tool(s) Used for Current Project Proprietary Language-based Software/system Modeling Tool(s) Used for Current Project Dynamic GUI/HMI Design Tool(s) Used for Current Project ESL Synthesis Tool(s) Used for Current Project Project Management Tool(s) Used for Current Project Requirements Management Tool(s) Used for Current Project Source/change/configuration Management Tool(s) Used for Current Project Bug/issue Tracking Tool(s) Used for Current Project Build/production Management Tool(s) Used for Current Project IP licensing/compliance/component Management Tool(s) Used for Current Project Number of Commercial/third Party Lines of Software Code in Final Design for Current Project Number of In-house Developed Lines of Software Code in Final Design for Current Project Source of In-house Developed Software Code for Current Project (Mean of Respondents) Expected Change in the Total Lines of Software Code for the Next Project Expected Percent Increase (or Decrease) in the Total Lines of Software Code for the Next Project Language(s) Used to Develop Software for Current Project Language(s) Used to Create Test Scripts and Test Benches for Software Testing for Current Project Language(s) Used to Design Algorithms for Current Project Implementation of Algorithms Designed for Current Project Description of Algorithm Creation and Implementation Workflow for Current Project Language(s) Used to Describe IC/SoC Designs for Current Project Language(s) Used to Write IC/SoC Test Benches and Assertions for the Current Project Page 6 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009

8 Exhibit 97: Exhibit 98: Exhibit 99: Exhibit 100: Exhibit 101: Exhibit 102: Exhibit 103: Exhibit 104: Exhibit 105: Age of Respondents Number of Years Experience Designing Embedded Systems Number of Projects on which Respondents are Currently Working (that Require 5% or more of their Work Time) Number of Years Working at Current Company Description of the Health of the Current Engineering Job Market in the Country of Respondent Cost Reduction Measures Conducted by Respondent's Company over the Past 6 Months Expected Cost Reduction Measures by Respondent's Company over the Next 6 Months Percent of Time Spent in Different Work Environments (Mean of Respondents) Annual Salary of Survey Respondents Page 7 of 7 VDC Research Group, Inc. Copyright 2009