... Design engineers as well as process and test engineers. Automation technicians and calculation engineers were also in greater demand in the past quarter than in the previous quarter. According to Hays, demand for project managers, hardware-related software developers and quality managers remained constant in the first quarter of 2014. Production managers were significantly less in demand than in the fourth quarter of 2013. In terms of absolute figures, design engineers are by far the most sought-after, followed by quality managers and automation engineers. Looking at the sectors in which engineers are most frequently sought, ...