The State of Hardware 2025: 1,000 Engineers on Trends, Challenges, and Toolset

Hardware teams are under more pressure than ever to build products faster. In this session, Valentina Ratner, Co-founder and CEO of AllSpice, shares insights from a survey of more than 1,000 hardware engineers across industries. Drawing from perspectives spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, medical devices, transportation, and manufacturing, the presentation explores the biggest challenges facing hardware teams and the trends shaping the future of product development. You'll learn: • What hardware teams identify as their biggest challenges today • Why development timelines continue to shrink across industries • How engineering tools and workflows are evolving • Where AI is beginning to impact hardware development • What leading teams are doing to improve collaboration and productivity • Key trends shaping the future of hardware engineering Speaker: Valentina Ratner (Co-founder & CEO, AllSpice) #Hardware #Engineering #ProductDevelopment #Manufacturing #AI #Electronics #NPI #HardwareEngineering