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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
$99.55K Median Salary 1.4K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 6.2% Job Growth
About This Career
Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological, agricultural, and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
Reported Job Titles
Biomedical Electronics Technician, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical Engineering Technician, Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET), Biomedical Technician, Engineer, Process Engineer, Research Engineer, Research Scientist
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Written Comprehension
Oral Comprehension
Problem Sensitivity
Mathematical Reasoning
Near Vision
Oral Expression
Originality
Written Expression
Category Flexibility
Flexibility of Closure
Information Ordering
Speech Recognition
Visualization
Fluency of Ideas
Number Facility
Speech Clarity
Perceptual Speed
Selective Attention
Far Vision
Knowledge
Engineering and Technology
Computers and Electronics
Mathematics
Design
Biology
Physics
English Language
Chemistry
Medicine and Dentistry
Mechanical
Administration and Management
Skills
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Science
Speaking
Mathematics
Monitoring
Operations Analysis
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Writing
Active Learning
Coordination
Instructing
Technology Design
Time Management
Learning Strategies
Management of Personnel Resources
Negotiation
Persuasion
Quality Control Analysis
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Programming
Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
Enterprise application integration software
Computer aided design CAD software
Development environment software
Medical software
Operating system software
Data base user interface and query software
Object or component oriented development software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Program testing software
Requirements analysis and system architecture software
Web platform development software
Project management software
Process mapping and design software
Spreadsheet software
Pattern design software
Configuration management software
Electronic mail software
Expert system software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Data base reporting software
Presentation software
Compliance software
Cloud-based management software
Charting software
Tools
Physiological recorders
Pressure indicators
Electrometers
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
pH electrodes
Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
Electronic counters
Flexure or transverse testing machines
Spectrophotometers
Fatigue testers
Scanning electron microscopes
Piezo electric crystals
Calorimeters
Spectrofluorimeters or fluorimeters
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
Dissolved oxygen meters
Viscosimeters
Rapid amplification or complementary deoxyribonucleic acid ends RACE technology products
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use
Bacteria transformation kits
Tissue culture incubators
Thickness measuring devices
Mass spectrometers
Drug delivery systems
Amplifiers
Liquid chromatographs
Tissue culture coated plates or dishes or inserts
Surface tension measuring instruments
Optical diffraction apparatus
Gas or vapour concentration measuring instruments
Refrigerated and heated reach in environmental or growth chambers
Tissue culture apparatus
Wattmeters
Endoscope maintenance units
Laboratory vacuum pumps
X ray and fluoroscopy RF radiotherapy planning simulators
Medical positron emission tomography PET units
Treadmills
Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
Plastic injection moldings
Medical single photon emission computed tomography SPECT units
Freeze dryers or lyopholizers
Pulse oximeter units
Wave generators
Medical radiation dosimeters
Blotting or transfer apparatus
Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrometers
Hardness testers
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph transducer
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
Sterilization sets
Tension testers
Transmission electron microscopes
Microbiology analyzers
Chemiluminescence or bioluminescence analyzers
Computed tomography CT or CAT radiotherapy simulators
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Electronic actuators
Sonometers
Compression testers
Titration equipment
Photosynthesis measurement apparatus
Fluorescent microscopes
Circuit tester
Dye sublimination printers
Chemical absorption gas analyzers
Spectrometers
Notebook computers
Glass injection moldings
Gas chromatographs
Benchtop centrifuges
Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cDNA synthesis kits
Gas detectors
Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
Flame ionization analyzers
Deflecting devices
Digital cameras
Injection molding machines
Pneumatic actuators
Hemacytometer sets
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
X ray diffraction equipment
Reactors or fermenters or digesters
Microscopic structure estimation apparatus
Gel documentation systems
Biometric identification equipment
Scanning probe microscopes
Oxygen sensors
Q Meters
Force or torque sensors
Tweezers
Proton spectrometers
Laser cutting machine
Fog or mist generators
Neuromuscular stimulators or kits
Organic carbon analyzers
Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
Wear testers
Phase modulation circuit
Thermocouples
Ultra pure water systems
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph probes
Magnetometers
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Electromyography EMG units
Electronic loads
Microplates
Electro pneumatic transducers
Microbiology fermentation equipment
Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
HEPA filtered enclosures
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
Microplate readers
Frequency calibrator or simulator
Air samplers or collectors
Electroencephalograph EEGs
Infrared spectrometers
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Camera based vision systems for automated data collection
Immunology or serology quality controls or calibrators or standards
Modulators
Microcontrollers
Flow injection analysis equipment
Lux or light meter
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
Tensiometers
Binocular light compound microscopes
Robot machines
Acoustic sensors
Multimeters
Dynamometers
Orbital shakers
Rheometers
Spirometers
Impact testers
Isolators
Extruders
pH meters
Milling machines
Sugar analyzers
Skinfold calipers
Ion chromatographs
Autosamplers
Strain gauges
Microplate washers
Desktop computers
Analytical balances
Pressure sensors
Personal computers
Oscilloscopes
Accelerometers
