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Job Description
Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-2031.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 89,970.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 43.00
- Currently, there are 20,590 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Biomedical Engineers”.
Also Known As…
- Biomedical Engineers
- Research Engineer
- Professor
- Clinical Engineer
- Biomedical Technician
- Biomedical Manager
- Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET)
- Biomedical Engineering Technician
- Biomedical Engineering Director
- Biomedical Engineer
- Biomedical Electronics Technician
- Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE)
- Project Engineer
- Product Development Engineer
- Principal Engineer
- Orthopedic Designer
- Nanotechnologist
- Imaging Engineer
- Genetic Engineer
- Field Clinical Engineer
- Dialysis Engineer
- Clinical Engineering Director
- Certified Prosthetist
- Certified Orthotist
- Bioprocess Engineer
- Biomedical Service Engineer
- Biomedical Scientist
- Biomedical Imaging Center Director
- Biomedical Field Service Engineer
- Biomedical Engineering Technologist
- Biomedical Engineering Supervisor
- Biomedical Analytical Scientist
- Biomechanical Engineer
- Biomaterials Engineer
- Biochemical Engineer
- Bio-Mechanical Engineer
- Associate Professor
- Assistant Professor
Tasks for “Medical Engineer”
- Manage teams of engineers by creating schedules, tracking inventory, creating and using budgets, and overseeing contract obligations and deadlines.
- Advise and assist in the application of instrumentation in clinical environments.
- Write documents describing protocols, policies, standards for use, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment.
- Conduct training or in-services to educate clinicians and other personnel on proper use of equipment.
- Conduct preventative maintenance on equipment.
- Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment.
- Design and deliver technology to assist people with disabilities.
- Diagnose and interpret bioelectric data, using signal processing techniques.
- Install, adjust, maintain, repair, or provide technical support for biomedical equipment.
- Research new materials to be used for products, such as implanted artificial organs.
- Develop models or computer simulations of human biobehavioral systems to obtain data for measuring or controlling life processes.
- Develop new applications for energy sources, such as using nuclear power for biomedical implants.
- Analyze new medical procedures to forecast likely outcomes.
- Teach biomedical engineering or disseminate knowledge about the field through writing or consulting.
- Advise hospital administrators on the planning, acquisition, and use of medical equipment.
- Design and develop medical diagnostic and clinical instrumentation, equipment, and procedures, using the principles of engineering and biobehavioral sciences.
- Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.
- Adapt or design computer hardware or software for medical science uses.
- Keep documentation of service histories on all biomedical equipment.
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- Cardiovascular prosthetic device testers
- Anthropometers
- Pressure sensors
- Pacemaker testing devices
- Isolators
- Maskless photolithography equipment
- Basic stamp microcontrollers
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI scanners
- Activity monitoring devices
- Polymerase chain reaction PCR equipment
- Electrode pullers
- Piezoelectric ceramic transducers
- Radiation compliance testing devices
- X ray machines
- Pressure and temperature measurement devices
- Pacemaker analyzers
- Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
- Laser ablation machines
- X ray lithography equipment
- Pulsating bubble surfactometers PBS
- Spine simulators
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- Piezoelectric sensors
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- High-speed digital cameras
- Footswitch sensors
- Superconducting quantum interference devices SQUID
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- Accelerometers
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- Strain gauges
- Scanning probe microscopes SPM
- Incubator performance analyzers
- Frequency shifters
- Non-invasive blood pressure monitor analyzers
- Glass micromolds
- Optical traps
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- Flow control devices
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- Digital sonomicrometers
- Sterilization-in-place equipment
- Grass stimulators
- Bio-signal amplifiers
- Pulse oximeters
- Oscilloscopes
- Bio-sensors
- Pressure transducers
- Environmental conditions measurement devices
- Polymer scaffolds
- Electromyographs EMG
- Microvalves
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- Torsiometers
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- Fluorescence microscopes
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- Ultrasound transducers
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- Bioreactors
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- Spirometers
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- Centrifuges
- Intravenous IV pump analyzers
- Polymer matrices
- Multi-photon microscopes
- Micromolding lithography equipment
- Pinch gauges
- Multi-axis kinematic knee simulators
- Skinfold calipers
- Immuno-sensors
- Force platforms
- Prosthetic limb testers
- Material tension/compression testing devices
- Strain gauge conditioners
- Magnetic resonance imaging MRI systems
- Microcontrollers
- Physical conditioning treadmill exercisers
- Electrical particle detectors
- Dynamometers
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- Radio frequency amplifiers
- Milling machines
- Microelectrodes
- Gas flow control systems
- Ultrasound wattmeters
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- Acoustic measurement systems
- Rapid toxicity testing systems
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- Load sensors
- Circuit analyzers
- Laptop computers
- Spectrofluorimeters
- Ventilator performance analyzers
- Ultrasound indention probes
- 3T scanners
- Eye tracking devices
- Material fatigue and dynamics characterization devices
- Molecular vacuum pumps
- Quantum-based switching applications Q-switch electron waveguides
- Electrosurgery testing devices
- Microplating equipment
- Finger joint flexure testers
- Micropumps
- Soft materials in-vitro simulation system
- Polygraph recorders
- Microfluidic networks
- Microplate readers
- Insole sensors
- Multimeters
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- Circuit simulation software
- Functional modeling software
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
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- Fault modeling software
- SNOINO Ttree
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- ANSYS
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- Diagramming software
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- Laboratory information management system LIMS
- Force sensitive applications FSA software
- Image analysis software
- Advanced computer simulation language ACSL
- Failure rate database software
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Molecular simulation software
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Mentor Graphics
- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Project estimation software
- Technis BETAPLUS
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- Computational modeling software
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- Hardware description language HDL
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- Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Requirements management software
- Stochastic modeling software
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