Occupation Atlasbiomedical engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/01ffb917-98dc-48c1-91ad-93c4104e791d
biomedical engineer
Biomedical engineers combine knowledge of engineering principles and biological findings for the development of medical treatments, medicaments, and general healthcare purposes. They can develop solutions ranging from the improvement of the components in conventional medicaments up to implants developments, and tissue treatment.
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.80
- I Investigative4.59
- S Social1.96
- A Artistic1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Medical Equipment Repairers (49-9062.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (25)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- apply scientific methods
- approve engineering design
- assess the feasibility of implementing developments
- biology
- biomedical engineering
- collect biological data
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop test procedures
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- genetics
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- medical devices materials
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- scientific research methodology
- synthesise information
- test procedures
- think abstractly
Optional (42)
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- assist in clinical trials
- biological chemistry
- biotechnology
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- design principles
- design prototypes
- design scientific equipment
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- develop product design
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft design specifications
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- examine samples in dermatology
- gather experimental data
- general medicine
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- industrial design
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interpret electromyograms
- laboratory techniques
- life sciences
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mentor individuals
- perform laboratory tests
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- product data management
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- research new treatments for blood related disorders
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
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