Career Description

Where would modern medicine be without the contributions of biomedical engineering? Imagine hospitals operating without X-rays, ultrasound, EKGs, and the thousands of high-tech procedures and devices that diagnose conditions, sustain health, and fight disease. As a biomedical engineer, you’ll make a real difference in the lives of others. You might develop artificial lenses that restore sight to the blind, radiation treatments that fight cancer, or incubators that keep premature babies alive.
Salary
Median
$86,220
Lowest
$52,480
Highest
$139,520
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Projects
Create a prosthetic leg designed especially for children
Grow tissues that help repair damage from heart attacks
Develop cancer treatments that don’t cause debilitating side effects