Summary of Career

1. Design systems and products, such as artificial internal organs, artificial devices that replace body parts, and machines for diagnosing medical problems

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2. Install, adjust, maintain, repair, or provide technical support for biomedical equipment

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3. Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment

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4. Train clinicians and other personnel on the proper use of equipment

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5. Work with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists to research the engineering aspects of biological systems of humans and animals

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6. Biomedical engineers design electrical circuits, software to run medical equipment, or computer simulations to test new drug therapies

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7. They also design and build artificial body parts such as hip and knee joints. In some cases, they develop the materials needed to make the replacement body parts.

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8. They often serve a coordinating function, using their background in both engineering and medicine.

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9. The work of these engineers spans many professional fields

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10. Some people with training in biomedical engineering become professors

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