Biomedical Engineer

Biomedical Engineers are specialist engineers who apply the knowledge of engineering and design concepts in the field of medicine for healthcare. As a biomedical engineer, you will use the design and problem-solving skills to design health care treatment and health monitoring equipment (for diagnosis, health monitoring and therapy). As a biomedical engineer, you will also manage the current medical equipment within hospitals while adhering to the industry standards. As a medical engineer, you will be responsible for procurement, testing, maintenance, disposal, decommissioning, purchasing of medical equipment. You will develop several medical devices from micro implants to clinical equipment including MRI machines, regenerative tissues growths, imaging technology equipment, pharmaceutical drugs, etc.

Key roles and responsibilities

As a Biomedical Engineer, depending on your field of specialisation, you would have the following roles and responsibilities:

• You will design and develop different types of medical diagnostic equipment and procedures, and clinical instrumentation with the help of principles of engineering.

• You will conduct research about the engineering aspect of the biological systems of humans and animals along with life scientist, medical scientists, pharmacologists, etc.

• You will manage a team of engineers. You will create their schedules, you will track inventory, create a budget, utilize budget as per the plan, oversee contracts and obligations. You will work within the deadline.

• You will design computer hardware and software for the purpose of medical science.

• You will evaluate safety, efficiency and effectiveness of medical equipment that you manufacture or produce.

• You will design several biomedical equipment and devices including artificial internal organs, body parts replacements, diagnosing machines, etc.

• You shall be responsible for the installation, adjustment, maintenance, repairmen and for providing any technical assistance and support for biomedical equipment.

• You will train technicians and other medical personals on how to properly use biomedical equipment.

• You will prepare procedures and then write technical reports. You will also publish your reports and research paper and make a recommendation based on your research.

• You will present scientific findings with other scientists, medical experts, pharmacologists, clinicians, hospitals, government, engineers, and public.

Investigative: You should have interests for Investigative Occupations. Investigative occupations involve working with ideas and quite a lot of thinking, often abstract or conceptual thinking. These involve learning about facts and figures; involve use of data analysis, assessment of situations, decision making and problem-solving.

Realistic: You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment.

Abilities

Abstract Reasoning: The ability to understand ideas which are not expressed in words or numbers; the ability to understand concepts which are not clearly expressed verbally or otherwise.

Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules and common logic to specific problems to produce answers that are logical and make sense. For example, understanding the reasons behind an event or a situation using general rules and common logic.

Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden among other distracting materials.

Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information from various sources, concepts, and theories to form general rules or conclusions. For example, analysing various events or situations to come out with a set of rules or conclusions.

Inter-Personal: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

Naturalistic Intelligence: The ability to recognise different flora and fauna of the world; sensitivity towards nature and natural surrounding; sensitivity towards the needs of different flora and fauna.

Numerical Reasoning: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and perform other basic numerical calculations correctly.

Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or innovative ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Spatial Ability: The ability to visualise three dimensional objects by looking at the objects in paper or visualise objects mentally in three dimensions.

Verbal Reasoning: The ability to think and reason with words; the ability to reason out ideas expressed in words.

Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Knowledge

Biological Sciences: Knowledge of plants and animals, their anatomical structure, cell structure, tissues, physiological functions, evolution, and all other related aspects.

Chemical Science: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, toxicity, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of various applications of one or more branches of Engineering Science & Technology to manufacture and produce various goods or construct or erect various structures. This include knowledge about design, development, prototype testing, manufacturing, construction, installation, repair and maintenance.

Physical Science: Knowledge of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understand fluid, material, earth, ocean, atmosphere, and space dynamics, as well as mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures, properties and processes.

Technical and Engineering Design: Knowledge of various techniques, methods, specifications and tools for creating, developing and laying out designs of various machines, equipment, devices, manufacturing plants, structures, systems and processes. This includes developing blueprints, drawing and models.

Skills

Active Learning: Focused and continuous learning from various sources of information, observation and otherwise for application in getting work done.

Coordination: Skills in working together with other people to get things done.

Critical Thinking: Skills in analysis of complex situations, using of logic and reasoning to understand the situations and take appropriate actions or make interpretations and inferences.

Judgment and Decision Making: Skills in considering pros and cons of various decision alternatives; considering costs and benefits; taking appropriate and suitable decisions.

Operations and Process Analysis: Skills in analysis of operations and processes such as industrial manufacturing, chemical processing, etc. so as to device better and more efficient operational processes and systems.

Problem Solving: Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems and using the best option to solve the problems.

Process and Operation Controlling: Skills in controlling processes and operations of various machines, equipment, devices and systems using different types electrical and electronic control instruments and systems.

Quality Control Analysis: Skills in conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Reading Comprehension: Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Scientific: Skills in using various scientific rules and methods to get things done or solve problems.

Technical: Skills in using various technologies and technical methods to get things done or solve problems.

Technical Design and Drawing: Skills in creating and developing designs and drawings for various structures, machines, equipment, and devices.

Personality

You are always or mostly organised in your day-to-day life and activities.

You are a soft-hearted person sometimes.

You trust others sometimes but not always.

You are helpful to others sometimes.

You prefer to experience new things and have new experiences sometimes.

You act independently sometimes but do not do so in some other times.