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.
Also called: biomedical technology engineering expert, biomedical engineering adviser, BME specialist, bio-medical engineer, biomedical engineering specialist, biomedical technology engineer, BME adviser, BME expert
- 25
- essential skills
- 42
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2149
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
25- 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 skills
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
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