medical device engineer
Medical device engineers design and develop medical-technical systems, installations, and equipment such as pacemakers, MRI scanners, and X-ray machines. They monitor the whole manufacturing process from concept design to product implementation. activities undertaken include, among others, designing product improvements, developing methods and techniques to evaluate design suitability, coordinating initial production, developing test procedures, and designing manufacturing diagrams.
Also called: audiology engineer, medical-technical test engineer, orthopaedic engineer, engineer in biomedical systems, engineer of medical devices, medical-technical equipment engineer, biomedical systems developer, engineer of medical technology
- 40
- essential skills
- 61
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Essential skills
40- adjust engineering designs
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences
- approve engineering design
- biomedical engineering
- biomedical science
- biomedical techniques
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design medical devices
- design prototypes
- develop medical device test procedures
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mechanics
- medical device regulations
- medical device test procedures
- medical devices
- medical devices materials
- model medical devices
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- perform scientific research
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- quality standards
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- technical drawings
- test medical devices
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Optional skills
61- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply technical communication skills
- biotechnology
- CAE software
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct training on biomedical equipment
- control engineering
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design firmware
- develop product design
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- diagnostic radiology
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft bill of materials
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- electrical engineering
- electromechanics
- electronics
- evaluate research activities
- firmware
- health informatics
- human anatomy
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manipulate medical devices materials
- manufacture medical devices
- mechanical engineering
- mechatronics
- medical imaging technology
- mentor individuals
- operate precision machinery
- perform project management
- perform resource planning
- perform test run
- prepare assembly drawings
- program firmware
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- radiation physics in healthcare
- radiation protection
- repair medical devices
- solder electronics
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use precision tools
- wear cleanroom suit
- write scientific publications
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