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Bioengineering Career Opportunities

New and Exciting Opportunities

Bioengineering is one of the fastest growing fields of engineering, and future job growth prospects are very exciting. According to bureau of labor statistics, employment of bioengineers and biomedical engineers is projected to grow 10 percent from 2021 to 2031, faster than the average for all occupations. The size of the aging population and the increased focus on health issues have resulted in rising demand for better medical devices and equipment. Furthermore, bioengineers are frequently involved in analyzing vast amounts of biomedical data being generated whether it be multi-omics, medical imaging or bio sensor data. Bioengineering jobs may be found in healthcare industries developing medical devices and implants, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, medical and engineering research facilities, universities, and government regulatory agencies. Fields of specialization include:

  •  Bioinstrumentation, in which devices are developed for diagnosis and treatment of disease
  •  Bioinformatics that involves application of tools of computation and analysis to the capture and interpretation of biological data
  •  Bio-Materials, in which various forms of implants and engineered living tissue are produced
  • Biomechanics, in which issues related to mechanics of a biological system (for instance, the heart) are studied
  • Biochemistry, in which the behavior of cells is studied
  • Biomedical Imaging, which utilizes advanced imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose diseases
  •  Occupational Bio-Ergonomics, in which work-related injury issues are studiedWorldwide Opportunities

Worldwide Opportunities

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the largest employers of bioengineers and biomedical engineers were as follows:

  •  Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences  
  •  Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing 
  •  Healthcare and social assistance 
  •  Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing 
  • Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

Overall, industries that covet bioengineers include medicine, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, consumer product companies, regulatory and product-liability law (financial services, patent, advertising), government agencies and academia. These opportunities aren't just limited to the United States. There is a significant, worldwide demand for skilled bioengineers in countries as close as Canada, and as far away as China. The BMES maintains a list of companies which are involved in the myriad of fields related to Bioengineering.

 

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Once you complete the intial application,you will recieve an email with a link to Recruiter,to ask you to log into recruiter to complete the application process.

For more information, or to get started in the program, contact:
Ranadip Pal, Ph.D.
ranadip.pal@ttu.edu

PROFESSIONAL BIOENGINEERING RELATED ASSOCIATIONS

IEEE EMBS https://www.embs.org/

Biomedical Engineering Society https://www.bmes.org/

Society for Biomaterials https://biomaterials.org/

American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) https://www.ashe.org/

American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) https://aimbe.org/

ACM SIGBio https://www.acm.org/special-interest-groups/sigs/sigbio

International Society for Computational Biology https://www.iscb.org/

Examples of Bioengineering Related companies where TTU Engineering graduates have been hired

Genentech

Caris Life Sciences

National Institutes of Health

Harvard Medical School

Stanford Medical School

Lilly

Biogen

Pfizer

Emergent BioSolutions

MD Anderson

Kite Pharma

United Imaging