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Biomedical Engineering

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Industry

Industry Areas for Biomedical Engineering
Industry|Employer
Job|Roles
Skills
Alumni

Biomedical

  • Medical equipment and supplies manufacturers
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturers
  • Hospitals and healthcare facilities
  • Research facilities of educational and medical institutions
  • Federal government:
    Regulatory agencies
    Veteran’s Administration
    National Institutes of Health
  • Bioinstrumentation
  • Biomechanics
  • Biomaterials
  • Systems Physiology
  • Clinical Engineering
  • Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Immunologist
  • Healthcare Consultant
  • Analytical ability
  • Communication skills
  • Time and project management
  • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)
  • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions)
  • Medtronic
  • Abbott
  • GE Healthcare
  • Fresenius Kabi
  • SQZ Biotech

Computer Technologies

Scientific service companies:

  • instruments
  • lab equipment
  • software

Technical service companies:

  • intelligence
  • information systems
  • defense
  • Signal, Image and Speech Processing
  • VLSI
  • Bioinformatics
  • advanced verbal and written communication
  • flexibility and versatility
  • ability to research and think critically
  • strong interpersonal skills
  • creativity
  • editing and attention to detail
  • teamwork
  • active listening and interviewing
  • time management
  • computer and technical skills (in various forms of electronic media)         
  • AbbVie
  • Genentech
  • Illinois Institute of Technology

Research

  • Government laboratories
  • Scientific research and development services
  • Colleges and universities
 Research:
  • Theoretical
  • Applied
  • organizational
  • analytical thinking/problem solving
  • communication
  • teamwork
  • knowledge in math, science and engineering principles
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  • Feinberg School of Medicine
  • UIC

Chemical

Private and national research laboratories companies including:

  • Agricultural chemicals
  • industrial bulk and fine chemicals
  • plastics
  • biotechnology
  • pharmaceutical
  • cosmetics
  • food processing
  • consumer products
  • Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
  • Materials
  • Process Design Engineer
  • Bulk and Fine Chemicals
  • Consumer Products
  • Flexibility
  • Cross functional teamwork
  • Analytical ability
  • Communication skills
  • Time and project management
  • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)
  • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions)
 • Pfizer

Popular Industries (According to LinkedIn)

  • Medical Devices
  • Biotechnology
  • Hospital & Healthcare
  • Research

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