Hey everyone,

One of the learning objectives for this week was to get an idea of the different jobs available to Biomedical Engineers. In this week’s lecture, Dr. Simon identified a few positions that are available in both academia and the industry.

I currently work in the industry, but I am very young in my career so I still go back and forth in the discussion about industry vs. academia. Right now, I think I want my next career move to be some sort of Research Engineer because it seems a middle ground between the two.

I’ve also noticed that consultants can have a job in both academia and the industry. I am not very familiar with what consultants do or how consulting works. But I am very interested in learning more about it. From a quick internet search, I found a Biomedical Engineering Consulting firm that is responsible for “the optimization of the management of medical technology life cycles, including risk mitigation, patient safety, compliance validation and operational program efficiency issues.” (http://www.biomedeng.com/)

Are you looking forward to discussing any jobs in further detail? Have you already settled in a job that fits you perfectly?