My advice to current biomedical engineering students would be to find any form of work in engineering, or any STEM field in general. While the work may not directly use your skill set, getting experience in the field is more valuable than anything you can gain from a class. I currently work for a large pharmaceutical company, and while my primary job function is based heavily in performing biological assays (which i have zero interest in), there are many additional roles that I have taken on in order to gain experience in engineering. I have actively sought out these additional roles, and know they will provide me with greater benefit then my primary job role.

As a general rule of thumb, I also highly recommend students take classes in statistics and programming in statistical software. Quality engineering is a globally available position and does not require a specific type of engineering degree. Being comfortable with statistics and statistical computation will go a very long way in getting a steady position from which one can grow.