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Where a medical device engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical device engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Professionals 101 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 69%

religion scientific researcher 69% covered microsystem engineer 68% covered mechatronics engineer 67% covered astronomer 66% covered seismologist 66% covered medical device engineer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from medical device engineer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical device engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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medical device engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a medical device engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.