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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.

Also known as medical-technical device engineer, medical device developer, medical technology engineer, orthopaedic engineer, engineer of medical instruments, medical-technical equipment engineer, engineer of medical devices, medical-technical test engineer, biomedical engineer, clinical engineer, audiology engineer, engineer of medical technology.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical device engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. 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.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical device engineer needs 40 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • design medical devices communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop medical device test procedures management skills
  • model medical devices working with computers
  • medical device regulations health and welfare
  • medical device test procedures health and welfare
  • analytical methods in biomedical sciences natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • test medical devices information skills
  • biomedical science natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • biomedical techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • medical devices materials health and welfare
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a medical device engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical device engineer’s work. 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.