Also called: Biological Safety Specialist, Medical Device Toxicologist
Proves that the plastics, metals and coatings in medical devices will not poison, irritate or inflame the human body.
A new heart catheter is coming. You list every material that touches blood, decide which lab tests the rules require, and ship samples to a testing lab. When a skin-irritation result looks odd, you dig into the chemistry and write the safety report regulators will read.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in biology, toxicology, chemistry or biomedical engineering; many have a master's or PhD.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Toxicology, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Chemistry.
Growing faster than average. More devices, implants and stricter global rules.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI speeds up chemical risk reviews and report drafts; deciding what is safe enough to put inside a body stays human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Statistics, Writing.
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