Also called: R&D Engineer, Catheter Design Engineer
Designs devices like stents, catheters, surgical tools and implants.
You design a catheter thinner than spaghetti that must snake through blood vessels to the heart. You build prototypes, push them through a clear plastic model of arteries, and watch where they kink.
Minneapolis, Boston and Southern California are medtech hubs.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biomedical or mechanical engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI generates CAD concepts and test reports; prototyping, bench testing and working with surgeons stay hands-on.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Physics, CAD class, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2031.
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