Also called: Design Assurance Engineer
Makes sure medical devices are designed, built and tested to meet FDA safety rules.
You review test reports for a new insulin pump, investigate a complaint from a hospital, and lead a team to fix the root cause. Audits from the FDA are your big exams.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biomedical, mechanical or industrial engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering.
Growing much faster than average (about 11% over 10 years). Industrial engineers overall.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI reviews records, flags trends and drafts reports, cutting paperwork roles; audits, investigations and FDA accountability stay human.
Classes: Biology, Statistics, Chemistry, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2112.
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