Also called: Medical Robotics Engineer
Builds robots that help surgeons operate with tiny, precise movements.
You test a robot wrist no thicker than a pencil that a surgeon controls from a console. You run it through a practice surgery on a model, measuring how accurately it ties a stitch, and work with doctors on what to improve.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in mechanical, electrical or biomedical engineering; master's common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Robotics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering.
Growing faster than average. Not tracked separately by BLS; robotics hiring is growing quickly.
Low risk for 10 years. AI aids imaging and motion planning; designing safe medical robots, FDA testing and working with surgeons stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2199.
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