Also called: Instrument Service Engineer
Travels to labs to install, repair, and maintain scientific instruments.
Drives to a hospital lab to fix a broken analyzer, replaces a laser, runs tests to confirm it works, and heads to the next call.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate or bachelor's in electronics or engineering; military tech training common.
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, Military. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Electronics Technology (associate), Biomedical Engineering Technology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. AI remote diagnostics help, but driving to labs and replacing lasers and parts by hand stay human.
Classes: Physics, Electronics CTE, Algebra II.
Official data: O*NET occupation 49-2094.
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