Also called: Cyclotron Engineer, Particle Therapy Service Engineer
Keeps the particle accelerators that blast tumors with protons running in cancer centers.
Before the first patient arrives, you tune a building-sized cyclotron and check the beam. When something breaks mid-day, patients are waiting, so you troubleshoot fast.
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 electrical engineering or physics, or an electronics associate degree with experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, 2-year college, Military. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Physics, Electronics Technology.
Growing faster than average. Proton centers are expanding across the US.
Low risk for 10 years. Keeping building-sized cyclotrons running for waiting patients is hands-on troubleshooting work.
Classes: AP Physics, Electronics CTE, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-3023.
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