Biomedical engineer

Specialising in all things tiny, these engineers work with electronic components on a microscopic scale – we’re talking thousands of a millimetre – so it would be an understatement to say this is a career all about precision!

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Fun fact

The word vaccine comes from the word cow. In the 18th century, cows were decimated by an infectious disease called cowpox, or vaiola vaccina in Latin. The illness could also be passed onto humans. But English doctor Edward Jenner noticed that people who were in regular contact with cows (and therefore the virus itself) didn’t seem to get cowpox when epidemics were raging elsewhere. That’s how the concept of a vaccine was born! The cowpox virus was injected into humans in very small doses to immunise them against the disease.

Skills

Hard skills

  • Medical devices materials
  • Engineering principles
  • Biology
  • Genetics
  • Mathematics
  • Engineering processes
  • Test procedures
  • Biomedical engineering

Soft skills

  • Active listening
  • Learning strategies
  • Evaluation

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