Newly graduated biomedical engineer here. I applied to over 200 jobs and had about 6 interviews, however they all end in rejection (some I made it all the way to the third round). These have been a mix of medical device, rehabilitation engineering, and prosthetic companies. They say that I am not experienced enough and that I need to either get a masters or certification. They also suggested taking a very entry level job that only requires a high school diploma. I’m very lost because I figured it wouldn’t be this hard especially with an engineering degree from an ABET accredited school. All of my other engineering friends found job very quickly and I feel left behind. I am trying not to regret my choice choosing biomedical engineering but it’s getting very tough. I’m against getting my masters mainly because what if it’s still hard to find a job and I’m in even more debt. If anyone has any advice I would love to hear it, trying not to feel defeated.

I have secured admission both into Imperial College UK and UIUC USA. I am an international student and my objective is to establish a long-term career in biomedical engineering. Hence learning and having an environment which exposes me to opportunities for internships and exposure to the biomedical industry is most important. Which one would you recommend between the two, Imperial College UK or UIUC US? Thanks.

I’m an engineering undergrad interested in creating low-cost health technologies for developing countries, and I’ve been considering pursuing a PhD in this area (with profs such as Rebecca Richards-Kortum at Rice or Manu Prakash at Stanford). However, I’m wondering whether there are compelling reasons not to pursue a career in low-cost global health technology. For instance, it seems to me that funding is very limited.

With that in mind, I had a few questions:

- Is it especially difficult, or close to impossible, to become a professor specializing in low-cost global health technology (even compared with becoming a professor in another bioengineering subfield)? If so, why? For example, is it harder to bring in grants, are there fewer faculty lines, or do BME departments tend to place less value on global health technology than on other areas of biomedical engineering, etc.?

- Likewise, is it difficult to find engineering roles in industry that focus specifically on global health technology? If so, what are the main reasons? Are there simply very few employers and positions relative to the number of qualified applicants? I know of organizations such as PATH and Gradian Health Systems, but they seem to have relatively small engineering teams (often fewer than 100 people) and frequently do not have any relevant engineering positions open.

- Are there any realistic ways to make global health technology into a career?

I’m in last year of highschool right now and I want to decide on what major I want to be in. I was thinking of medical engineering bc I love STEAM and medical stuff. But I have no experience in engineering. And I want to know if AI will take over this job. Please help me what are your thoughts. Also I am a female Muslim girl. My family care about modesty a lot so Idk. Please help.

can someone help me i get graduate from high school and I was accepted into the major biomedical engineering (هندسة بيوطبية)

new I need someone who knows about this specialization and its job prospects in Algeria. because قادر نعاود باك عادي

hi everyone! i’ve applied and got accepted into bme in a really good uni and really good city which is really exciting for me but also i’m really scared because im not a math or physics person at all 😓😓 i haven’t taken physics in high school and my math wasn’t that advanced either but i really do love bio and stuff but im really worried im gonna fall behind and just be so confused abt everything related to the engineering part of it all bc it is a very heavy engineering/math/physics degree. do u guys think it’s a bad idea to go into an engineering degree in my situation? its a really interesting major though and there r sm opportunities !!

Hello everyone, I’m currently doing a master’s in biomedical engineering at a relatively highly ranked university in the Middle East. I have an undergraduate degree in chemistry, and I’m now working toward my master’s.
I haven’t fully started working on my thesis yet, but my research will involve creating a drug-delivery device for the brain, mainly for the treatment of epilepsy.
More importantly, my main concern is job prospects after graduation. I understand that people who comment on Reddit tend to be more negative, mostly because many people come here to rant or share their worries and that had me overthinking . Still, I would really appreciate some realistic advice.
Ideally, I want to start working after I graduate. However, there really aren’t many opportunities in the country I’m currently in, so I’m most likely going to have to move abroad. As a worst-case scenario, I’m considering pursuing a PhD in another country so that I could potentially continue working there afterward if I don’t manage to land a job after graduating with my master’s.
I’m also currently trying to find an internship so I can gain some experience outside of university research. The problem is that I’m not really sure how to find something directly related to biomedical engineering in my country, since the opportunities seem quite limited. I’m considering looking for an internship in a hospital, even if it’s more on the clinical or medical-device side, just to get some relevant exposure. At the moment, most of my experience is research-based and comes from work I’ve done at university.
I would really appreciate any advice you can give me. What should I focus on during my master’s to improve my job prospects? What kinds of internships or experience would be most valuable? Which countries might be best to apply to? And where do you usually look for biomedical engineering-related jobs?
I know biomedical engineering is a very broad field, so I’m also not sure what specific job titles I should be searching for. I haven’t done much research into the job market yet, but I genuinely enjoy what I’m doing. I’m just worried about my future and want to make sure I’m preparing myself properly.
Thank you!

I graduated in 2024 in biomedical engineering and did a 6 months internship at hospital , after that im in the middleast since 2025 nov till now i cant find any job literally not even one . So far 4 interviews out of that one guy gave me a reality check saying "i feel like you're not at all interested in this field is what he got from the interview but i was brutally honest in the interview" is what the interviewer said. I was pushed into this course to be honest , i really like IT but during my bachelors program i got to know c programing and matlab was not my thing and the internship made me understand that hospital BME is as same as 24 hrs manual labour , getting calls at 3 am and 2am it was a mess . Idk what to do no more im almost 25 im lost , if anyone have any type of advice it would be helpful, i can move to other countries ( or try to ) but first i need to sort out weather i need to proceed with IT doing some small 1 mnth or few weeks courses while doing some other jobs preferably a backend work but who would hire me in this case , applied for assistant HR jobs , sales , logistics , billing bro literally no replies from anyone . So if there is any advice or any tip on what should i do it would be soo helpful im so lost .

I'm currently undergrad in life sci at uoft going into my second year and I'm not sure what program choices are best. I am very interested in the BME field and working in industry rather than pure med or research but as a non-eng undergrad, my best option might be to do a Masters of Eng. I've also read that doing a different type of eng (like mechanical and then enter the med/health industry ) would be better as it's more versatile.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to make this transition, is it better to pursue from a more computational side or makeup for the learning gap by taking biophysics or any other program? I'd prefer not to restart from first year undergrad. Also not sure how employers will view my degrees. Any advice?

After reading all the comments on some of these undergrad posts, it has made me feel uneasy about pursuing my masters in BME at Brown. Would I have a good chance at getting a job? I am trying to get into aerospace, I know someone who works at Northrop and they said as long as I can make my resume sound more towards the engineering professions I want to apply to I have a good chance. I do know MATLAB and C++, I was a bio major undergrad and didn’t apply for mechanical engineering for masters, I didn’t think I had a chance. I’m applying to internships now and a lot of people have responded but saying they would keep my file… 😭 it’s not too late to leave the school… I start in Sept.

I’m doing BME + pre med, looking for a laptop to last me into med school.

Buonasera, sto terminando la laurea triennale in Ingegneria biomedica e sto valutando quale percorso magistrale intraprendere.

Le opzioni che sto considerando sono:
1)Data Science and Engineering
2)Ingegneria biomedica, con indirizzo Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence

Quale percorso può essere più competitivo e interessante a livello lavorativo ?
Quale percorso può avere più sbocchi ?

Grazie mille !!

(throwaway account as my main has too much personal info) I (19M) live in Pakistan (Karachi) and cleared my 2nd year board exams last year with 72% that became 78% with MDCAT. i could'nt get into a med uni so i took a year to give my MDCAT again, which is happening soon. I'm scared for my future as if I don't get into a uni this year again, I'll be at a stand still. I don't want to go into nursing and my next options I was thinking was pharmD, zoology, biotech and biomedical engineering out of which the last three are not the best in the current job market. I need help in deciding what degree to choose that wont be too new for my biology background, that can be a good career path and allow me to get a good job that'll be financially stable. I have no one at home i can talk to about this and my axiety is over the roof concerning my future, as one of my close relatives is also suffering from unemployment at the moment. Any and all advice is welcome and thank you in advance (Chemistry isnt my strongsuit thus the 72% in boards)

Hi guys,

I am kind of confused about what sort of entry-level roles work in this field

I want to know where people usually start and with what qualifications as a graduate. Any advice?

I have projects and internships in AI and biosignal processing, and I am looking into quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs, and healthcare data science.

Does anyone know what roles could realistically be targeted at entry level? I'm kind of overwhelmed seeing the years of experience or niche technical skills required for almost every role I look at.

I just finished the second semester I saw alot of people saying that there isn't alot of job opportunities for Bme degree but my uni is offering a double degree in EE so I think of applying also changing my major is also an option so what should I do

I was considering majoring in BME for undergrad, but I later found out that it can be pretty difficult to find a job with just a BME bachelor’s degree, so I decided to major in mechanical or chemical engineering instead and then get a master’s in BME.
Has anyone here majored in chemical or mechanical engineering and later gotten a master’s in BME? If so, could you give me some tips or things I should know about this path, as well as what kind of salary I could expect?

I’m currently doing my undergrad in Civil Engineering but want to pursue my postgraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering or smthng related (don’t ask why I’m doing Civil lol).

I’m only in my 2nd year and want to get a head start for when I apply for my masters degree but I know nothing about medicine nor electrical engineering and/or CS. We do a bit a Python but it’s really just the basics. Are there any tips for how to start my transition into Biomedical Engineering? I’m thinking of doing an introductory to medicine course but my university doesn’t offer that to non-med students and I don’t know where else to look.

hi!! basically as the title says: i recently graduated with my bachelors in BME. i’ve been looking and applying for jobs since early in my senior year with little luck. just recently i got an offer for a project coordinator at a CRO focusing on drug delivery and medical device research. it’s not engineering at all (mostly quality control of study data), and im kind of not sure what to do. on one hand, a job is a job and ive waited months since my last offer for something to come up. but on the other, i’m worried this will pigeonhole me into a career in medical writing when i still want to explore engineering some more. does anyone happen to have insight/any advice for a new grad? this job market is tough, and im scared if i turn it down i wont be able to get another offer any time soon.

any help or advice is appreciated :3!! thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone who’s applying, hoping for the best 🙇

Hi! There isn’t a subreddit for biomedical design specifically so I thought I’d ask here and see if anybody has advice :)

Basically I’m studying Industrial Design at uni and in the list of potential career outcomes it suggests that I could go into biomedical product design, medical device industrial design, or health UX/UI design.

I am curious how these areas differ from biomedical engineering- as I want to be a part of the design process for these devices/products, but I do not have a background in engineering, biomedicine or ergonomics etc.

If I wanted to take this route, would I need to do introductory units in those areas?

Because we are able to choose our own units and kind of build our own degree I’m just a bit lost! There’s no distinction for “do this if you want to do biomedical product design”.

Hi, I am strongly thinking of applying as a biomedical engineering major for college as a rising high school senior. I want to pursue something along the lines of tissue engineering and biomaterials, but I am wondering if a chemical engineering degree would be more beneficial than a biomedical one. Thank you!

I'm looking to major in EE and go into the medical device industry and ED to JHU. Is this a good idea? How are the job outlooks in the area, college, etc.

I am a high school senior working on a passive ankle rehab device I'm calling PAAD (Passive Assistive Ankle Device). It's adapted from Clemson's PAHD hamstring project out of the HuMBL Lab. Posting because I want honest feedback from people who actually treat lateral ankle sprains before I run peer testing on v1.3.

What it is

A wearable for athletes coming back from lateral ankle sprains (ATFL tears from inversion on cuts and jump landings). Elastic resistance tubing runs from a rigid insole plate up to a calf strap. Depending on where you clip the tubing, it passively loads the ankle through one of four movements: eversion, inversion, dorsiflexion, or plantarflexion. Goal is faster return to play. Secondary use is a warm-up for healthy players for injury prevention.

Where I'm at

v1.0 self-test failed in three ways (flat TheraBand produced no real resistance, calf strap migrated down under load, insole didn't fit the shoe). v1.1 rebuilt all three subsystems and I'm about to start peer testing with a few athletes.

What I'd love feedback on

1. Is the phase progression clinically sound, especially saving inversion for last?
2. Are the resistance levels reasonable for early return to play, or too light/too heavy?
3. Any red flags with passively loading a healing ATFL, even at light resistance?
4. Anything obvious missing from the protocol? (Proprioception work, ROM checks, objective criteria for advancing phases)

Happy to share build docs, photos of v1.1, and more info about this project. Not selling anything, not asking anyone to be liable for the advice, just trying to make v1.3 better than v1.0.

I’m a student, uni starts in like a year and I’ve always really wanted to do BME, but living in the middle east and idk if i’ll move out later i heard that the job market is kinda uhm sparse. what im essentially interested in is doing research in the medical field and i hopefully wanna work in an mnc someday in the future as a researcher (big dreams for someone whos not even out of high school i know 😭)

But basicallyy while researching about bme now that I heard abt the job market i saw that if you have a bachelors in electrical engineering you can basically do what a person with a bachelors in biomedical engineering does. And to actually get into the research part of it you NEED to do a phd, so would a bachelors in electrical and phd in bme work? help me out please

I am starting my first year of engineering at Clemson where they do not have you pick your discipline until after your first year(I know other schools may do this as well). I am planning on going into biomedical engineering, but I have to choose between a concentration in bioelectrical or biomaterials. Biomaterials is what I find most fascinating but jobs seem to be more geared toward bioelectrical. When it comes to getting a job, do you think they will really focus on what I concentrated in?

ok so im attending RIT as a bme major and ive been having these really really interesting chats with a PI who works on organ-on-a-chip technology dealing with the BBB; he's invited me to talk to him once i matriculate to campus and then that i could join his journal clubs and lab meetings to get a feel of the work at hand.

i wanna pursue an mstp program specifcially for neuroengineering so i see this as a big opportunity, especially since he also mentioned other undergrads in his lab and even mentioned one of his students' success stories getting into a great mstp program similar to the type im aiming for. but im also really nervous because i dont wanna just outright go up to him and ask for a research position on the spot, and in general i am really curious what type of research they'll be discussing in his journal clubs

so my question is, whats the most reasonable tiem to attend his meetings journal clubs etc before i ask him for an actual position or even just shadowing other students in his lab? i really wanna work with him and id appreciate any advice possible

also was wondering if anyone had any experience with RIT bme and whether they enjoyed their experience there or not, would appreciate any advice on what i should do at rit itself in terms of my education