Medical device engineer
Code 2152.1.5
Medical device engineers design and develop medical-technical systems, installations, and equipment such as pacemakers, MRI scanners, and X-ray machines. They monitor the whole manufacturing process from concept design to product implementation. activities undertaken include, among others, designing product improvements, developing methods and techniques to evaluate design suitability, coordinating initial production, developing test procedures, and designing manufacturing diagrams.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- biomedical science
- technical drawings
- physics
- biomedical engineering
- medical devices materials
- mechanics
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences
- quality standards
- medical device regulations
- design drawings
- engineering principles
- medical device test procedures
- engineering processes
- medical devices
- biomedical techniques
Skills and competences
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- approve engineering design
- model medical devices
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop medical device test procedures
- operate open source software
- design medical devices
- design prototypes
- manage research data
- read engineering drawings
- perform scientific research
- adjust engineering designs
- think abstractly
- prepare production prototypes
- test medical devices
- conduct quality control analysis
- conduct literature research
- perform data analysis
- record test data
- use technical drawing software
Transversal competences
- manage personal professional development
- report analysis results
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- mathematics
- think analytically
- synthesise information
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