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I love math and I want to become a biomedical engineering and I want to know is the job different than what you study

I want to know what is the most to do in the job is it more engineering or more medical and do we make the stuff or do we design the stuff on computers and is there any places for shadowing please help me I’m a junior in high school and I want to know if I can shadow

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John’s Answer

I am a biochemical engineer, and work with a lot of biomedical engineers. Like most engineering majors, you will get a very broad education in college, and after graduation will likely work in a specialized area of biomedical engineering that will require to learn new aspects of that specialty beyond what was covered in college.

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I'd suggest that you find a Biomedical Engineer to connect with on LinkedIn, perhaps one that went to the same high school that you are attending. This will increase the likelihood that they will respond to your message.
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Ashi’s Answer

Hello! I am not a biomedical engineer but I have a lot of friends who are BMEs. There are a variety of jobs in the industry and you can go any route you desire and are interested in. I know some BMEs in robotics, medical devices, computer science, and data analytics to name a few. For shadowing, if you are close to a college campus that offers biomedical engineering I would recommend taking a tour and maybe reaching out to one of the students who can help you better understand if this is the career you would like to pursue. Good luck!
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Ryan’s Answer

Like any engineering discipline, you can choose to stay as technical and as specialized as you choose. There are many career fields within this area of engineering. There are the very technical research and design engineers who actually develop the new products. There are "sales engineering" or "product engineers" who work as technical representatives to distributors or large retailers. Then you could always move into engineering management or program management after you have some experience in the field.

Overall I would say that your work life will be much different from the purely theoretical school environment. You may have to do some things that you don't enjoy as much as the pure engineering like cost estimation, project planning, regulatory research, filling out paperwork, etc. but this is true for any engineering role beyond entry level.
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