r/BiomedicalEngineers

I'm in my third semester and I'm honestly thinking about changing majors because I've seen several posts from people who regret their decision. I feel like other majors do the same thing we do and are more highly regarded. I chos

I went into BME because it seemed like the best option for me, but I’ve been hearing a lot about how in BME we learn a little bit about everything but nothing in depth which makes it more difficult to get a job. I also dont love the hardware side of my degree.

Should I switch to biotech? I hear for research it’s better but it pays a lot less.

Industry vs grad school, picking a niche, pivoting out of BME entirely, whether to go clinical, data science shift, regulatory, quality, sales, something else?

Asking because the BME path is famously confusing and I don't think we talk about the actual decision points enough. I've been weighing whether to stay in medical devices or pivot toward health data, and the AI stuff is making both options feel like moving targets.

What are you stuck on? Year/stage helps for context but not required.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for remote opportunities in biomedical engineering or related fields. I’ve seen some roles on LinkedIn and other sites, but I’m not sure how realistic they are.

Does anyone here work remotely in this field or know where to find legit opportunities?

Any advice would really help. Thanks!

I’m a freshman in BME and it looks interesting but every time I scroll through the posts it seems like everyone says not to continue down this path. Is there any specific reason why everyone seems to hate choosing this? And what did you guys wish you chose instead?

So my paper recently got accepted in EMBC 2026. And it's in canada this year. Is it worth the hassle to attend the conference.

I’ve been a long term lurker on this subreddit, and now find myself graduating with a BME degree this fall. It hasn’t been a linear process at all. I quickly identified BME (at least my schools BME alone) wasn’t the best path (alone) to a career.

Since high school, biotech was always the field I wanted to work in. Especially health related biotech. I had always assumed BME was the best path for that since it married engineering principles with bio stuff. Our school was much more med device related and felt like mech E + bio. So many of my friends are solidly in the medtech world which I always felt out of place in. I kinda hated that stuff, but our degree was flexible enough to take a bunch of course work from other majors.. here I am with 200 credits (from multiple 25 credits semesters and summer terms) with a double major in BME and Microbiology, a minor in pharmaceutical sciences, and ~12 credits of fundamental coursework in chemE and ECE. Insane, I know. I guess I just felt the grind was worth it.

My best college experiences were in the Microbiology department where I felt I was finally doing what I came to school for. Pharm sci opened the door to a really good pharmacy position that’s helped me pay for all this (somehing that I would recommend other BMEs to look at). This work instantly got me working in a really cool BME lab at my school where I got to have a lot of freedom and ownership of experimental design and bioinformatics exposure.

My areas of expertise have culminated in gene therapy and delivery, nanotech, biosensor dev, bio/chemoinformatics, AI/ML, modeling, process dev, and digital and analog prototyping. I get to use these skills in student clubs here and have served as project manager for interdisciplinary projects 2 years now.

That said, since biotech was umm always my goal I guess, I still haven’t held an internship. Breaking into that field is impossible as an underclassmen without explicit connections to these companies let alone in our current political landscape :/ I still kick myself for not just sucking it up and applying to medtech or software oriented internships. I’ve delayed my graduation in efforts to at least collect one internship or coop experience before I walk. That said, I was really close to a dream internship this year in biotech being told I was the “2nd pick”, have a really good resume and should apply again next year. They opted to go with a PhD student.

I’m still interviewing with several biotech companies for a coop this fall, and I feel confident. I truly want to work in industry somewhere as R&D or process R&D. I’d love to get experience before considering grad school. Frankly, I’m burnt out. I’ve been operating as a grad student for 2 years now, and don’t want to rush down PhD programs yet. I think I

Will get a PhD, but likely in chemE, ECE, or some software adjacent role.

I guess I’m asking, if no coop.. what do I do for a gap year? Any PhD considerations? Anyone in a similar boat? I just feel overwhelmed with decisions.

I am currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in radiography (medical imaging) in Europe. After graduation, I aim to work in medical imaging companies, particularly in areas such as protocol design or product management. Could you advise which master’s degree would be more suitable for this career path: biomedical engineering or medical physics?

Thank you

I don't know what to do as a student and I feel like I'm missing out when people start to become research assistants as a freshman and I'm lost I want to get a internship or a research assistant role but I can't find any my main focus right now is to get as much experience as possible for my major even though I haven't even started my stem classes yet could I get some advice I was thinking of going to the biomedical engineering conference in Orlando Florida as a student this year to gain experience and learn from others what do you think I should do

so I just completed my 12th with physics, chemistry, and biology. I have to go to college this year and I do not want to go in mbbs. I an from India, but I eventually prefer to do masters and move out of this country. The biology fields here are nasty bad, they have no jobs nothing really. I was considering biotech but everyone suggested me there is nothing in there, no money as well. I a considering biomedical engineering, but I really need to know about it and the ground realities of it as i lack insight here.

Help me out!!

I have been applying for 6 months aggressively in market research for medical industry, financial jobs and medical sales. I don't seem to find many BME jobs. I'm still jobless and having to consider delivery as a job, something im way too overqualified to do anyway. Should I do a PhD to improve chances of finding a job?

Hi everyone, I’m a recent Biomedical Engineering graduate trying to decide which field to pursue for a Master’s (and possibly a PhD later on).

I’m mainly considering neuroengineering/neurotechnology vs tissue engineering/regenerative medicine.

In general, which one do you think has better future prospects and job opportunities, especially if I want to work abroad?

Also, I’d appreciate recommendations for good universities (preferably public and not extremely hard to get into) where I could study these fields.

Thanks in advance!

I am a 23 year old biomedical engineer working as a product development engineer in a monitoring company. I mostly do work related to ML,AI based models and work a lot with signals like pleth,ecg and find respiration rates. I do a decent amount of exposure to Signal processing methods specifically in ECG and various ml projects,I have also developed skills related to SQL,AWS deployment and using some embedded boards like stm.As I am working in a start up environment I did get an opportunity to learn them and I am really thankful I did so I suggest freshers to try this if you want to combine software and biomedical knowledge. Now I am planning to go abroad and study masters. But I don't know what to do next should I do a masters in biomedical engineering or something else like mechatronics and where to do then.Kindly suggest

I find myself working as a cell therapy manufacturer in NJ/NYC pharma space for about 4+ years now. I graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical engineering from a decent university. I worked in two different biomedical engineering labs where I worked on a few projects with graduate students. I developed machine-learning algorithms to identify pathogens from monochrome cell images. I also worked in a lab revising an experimental protocol to study gene expression in muscle tissue with florescent microscopy.

I wanted to focus on biomaterials but didn't understand the industry need for it and assumed there would be engineering work out there that my degree and laboratory experience would have prepared me for.

I never got an internship during my bachelors due to a lack of interview skills and not sending out enough applications. Once I graduated I started working as a technician and enjoyed it because it was easy and the pay was around the same as many entry-level engineering roles.

I started a master's in mechanical engineering to get closer to an engineering role, but I'm not really sure if it will help.

Is there anyway I can still get into the industry? Is the BMET 2-year certification a good idea? Is there anything I can do in my masters program while working to make my resume more applicable to this field?

I fear I may have screwed myself out of a solid career. I am a recently graduated Biomedical Engineer. I got my bachelors as well as my masters from a highly ranked university and have graduated last May. I had been applying for months to any sort of biomedical related jobs but had some trouble. I have always been interested in R&D. Throughout college, I would say I was a bit lazy. I am the first person to enter a STEM field in my family, so I naively assumed my degree alone would warrant some sort of big time job where I do something important or at least interesting. I also won a design award from the dean for my senior research project, and have done contracted CAD work for my senior project sponsor on the side.

I never did any research during college. I attempted to reach out to every staff member I could find, but there was always some sort of reason why I was unable to join a research team. Even during my masters time, I couldn't land any internships. It felt as if there was no opportunity, so I decided to do many personal projects (these were mainly wearable medical device designs using 3d printing electronics).

After months of applying with tons of rejections, and loan payments approaching, I finally landed a job as a biomedical equipment technician. In my personal opinion, I kind of loathe it. No creativity. No real engineering. I'm basically a repairman in a hospital. Also, the pay is underwhelming. Now I am applying to as many engineering jobs as I can in efforts to pivot my career path(quality, r&d, project, manufacturing, etc.), but I can't find a thing. I have only landed 2-3 interviews so far.

I fear I may be stuck on a path that I do not want. Should I keep applying? Maybe post my projects to LinkedIn in hopes they may find the right eyes? I just want to find a way to gain some real experience. I am even beginning to think that I should return to college and get some sort of minor in electrical engineering. That way I can continue to apply to internships or potentially join some research. I know this may sound panicked, but I just want to do something I enjoy and make a real impact. I would greatly appreciate any advice.

Also, I have an interview coming up this week for a project development engineer role. It's the best I've gotten so far, so I would appreciate any advice on how to prepare for it as well. Sorry for the long rant!

Hi there guys :) I’m an undergrad doing a double degree and double major in Biomedical Engineering and Genetics. I want to drop genetics since it’s feeling kinda useless to contributing to my engineering major, but I’m stuck when I comes to choosing something useful. Is comp sci or data science better/more useful to biomedical engineering or just career wise. Thanks!!

Hi, mechanical engineer here.

I finished my bachelor's degree this year and managed to get both a fully funded PhD and a PhD-style master's degree in biomedical engineering.
To be honest, I'm interested in both academia and industry, so it's difficult to choose. I don't want to be stuck in one position for the rest of my life, but I also don't want to miss out on opportunities.