Will a degree in biomedical engineering help me get a career in the STEM field?

Hi Jessica,

Firstly, wow that you are pursuing Biomedical engineering and research for osseointegrated prosthetic limbs. This will give you lots of insights and learning and keep continuing what you are doing. Let me share my career journey: And prior to that, yes for sure you will get job in STEM areas.

I am a medical Doctor and then went ahead and pursued Masters in Information Technology with which I am also an Engineer. From there i went and studied Networking and then successfully go into one of the top 10 networking companies out there, i.e. Cisco. And this is the company that has introduced internet to the world. Now, you must be thinking "how can a Doctor be an Engineer and then work for the top networking company". We cannot predict what will happen in the future, however as you go pass in your journey of learning there will be instances/gut feeling that tells you if you are liking what you doing or is this the right path, or should i be doing something else. At this stage is when the journey can change. And any study/learning is a blessing and specially anything associated with STEM, and you have a plus point where you are already covering Science, Technology and Engineering with for sure some part of it will be related to Mathematics. You will be able to apply that knowledge in any of the areas with an added skill/certificate and will be able to get a job.

Trend for jobs currently is moving to a structure where they are looking for multi-talent rather than very specific to what bachelors or masters anybody pursues. You just have to be thourough with your basics and confident and connect with people who already got those specific jobs you may want to aspire or work and work on those and will be able to successfully find a job :)

Good luck with everything hope this was helpful.

Hi Jessica

Bio Engineering is a great way to get a STEM job... My daughter is in her 3rd year of college studying Bio Engineering and the opportunities so far have been endless from working on research to supporting middle school STEM programs.

Good Luck!!!!

Hi Jessica,

I was an electrical engineer so I can't speak from my own experience, but I do know a couple of bio med engineers who have gotten jobs. One works as a organic chemist in a lab and he is happy with that. I also know that at my school career fair there were a number of bio tech companies looking for these engineers. I think your research will definitely help you. My advice would be to stick with it if you're passionate about it. Continue your research, and focus all your school projects in the area that you are interested in. That way when you graduate and look for a job (or look for internships earlier) you can go to any of the prosthetics or bio tech companies and show them that you are already deep into the field.

Best of Luck,
Cody