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Biomedical Engineer

Position Series/number: Biomedical Engineering Series, 0858
Grade Scale: GS-7, 9, 11 - 15

Job Description

Biomedical Engineering Technicians at the NIH investigate problems and phenomena of living systems.  This work requires the application of engineering concepts and methodology to advance the understanding of these systems and improve medical practices. Biomedical Engineers work to develop materials, instruments, diagnostic and therapeutic devices, and other equipment applicable to the study of life systems and the practice of medicine; and to improve health service delivery systems for communities and within individual institutional components. This work requires a knowledge and skill in engineering disciplines, a background in physiology and anatomy, and a practical facility in specialized subject matter areas such as computer application, electronics or mathematics.

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