Biomedical engineers have an average starting salary of $61,000 annually, a total average salary of $63,541 a year, and a high salary of $95,000 a year. (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Biomedical_Engineer/Salary)
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Working Conditions
Biomedical engineers work at hospitals, universities, research facilities, medical institutions, and government regulatory agencies. Usually, they work full time and may have to work extra hours to complete a difficult job. (http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/biomedical-engineers.htm)
This field of engineering is a huge benefit to humanity because they help to create and test the safety of medical technology. Hospitals, labs, doctors, etc. will use this technology to find a problem, diagnose it, and treat it. This will save many lives. Biomedical engineers also build artificial limbs for people who have lost body parts and need new ones. This is essential to many people's lives. (http://biomedical.cua.edu/overview/whatdo.cfm)
"The responsibilities of the Biomedical Field Service Technician is to provide services and documentation for clinical medical devices under supervision of the Biomedical Engineer. Perform preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance of clinical/biomedical medical devices. Comply with the policies and procedures of the customer/client." (http://www.indeed.com/cmp/Atlantic-Biomedical/jobs/Biomedical-Field-Service-Technician-2d8ac95427beb433?sjdu=QwrRXKrqZ3CNX5W-O9jEvWsIa79bwr0xiOb7Xi-cgs3MwFXQLGaj0-W_yWb0XV5961PRmQIhJ3KcikxLg1cmY7mqOBuIRuM6P5lKVah8560)