Biomedical engineering director vs mechanical engineering manager

The differences between biomedical engineering directors and mechanical engineering managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes More than 10 years to become both a biomedical engineering director and a mechanical engineering manager. Additionally, a biomedical engineering director has an average salary of $188,298, which is higher than the $116,922 average annual salary of a mechanical engineering manager.

The top three skills for a biomedical engineering director include patient safety, biomedical equipment and AAMI. The most important skills for a mechanical engineering manager are CAD, mechanical design, and solidworks.

Biomedical engineering director vs mechanical engineering manager overview

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Mechanical Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$188,298	$116,922
Hourly rate	$90.53	$56.21
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	61,350	74,789
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Biomedical engineering director vs mechanical engineering manager salary

Biomedical engineering directors and mechanical engineering managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Mechanical Engineering Manager
Average salary	$188,298	$116,922
Salary range	Between $118,000 And $299,000	Between $82,000 And $165,000
Highest paying City	-	Mountain View, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between biomedical engineering director and mechanical engineering manager education

There are a few differences between a biomedical engineering director and a mechanical engineering manager in terms of educational background:

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Mechanical Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Biomedical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Biomedical engineering director vs mechanical engineering manager demographics

Here are the differences between biomedical engineering directors' and mechanical engineering managers' demographics:

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Mechanical Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 90.6% Female, 9.4%	Male, 94.6% Female, 5.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 11.7% White, 71.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.0% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Asian, 12.9% White, 70.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between biomedical engineering director and mechanical engineering manager duties and responsibilities

Biomedical engineering director example responsibilities.

Manage scheduling and implementation of technology for applications migrations to cloud, ensuring consistency adherence to university practices.
Coordinate services with OEM, and third party service providers.
Work with medical purchasing team to audit, review, and negotiate contracts with OEM andthird-party vendors.
Determine the current and future enterprise infrastructure which oversee the design and implementation of information systems that support the business requirements.
Experience in chip lab bring up, post-silicon debugging and product qualification and characterization.

Mechanical engineering manager example responsibilities.

Coordinate and manage prototype development and validation testing.
Manage QA for research orient development efforts and for high visibility, production focuse development efforts tie to revenue generation.
Work with the in-house UL and compliance engineers, ESD engineers, and the shock/vibration engineers.
Design various hand-held and permanently mount RF instruments for use in RF broadcast and transmission installations.
Engineer and/or design and/or value engineer (redesign) new and/or existing HVAC systems for commercial and/or industrial applications.
Select HVAC equipment such as boilers, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units and roof top units.

Biomedical engineering director vs mechanical engineering manager skills

Common biomedical engineering director skills

Patient Safety, 13%
Biomedical Equipment, 10%
AAMI, 9%
Service Contracts, 8%
Safety Tests, 8%
Engineering Program, 7%

Common mechanical engineering manager skills

CAD, 9%
Mechanical Design, 8%
Solidworks, 7%
Project Management, 6%
Continuous Improvement, 6%
Mechanical Systems, 4%

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