Biomedical engineering director vs process engineering manager

The differences between biomedical engineering directors and process 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 process engineering manager. Additionally, a biomedical engineering director has an average salary of $188,298, which is higher than the $124,640 average annual salary of a process engineering manager.

The top three skills for a biomedical engineering director include patient safety, biomedical equipment and AAMI. The most important skills for a process engineering manager are project management, sigma, and lean manufacturing.

Biomedical engineering director vs process engineering manager overview

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Process Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$188,298	$124,640
Hourly rate	$90.53	$59.92
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	61,350	87,396
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Biomedical engineering director vs process engineering manager salary

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Process Engineering Manager
Average salary	$188,298	$124,640
Salary range	Between $118,000 And $299,000	Between $94,000 And $165,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Emergent BioSolutions
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between biomedical engineering director and process engineering manager education

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Process Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Biomedical Engineering	Chemical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Biomedical engineering director vs process engineering manager demographics

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Process Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 90.6% Female, 9.4%	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%
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, 8.4% Asian, 12.7% White, 71.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between biomedical engineering director and process 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.

Process engineering manager example responsibilities.

Manage QA for research orient development efforts and for high visibility, production focuse development efforts tie to revenue generation.
Support FDA regulatory and ISO requirements with QA department through process engineering and support of CAPA program.
Pioneer SPC program including implementation of methodologies for corrective action.
Ensure water systems are OSHA compliant.
Implement plant wide remediation plan to comply with FDA requirements.
Design, contract fabrication and testing of OSHA compliant safety harness anchors.

Biomedical engineering director vs process 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 process engineering manager skills

Project Management, 9%
Sigma, 8%
Lean Manufacturing, 6%
Lean Six Sigma, 6%
R, 4%
Direct Reports, 3%

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