Biomedical engineering director vs product engineering manager

The differences between biomedical engineering directors and product 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 product engineering manager. Additionally, a biomedical engineering director has an average salary of $188,298, which is higher than the $125,592 average annual salary of a product engineering manager.

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

Biomedical engineering director vs product engineering manager overview

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Product Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$188,298	$125,592
Hourly rate	$90.53	$60.38
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	61,350	148,619
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Biomedical engineering director vs product engineering manager salary

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Product Engineering Manager
Average salary	$188,298	$125,592
Salary range	Between $118,000 And $299,000	Between $90,000 And $174,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Airbnb
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between biomedical engineering director and product engineering manager education

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Product Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Biomedical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Biomedical engineering director vs product engineering manager demographics

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Product Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 90.6% Female, 9.4%	Male, 91.7% Female, 8.3%
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, 2.9% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% Asian, 14.8% White, 69.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between biomedical engineering director and product 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.

Product engineering manager example responsibilities.

Design, build and manage the ParagusIT OpenStack base private cloud.
Lead global engineering team in pursuit of major European OEM's medium and heavy-duty axle business.
Manage and coordinate communication with SME teams during disasters.
Manage outsourced/contract vendors and suppliers including HVAC, elevators, electrical and mechanical systems.
Manage a group of engineers that design semi-custom commercial / industrial HVAC and refrigeration equipment.
Participate and lead multiple Kaizen events, including facility layout, productivity, system integration and setup reductions.

Biomedical engineering director vs product 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 product engineering manager skills

Project Management, 7%
Product Management, 7%
Product Engineering, 7%
Product Line, 5%
Java, 5%
Continuous Improvement, 5%

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