Biomedical engineering director vs project engineering manager

The differences between biomedical engineering directors and project 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 project engineering manager. Additionally, a biomedical engineering director has an average salary of $188,298, which is higher than the $110,534 average annual salary of a project engineering manager.

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

Biomedical engineering director vs project engineering manager overview

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Project Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$188,298	$110,534
Hourly rate	$90.53	$53.14
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	61,350	171,897
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Biomedical engineering director vs project engineering manager salary

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Project Engineering Manager
Average salary	$188,298	$110,534
Salary range	Between $118,000 And $299,000	Between $79,000 And $153,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between biomedical engineering director and project engineering manager education

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Project Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Biomedical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Biomedical engineering director vs project engineering manager demographics

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Project Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 90.6% Female, 9.4%	Male, 87.8% Female, 12.2%
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, 3.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 12.0% White, 71.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between biomedical engineering director and project 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.

Project engineering manager example responsibilities.

Interview, hire and manage engineering and cad teams to accomplish all projects acquire with quality and on-time delivery.
Manage APQP tasks and submit documentation to customer.
Lead an engineering team that develop a vision technology product resulting in winning multiple DOD awards.
Manage UL, FCC and ANSI testing of new products and product production with contract manufacturers.
Establish SharePoint site to manage all records to ensure facility is built codes and standards if audit by regulators.
Manage desktop, server and network teams' projects, and fill in as Unix support for tape backup management.

Biomedical engineering director vs project 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 project engineering manager skills

Project Management, 22%
Project Scope, 6%
Engineering Design, 4%
Autocad, 4%
Capital Projects, 4%
Project Execution, 3%

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