Biomedical engineering director vs senior engineering manager

The differences between biomedical engineering directors and senior 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 senior engineering manager. Additionally, a biomedical engineering director has an average salary of $188,298, which is higher than the $155,753 average annual salary of a senior engineering manager.

The top three skills for a biomedical engineering director include patient safety, biomedical equipment and AAMI. The most important skills for a senior engineering manager are java, architecture, and cloud.

Biomedical engineering director vs senior engineering manager overview

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Senior Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$188,298	$155,753
Hourly rate	$90.53	$74.88
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	61,350	70,918
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Biomedical engineering director vs senior engineering manager salary

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Senior Engineering Manager
Average salary	$188,298	$155,753
Salary range	Between $118,000 And $299,000	Between $110,000 And $218,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Airbnb
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between biomedical engineering director and senior engineering manager education

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Senior Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Biomedical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Biomedical engineering director vs senior engineering manager demographics

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

	Biomedical Engineering Director	Senior Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 90.6% Female, 9.4%	Male, 89.9% Female, 10.1%
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, 8.2% Asian, 17.6% White, 66.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between biomedical engineering director and senior 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.

Senior engineering manager example responsibilities.

Lead PCB design activities for achieving signal integrity and EMC/EMI compliances.
Manage and lead technical NPI cross-functional team, focal contact and liaison for manufacturing supply chain.
Direct and manage all FEA & CFD activities including hardware and software system activities.
Promote lead engineer to manage new internal SDLC, cutting bug-fix time from weeks to days.
Manage all aspects of geotechnical engineering projects from proposal preparation to review of invoices and collection of fees.
Develop quotes and proposals, track budgets and headcount needs, and manage outsourcing of high-volume PCB or tester builds.

Biomedical engineering director vs senior 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 senior engineering manager skills

Java, 11%
Architecture, 8%
Cloud, 7%
Infrastructure, 7%
Software Development, 5%
Project Management, 5%

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