How to hire a biomedical engineering technician

How to hire a biomedical engineering technician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step biomedical engineering technician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a biomedical engineering technician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new biomedical engineering technician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a biomedical engineering technician, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect biomedical engineering technician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   Here's a comparison of biomedical engineering technician salaries for various roles:

   Type of Biomedical Engineering Technician	Description	Hourly rate
   Biomedical Engineering Technician		$20-38
   Technician	Technicians are skilled professionals who primarily work with technology in different industries. They are knowledgeable about the technical aspects of the various items they work with... Show more	$11-27
   Engineering Aide	An engineering aide is responsible for assisting the engineering operations by finalizing construction and manufacturing designs, inspecting tools and equipment, and assembling model components according to schematics and blueprints. Engineering aides manage setting-up procedures and conduct quality checks to the outputs, ensuring its efficiency and adherence to internal regulations and business requirements... Show more	$21-48

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Medical Equipment
   • Biomedical Equipment
   • Customer Service
   • Test Equipment
   • Patients
   • Hand Tools
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Electronic Equipment
   • OSHA
   • Service Calls
   • Preventive Maintenance
   • Vital Signs
   • Water Systems
   • Federal Regulations

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
   • Assist all test engineers with ultrasound tomography tests using MATLAB and LabVIEW.
   • Develop the software on an advance medical instrument by using LabVIEW.
   • Perform maintenance on ventilators and other complex medical equipment.
   • Participate in on-the-job training sessions conduct by senior-level BMET technicians.
   • Packaged/Deploy applications, maintained/creat group policy, and reduce windows boot times.

   More biomedical engineering technician duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the biomedical engineering technician job description is a good way to get more applicants. A biomedical engineering technician salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a biomedical engineering technician in Florida may be lower than in Alaska, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level biomedical engineering technician. Additionally, a biomedical engineering technician with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average biomedical engineering technician salary

   $59,711yearly

   $28.71 hourly rate

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   Entry-level biomedical engineering technician salary

   $43,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 5, 2025

   Average biomedical engineering technician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	New York	$70,903	$34
   2	Washington	$68,436	$33
   3	Colorado	$65,865	$32
   4	Missouri	$64,146	$31
   5	Michigan	$63,585	$31
   6	California	$63,437	$31
   7	Arkansas	$63,282	$30
   8	Indiana	$61,189	$29
   9	Connecticut	$59,908	$29
   10	Massachusetts	$59,833	$29
   11	Ohio	$59,763	$29
   12	Wisconsin	$59,290	$29
   13	Maryland	$58,368	$28
   14	Texas	$58,043	$28
   15	Georgia	$57,902	$28
   16	Oregon	$57,716	$28
   17	Pennsylvania	$57,413	$28
   18	Illinois	$55,659	$27
   19	Kentucky	$55,589	$27
   20	Hawaii	$52,823	$25

   Average biomedical engineering technician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	PeaceHealth	$77,664	$37.34
   2	Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings	$77,223	$37.13	22
   3	Dignity Health	$69,564	$33.44	61
   4	TRIMEDX	$68,917	$33.13	85
   5	Community Health Systems	$68,466	$32.92	46
   6	QuintilesIMS	$66,333	$31.89	3
   7	General Electric	$63,712	$30.63	112
   8	BayCare Health System	$62,569	$30.08	6
   9	Kaiser Permanente	$62,087	$29.85	23
   10	Fresenius Medical Care North America Holdings Limited Partnership	$61,760	$29.69	31
   11	Satellite Healthcare	$61,560	$29.60
   12	University of California	$60,621	$29.14	9
   13	University of Maryland Medical System	$60,272	$28.98	8
   14	Baptist Health Home Care	$60,241	$28.96	4
   15	PEAK Technical Staffing USA	$60,112	$28.90
   16	Chicago Public Schools	$59,596	$28.65	2
   17	Massachusetts General Hospital	$58,479	$28.11	4
   18	White Plains Hospital	$58,453	$28.10	2
   19	BJC HealthCare	$58,304	$28.03	12
   20	Excela Health	$58,247	$28.00

4. Writing a biomedical engineering technician job description

   A job description for a biomedical engineering technician role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a biomedical engineering technician job description:

   Biomedical engineering technician job description example

   Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino),California,United States
   
   Hardware
   
   + Previous experience with medical, health, wellness and/or fitness sensors, systems, and applications.
   
   + Experience with design and execution of human user studies involving physiological measurement devices.
   
   + Experience with troubleshooting and debugging prototype hardware or software.
   
   + Experience with physiological data acquisition, data logging, data analysis and statistical analysis (using e.g., MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW) is desirable.
   
   **Description**
   
   - Design and execution of human user studies for providing reliable, revealing data for evaluating feasibility of health, wellness, and fitness sensors, systems, and applications. - Develop and refine processes that streamline user study data collection process and improve the user study experience for participants. - Must thrive in fast-paced environment. - Must be highly organized, and be able to multitask. - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. - Demonstrated ability to work as a key member of a team. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Detail oriented.
   
   **Education & Experience**
   
   Bachelor's minimum. Master's desired or Bachelor's with research experience Field of Study: Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Human Physiology or other related discipline.
   
   **Additional Requirements**
   
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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find biomedical engineering technicians for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your biomedical engineering technician job on Zippia to find and recruit biomedical engineering technician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting biomedical engineering technicians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new biomedical engineering technician

   Once you've selected the best biomedical engineering technician candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new biomedical engineering technician. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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