Canberra

Tissue Engineer

Tissue Engineers are at the leading edge of medical research and regenerative technologies such as stem cells and soft robotics. They use biomaterials and biotechnologies to repair organs and tissues that have been damaged to due injury, disease, or genetic malfunction. Imagine a career where you are engineering a skin graft for a burns victim or a new bladder for someone who sustained a traumatic injury.

As a Tissue Engineer your workdays will be very busy. You could be monitoring lab-grown tissue to replace human cartilage, using engineering software to model your ideas for a new diagnostic machine, training medical clinicians to use biomedical equipment, writing a technical report based on your research, presenting your ideas to an industry focus group, or attending an international conference on regenerative medicine and biotechnologies.

To succeed in this occupation you’ll need a curious mind, a strong set of technical skills, and the ability to document and present your ideas, research findings, and innovative solutions.

Future demand High
Average yearly income $77,220
Skill level Unknown

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