Remote Health Care Engineers

Employment for biomedical engineers will grow faster than the average for all careers from 2019 to 2029, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL predicts that biomedical engineers “likely will see employment growth because of increasing possibilities brought by new technologies and increasing applications to medical equipment and devices.”

Demand should be strong for engineers who develop telemedicine and telehealth medical devices, software, and systems as hospitals and other medical providers seek to reduce costs and provide care to more people—especially those in rural areas and those who do not have access to transportation to travel to in-person appointments. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in late 2019, increased demand for telemedicine and telehealth services. Forty-eight percent of physicians surveyed by the physician staffing firm Merritt Hawkins and The Physicians Foundation in April 2020 reported using telemedicine to treat patients—up from only 18 percent in 2018.