Neural Engineer
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What does a neural engineer do?
Neural engineers are in the field of neural engineering. Which is a subsection of biomedical engineering in which these people observer the nerves of people, and solve problems with their nervous system. Whether that is from repairing tissue, or creating artificial organs.
An unfinished hand
This is a photo of an unfinished artificial hand.
A functioning hand
This is a patient using a fully functioning artificial limb to improve their life.
Brain modification
This is a photo of a an engineer who Is trying to replicate a certain part of a brain.
Location and Salary
Neural engineers predominantly have jobs in California, however there are jobs locate in nearly every state including Georgia. These opportunities will only increase because the rate of demand is much higher than that of people joining this field. The salary of this kind of biomedical engineering is around 81,000 dollars a year.
Education needed
The minimum required to obtain this job is a bachelors degree in biomedical engineering, while majoring in it.
Working
Neural engineers commonly work in labs that deal with manufacturing in places such as research facilities owned by various companies , universities, hospitals, and medical institutions.
Fun Fact
This field only has 15,700 workers and while the demand is predicted to increase 62% from 2010 to 2020. The people in the field will only increase by 14%. Therefore, it should be very easy to get employed in this field.