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Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological, agricultural, and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Prepare technical reports, data summary documents, or research articles for scientific publication, regulatory submissions, or patent applications.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Design or develop medical diagnostic or clinical instrumentation, equipment, or procedures, using the principles of engineering and biobehavioral sciences.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Conduct research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical scientists, on the engineering aspects of the biological systems of humans and animals.People already use AI for this at work
- 05Adapt or design computer hardware or software for medical science uses.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Maintain databases of experiment characteristics or results.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Develop statistical models or simulations, using statistical or modeling software.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Read current scientific or trade literature to stay abreast of scientific, industrial, or technological advances.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Manage teams of engineers by creating schedules, tracking inventory, creating or using budgets, or overseeing contract obligations or deadlines.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Develop models or computer simulations of human biobehavioral systems to obtain data for measuring or controlling life processes.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss13%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
59%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 87% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 43% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.