How to pivot from med devices to tech?


I’ve spent the last 6 years of my career working in the medical device industry as a systems engineer. I’ve ultimately grown a bit bored at my current role and want to pivot into more of a tech role. I have experience with requirement development, hw/sw/alg integration and testing for medical instrumentation. Usability evaluation, and regulatory compliance testing.

I’ve been browsing the job postings of facebooks, Apple, googles etc.

Any tips?

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Most of faang has a medical or clinician group. Some of them are tied to their hardware group (ie watches).

Start there

I would also look at biotech places as a start if FANNG healthcare is hard to break into - a lot of them end up recruiting from up-and-coming biotech startups anyway so you might be find it easier to make the transition

Perhaps a med/bio-leaning startup?

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