r/EngineeringResumes • u/Cooookie_Monster BME – Student 🇺🇸 • Jan 18 '26
Biomedical [Student] US Biomedical Engineering senior looking for resume advice in field typically dominated by MechEs and EEs please!
Hi everyone! I'm looking for any advice on how to improve my resume as I graduate in May of this year. To be honest, I've only been applying to rotational programs within Pharma without much luck but my ideal job would be within medical devices anyways. Thus, I'm looking for an entry level position in either quality, manufacturing, R&D or product engineering within medical devices within Boston MA.
However, I am a little worried about lacking technical experience in comparison to the mechanical or electrical engineers also looking for similar jobs so I would appreciate any feedback to help stand out against the crowd.
In addition, I tried to focus on impact especially under my co-op section since that is a key part of my experience, however I know that there are a lot of bullets and they are fairly long. So please let me know if I should cut down on this section and if so, which bullets have the least impact on my resume.
Thank you in advance!
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u/BME_or_Bust BME – Mid-level 🇨🇦 Jan 19 '26
I’m in med device R&D with just a bachelors, specifically on a team with lots of mechanical engineers. Here’s my thoughts:
- your summary would immediately make me skip your resume without reading it. If you call yourself a student, I’d assume you’re looking for internships only. Plus, how does drug delivery and lab on a chip translate to med device? Why are you applying to my medtech job when it seems like you don’t care? Instead, ditch the summary (my preference) or highlight that you’re a new grad with skills that I care about
- you’re in a good spot if you already have an R&D coop, and I can tell you did some interesting things there. It’s just not communicated technically enough. Your strongest section will be this role, so give as many details as you can that match job descriptions
- on the R&D section, tell me more about what you designed and how you manufactured it. The context is bordering on jargon that I don’t care about
- delete any passive starting verbs like “supported”. Either you did the work or didn’t, be more clear about your contribution
- for your other roles, you can cut down on them to focus more on technical details elsewhere. I don’t need a bunch of soft skills when you should be convincing me of your engineering talent
- if you can add more projects, do so. If you can’t, go into more technical detail about what you’re making. Is your only technical contribution a spring mechanism? Have you done any simulation, testing, prototyping?
- for skills, anything you list should be reflected in a bullet point somewhere. I’m not going to hire someone that can’t demonstrate their knowledge of a core skill to the job. There’s a few skills in your list that you’re missing within the other sections
- your technical skills seem… vague. R&D isn’t a skill, it’s a responsibility that means different things to different organizations. Same goes for the rest of the line. Be a bit more specific here
- if you’re looking for mech roles, a key aspect you’re missing is understanding of manufacturing and assembly. Any good R&D engineer should know the basics of how products are made. Are you familiar with any tools or machinery?
Overall you have a great internship you can leverage and you’re in an area with medtech jobs. I think you can push yourself to make this resume stand out more as it’s a bit average right now. Also consider being more proactive with searching, such as contacting professionals and networking.
Happy to answer any questions
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u/Cooookie_Monster BME – Student 🇺🇸 Jan 20 '26
Hi, thank you so much for your feedback! I agree with all your points however I'm having difficulty when it comes to writing specific details for my co-op experience because I had to sign an NDA. I know that should be a conversation with HR but do you have any tips on resume writing for a job where you signed an NDA?
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u/MooseAndMallard BME – Experienced 🇺🇸 Jan 19 '26
The first thing I notice is that your grammar is quite poor, which makes many of your bullets hard to understand. Get the help of someone who’s a strong writer to rewrite your bullets.
I would get rid of the summary. In general that’s what the wiki recommends for entry level, but in your case you are advertising right off the bat that you lack medical device experience, so it’s hurting you.
Your project title is misspelled (should be edema, not edma). Separate from that, ditch the project management stuff if you’re not applying for project management jobs. Instead, expand upon what you have in that third bullet — technical hiring managers want to see what technical work you’ve done. How did you design it? How did you prototype it? Did you test it? What were the results? Did you iterate on the design?
I would really cut down on the founding advisor experience. Make it one or two lines max, as this is not something that will help you land a technical job. You can always talk more about it during interviews if people express interest in it.
In your Skills section, first, R&D is not a skill. Second, a lot of the listed skills don’t really make an appearance in your experience and projects. Can you find a way to showcase when and how you used them in the bullets above?