About BioScience
BioScience
South Carolina’s bioscience sector is flourishing, with a diverse network of life sciences companies and suppliers spread across the state. This dynamic ecosystem includes pharmaceutical manufacturers, agricultural research centers, chemical laboratories, research diagnostic labs, and medical manufacturing facilities.
Employing approximately 13,500 professionals—from medical scientists and biochemists to biomedical engineers—the life sciences sector is a powerhouse of innovation and discovery. Nearly 8,000 of these experts are concentrated in the bio-pharmaceutical and medical device industries, driving advancements that are reshaping healthcare and improving lives worldwide.
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Featured BioScience Careers
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Architectural and Engineering Managers
Plan, coordinate, and direct activities in architectural and engineering companies.
Computer Hardware Engineers
Research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, memory devices, networks, and routers.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians
Help engineers design and develop computers, communications equipment, medical monitoring devices, navigational equipment, and other electrical and electronic equipment. They often work in product evaluation and testing, using measuring and diagnostic devices to adjust, test, and repair equipment.
Electrical Drafters
Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.
Electrical Engineers
Design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturing of electrical equipment, such as electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communications systems, or power generation equipment. Also, design the electrical systems of automobiles and aircraft.
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
Assemble or modify electromechanical equipment or devices, such as servomechanisms, gyros, dynamometers, magnetic drums, tape drives, brakes, control linkage, actuators, and appliances.
Electronics Engineers
Design and develop electronic equipment, such as broadcast and communications systems, from portable music players to global positioning systems (GPS). Many also work in areas closely related to computer hardware.
Industrial Engineering Technicians
Help industrial engineers implement designs to effectively use personnel, materials, and machines in factories, repair shops, and offices. They prepare machinery and equipment layouts, plan workflows, conduct statistical production studies, and analyze production costs.
Industrial Engineers
Devise efficient ways to use workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.
IT Project Managers
Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage
Logistics Engineers
Analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain. They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, distributed, allocated, and delivered.
Machinist Technician
Set up and operate a variety of computer-controlled and mechanically-controlled machine tools to produce precision metal parts, instruments, and tools
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