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Principal Process Engineer - Integrated Circuits Test

Work mode:  Onsite
Onsite Location(s): 

Arden Hills, MN, US, 55112

Additional Location(s):  N/A

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.           

 

About the role: 

 

Assist the supervisor to achieve the daily production schedules and quality goals.  Provide guidance and be a source of information for operators and support groups in the area. Coordinate the documentation and training, provide inputs for performance appraisal and assist in the employee selection process.

 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an onsite work model, requiring employees to be in our local office at five days per week.

 

Boston Scientific was recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Workplaces for Engineers in 2026, reflecting a culture where engineers do meaningful work.

 

Boston Scientific was also recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

 

  • Roles and responsibilities will encompass tasks within the Integrated Circuits (IC) Test department, including wafer and chip-level testing.
  • Assess process capabilities, prioritize process improvement opportunities, and innovate and implement process improvements on multiple and moderately complex processes
  • Apply technical knowledge to innovate, design, and develop processes, procedures, fixturing, and/or automation
  • Execute the functional deliverables associated with PDP/TDP, Project Management, and Quality Systems
  • Write clean and concise work instructions that can be understood by product builders  
  • Serve as a key resource or expert, participating in setting technical direction for the function and/or organization 
  • Own/contribute to technical reports, validations, and qualifications by capturing experimental results   
  • Ensure visibility and closure of process issues (e.g., yields, cost, capability, etc.) per PDP milestones 
  • Evaluate external technologies and strategically identify opportunities to implement them internally 
  • Provide on-going mentoring and technical guidance to managers, other engineers, technicians, and functional group 
  • Complete proper documentation to meet quality systems requirements (e.g., BOM's, Routers, FMEA's, etc.)   
  • Write and review validation protocols and reports applicable to new processes  
  • Serve as a key contributor and participant in technical reviews, preparing and presenting technical data and recommendations at technical and business reviews  
  • Prepare and present technical data and recommendations at technical reviews
  • Oversee development builds associated with the project using special work requests
  • Develop and transfer qualified production lines to Manufacturing
  • Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) input to the engineering print package
  • Contribute ideas to or generate Intellectual Property submissions
  • Train and/or provide work direction to technicians and may train manufacturing personnel when required as part of a validation
  • Train, mentor, and/or provide work direction to early-career engineers
  • May serve as core team member or extended team member on new product projects

  

Required qualifications:

 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
  • Minimum of 7 years of professional engineering experience relevant to this role, or minimum of 5 years of professional engineering experience relevant to this role with an advanced degree
  • Experience with schematic and circuit board layout (for example Altium, Cadence) 
  • Experience with Design Analysis Testing (DAT) and Design Verification Testing (DVT) 
  • Experience programming with Visual Basic, Python, C/C++, or related programming languages
  • Integrated circuit testing experience

 

Preferred qualifications:

 

  • Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering
  • Software and systems experience; equipment and fixturing design 
  • Process Development experience; equipment validations and process characterization experience 
  • Wafer-level test and burn-in experience  
  • Experience with IC failure diagnostics 
  • Ability to translate theoretical and abstract ideas into meaningful innovation 
  • Semiconductor testing experience, for example Teradyne test systems 
  • Experience with digital boundary scan, analog boundary scan, internal scan, LBIST, MBIST
  • Data driven individual; statistical analysis experience 
  • Prior experience in medical device industry or similar highly-regulated industry   
  • Demonstrated use of Design for Six Sigma tools (Design of Experiments, problem solving)  
  • Highly motivated individual that can independently drive deliverables to completion through collaboration among team members 
  • Experience in New Product Development   
  • Demonstrated ability to develop and drive innovative solutions into processes and products 
  • Demonstrated understanding of problem solving and root cause investigations 
  • Troubleshooting in combination with product yield and performance  
  • Experience with mechanical design   
  • Ability to schedule out timelines with specific milestones to achieve and demonstrated success  
  • Experience with Process Verification and Validation 
  • Expertise in Operations and/or New Product Development 
  • Open to travel (domestic or international) up to 10% of time 

 

 

Requisition ID: 625512 

Minimum Salary: $ 102100 

Maximum Salary: $ 194000 

 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

 

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

 

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

 

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

 

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

 

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status.  Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment.  Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements.   As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

 

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement.  The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.  


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