Quality Engineer III

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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 This Role:
This Quality Engineer III will provide on-site support for Capital Equipment production operations at the Arden Hills site.  An individual stepping into this role will help support continuous improvement projects as well as quality initiatives. He/she/they will partner with a broader team to accomplish day-to-day floor support, proactive problem solving, nonconformance dispositions, and NCEP/CAPA work.  In a fast-paced and dynamic environment, this Quality Engineer will work cross-functionally with their manufacturing engineering and production counterparts to ensure delivery of the highest quality result to the customer.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading in the implementation of assurances, process controls, and CAPA systems designed to meet or exceed internal and external requirements.
• Collaboration with technicians and manufacturing engineers in assisting in identification of manufacturing process defects, identification of primary root causes, understanding corrective and preventative actions, and dispositioning non-conforming material. 
• Using risk analysis tools to identify, prioritize, disposition, and resolve product quality issues. 
• Leading process improvement efforts by identifying methods to capture quality metric data and by performing appropriate analysis methods to enhance sustaining product design and new product development.
• Working with Project Management and Divisional teams to support new product launch activities
• Becoming a Process Owner to provide product-specific line support
• Proactively investigating, identifying, and implementing best-in-class Quality Engineering practices.
• Providing support and mentorship to fellow engineers and quality technicians 

What we're looking for in you

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science related field
• Minimum 4 years of related experience

 
Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a regulated medical device industry, preferably in Operations Quality
• Familiarity of new product development and/or launch activities 
• EUMDR knowledge and/or prior implementation 
• Experience with NCEP/CAPA process and system
• Technical mentorship experience or desire to be a technical mentor
   

Requisition ID: 589293

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

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

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 identify, gender expression, veteran’s status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Boston Scientific maintains a prohibited substance free workplace. Pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-4312 (2000), Boston Scientific is providing notification that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the workplace and that violations will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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.