Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

Recruiter: Spencer Gregory Hale

Senior Supplier Quality Engineer

About this role

The Supplier Quality Engineer will play a key part in leading performance improvement of suppliers and increasing the supplier’s capabilities to consistently meet Boston Scientific’s requirements. Additionally, the Supplier Quality Engineer will support global sourcing, manufacturing operations, and global quality systems by participating in global communities of practice and value improvement projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Evaluates supplier caused manufacturing yield issues, incoming quality issues, and field failures and applies sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving the issues. Interacts with suppliers.
• Leads root cause investigation and resolution with suppliers for non-conformances identified within the material lifecycle. Reviews and approves supplier corrective action plans and verification of effectiveness documentation.
• Works in a category team develop and execute category strategy. Monitors supplier performance to drive continuous improvement. Identifies opportunities to improve component quality and supplier quality system connection. Develop proactive quality initiatives with suppliers.
• Plans and leads supplier audits to assess compliance with regulatory and Boston Scientific requirements, including resolution of audit observation. Sustains incoming material acceptance and flow. Supports evaluation of proposed changes at suppliers. Influences quality in new material introduction and establish quality expectations with suppliers during material development.
• Works cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues. Maintains and enhances cross-functional team relationships within the divisions, plants, distribution centers, across the entire BSC network.     
• Establishes and cultivates a wide range of business relationships to facilitate completion of assignments. Participates in determining goals and objectives for projects. Leads projects within the department and represents a specialized field in larger project teams.

What we're looking for in you:
Minimum qualifications:

• BS degree in engineering or related technical field with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with quality systems and processes, and project management.
• Ability to work independently; organized and self-driven.
• Strong communicator, adept at packaging and appropriately scaling information to the intended audience.
• Domestic and international travel up to 20%.

Preferred qualifications:

• BS degree in electrical, mechanical, or biomedical engineering.
• Experience with or working for medical device suppliers.
• Demonstrated project management ability to influence cross functional global teams spanning quality, operations, R&D, and sourcing.

• Experience in design controls, production controls, risk management, and CAPA.

• Lead auditor of quality systems, ISO13485 or similar.
• ASQ certification (CQE, CBA, SSGB, SSBB).

Requisition ID: 612315 

Minimum Salary: $ 82600 

Maximum Salary: $ 156900 

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 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 status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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.