R&D Sustaining Engineer I

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.

Advancing possibilities for a brighter tomorrow

Boston Scientific is seeking a highly motivated R&D Sustaining Engineer I on a permanent basis to join our team.

Job Purpose:

Boston Scientific is seeking a highly motivated R&D Engineer to join the Cork Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Therapies (ICVT) R&D Sustaining team. The R&D Sustaining Engineering group provide design support to commercial products in many varied projects that ensure safety, compliance and manufacturing continuity of this product portfolio.

• Responsible for supporting commercialised minimally invasive medical devices in both the accessory and atherectomy spaces. Successful candidate will work as a member of a team within a dynamic organisation specialized supporting commercialised devices in all major global healthcare markets.
• Under limited supervision/guidance, compiles, analyzes, and reports operational, test, and research data to enable design intent to be maintained on commercialised products whilst also helping provide post launch support by being a source of key product and clinical knowledge.

Key Responsibilities:

• Use of design change process to ensure proposed changes are systematically and thoroughly analyzed before beginning the change process. Whenever product changes are proposed, justification is written or data is collected to verify that the design intent is still met.
• Works cross-functionally with project management, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical and marketing to ensure project success.
• Work collaboratively with manufacturing to reduce product costs through design improvements.
• Works with other functions to understand feedback from the market, providing design knowledge input to understand device performance and anatomy interaction, look for opportunity for device improvement and interact with physicians as necessary to optimise outcomes.
• Interfaces with vendors and physicians where projects require.
• Maintain product performance through Quality Investigations and ensuring rigorous support for design changes.
• Works under supervision to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines.
• Performs troubleshooting on products/process problems as related to design, material or process.
• Summarizes, analyzes and draws conclusions from test results, prepares standard reports/documentation to communicate results to technical community.
• Must be able to provide technical guidance within a team and be an effective communicator within a multidisciplinary and international organisation.
• Leads or participates in a cross functional team to perform troubleshooting on products/process problems as related to design, material or process.
• Demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality.

Education & Experience:

• Honours Degree (HETAC level 8) in a relevant Technical Discipline, preferably Biomedical Engineering.
• Minimum 12-18mths of experience within medical device industry, knowledge of BSC systems an advantage
• Self-Starter with the ability to work independently to plan, schedule and execute activities necessary to meet project timelines to schedule.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good leadership abilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

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 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!

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At Boston Scientific, we recognise that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative. It is essential in advancing science for life and improving patient health. 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 is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.  Boston Scientific is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with a disability. Should you require a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please email TalentAcquisitionIre@bsci.com