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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:

As a Manufacturing Engineer Technician II, your primary mission is ensuring that equipment and processes used on the factory floor are performing as intended, with focus on equipment.  Your daily tasks are both reactive and proactive; responding to the needs of the floor as well as supporting manufacturing engineering initiatives.  The ME team works in concert with Quality and Production to ensure the factory achieves production goals (i.e., quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and safety) now and in the future.  ME initiatives include introduction of new product lines, introduction of new technologies, and modernization/upgrade of existing equipment.

With general supervisory direction, you will work as part of a cross-functional team on 2^nd shift in the Core Tech Polymers (CTP) business unit and in concert with the engineering staff on day shift and counterpart technicians on 1^st and 3^rd shifts. 

CTP is a foundational component producer for the greater BSC network, providing extruded shafts and tubes for assembly into completed products at downstream partners locally and globally.  Equipment used on the CTP floor includes both off-the-shelf and custom-built extruders, puller/cutters, water baths, payoffs, take-ups, test equipment, and other ancillary equipment.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Identify and troubleshoot process, material or equipment problems to minimize down time
• Modify existing and develop new tooling and fixtures
• Revise existing documents, processes, and/or methods to correct or improve processes/product
• Work with vendors/suppliers to procure and install tooling, fixtures, and/or equipment
• Assist in writing validation plans, executing plans and completing validation reports
• Assist in Value Improvement (VIP) and Employee Involvement Team (EIT) projects, implementing new equipment or processes or improving existing ones for cost savings
• Collect data and perform statistical analysis for process characterization, Cpk, and scrap reduction goals.
• Work with Process Development to bring new products into production
• Work with departmental customers to improve material quality and delivery
• Train and provide technical support or direction to product builders and other technicians

What We're Looking For In You:

Minimum Qualifications

• AA Degree or equivalent work experience in related discipline
• 3+ years of related experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to read mechanical prints
• Understanding of high and low voltage systems
• Experience with measurement equipment (micrometers-tool scope – surfs)
• Knowledge of metals
• Machining experience
• Extrusion experience

What We're Looking For In You:

Minimum Qualifications

• AA Degree or equivalent work experience in related discipline
• 3+ years of related experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to read mechanical prints
• Understanding of high and low voltage systems
• Experience with measurement equipment (micrometers-tool scope – surfs)
• Knowledge of metals
• Machining experience
• Extrusion experience

Requisition ID: 479627

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 is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Boston Scientific maintains a drug-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.