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At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination and a deep caring for human life, we’re solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we’re one global team committed to making a difference in people’s lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purpose—improving lives through your life’s work.

R&D Engineer II - Sustaining

About the role:

This role is for an innovative technical contributor who shall sustain technology, products, materials, processes or equipment of moderate complexity for BSC’s PI Division.  As a member of a team; develops, directs and executes plans for a segment of complex projects. Under limited supervision/guidance; compiles, analyzes and reports operational, test and research data to establish/verify performance standards for products, processes and materials.

Your responsibilities include:

• Successfully contributes to project teams typically including the following activities: sustaining engineering, design change strategy, test of materials, preparation of specifications, process capability studies, research investigations, report preparation and test documentation.
• Leads design change to ensure the proposed changes are systematically and thoroughly analyzed to verify that the design intent is still met.
• Maintain product performance through support of Quality Investigations
• Works independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines
• Designs and coordinates standard engineering tests and experiments
• Designs, procures and fabricates tooling and fixtures
• 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
• Responsible for engineering documentation
• Invents/creates concepts and designs for new products/processes, and submits idea disclosures
• May train and/or provide work direction to technicians
• Works cross-functionally with project management, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical and marketing to ensure project success
• Support integration of newly acquired technologies into Boston Scientific
• Demonstrates design control knowledge through generation of high quality deliverables

What we’re looking for:

Qualifications

• BS in Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution
• Proven ability to work within a regulated industry environment and with a track record of accomplishments.  Product development experience a plus.
• Self-Starter with the ability to work independently to plan, schedule and execute activities necessary to meet project timelines to schedule
• Fundamental understanding of design controls and risk management within the medical device industry
• Fundamental understanding of the Quality System per ISO 13485 or 21 CFR 820
• 2-5 years related experience in the medical device industry 
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Biomedical or anatomy experience and/or aptitude
• Medical device product development system knowledge (PDP/TDP)
• Effective communication skills required due to support of cross functional projects within a team
• Experience working with cross-cultural teams
• Technical Project Management experience

About us

As a global medical technology leader for more than 35 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.

Requisition ID: 467994