Senior R&D Scientist

Additional Locations: Canada-QC-Montreal

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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 the role

The R&D Scientist serves as a clinical expert who spends substantial time with internal project teams, and with external technical staff in a clinical setting to drive optimization of patient outcomes in electrophysiology. This position will play a pivotal role in the development of new therapies from concept through commercialization. The successful candidate will spend a large portion of their time in a clinical and preclinical environment to obtain first-hand exposure of device clinical use, support execution of exploratory clinical studies, and conduct research in the form of analytics, modeling, or development. The candidate will have strong collaboration skills and be able to work well with external (e.g., physicians, patients) and internal (other R&D engineers and members of other company functions) stakeholders. The candidate will be able to work independently and develop/adapt work plans based on vague or changing project goals. 

This role is to support the evaluation and understanding of device to tissue interactions. This role will help provide project teams with key clinical information required to make product development decisions and design choices.  

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring preclinical lab organization is on-track for upcoming labs (determining testing needs from project teams, interfacing with lab staff to confirm testing priorities can be met, ensuring that regulatory documents are up to date). 

• Work with project teams to design benchtop testing fixtures/studies that answer key questions around device design limits with respect to interaction with biological structures. 

• Synthesize testing results and draft technical documents that summarize findings. If necessary, clearly and succinctly communicate the results and main conclusions to project stakeholders. 

• Participate in the design and development process from the perspective of a clinical user (e.g. risk documentation, device verification and validation testing/protocols, user needs). 

• Consults feedback data on existing products and proactively works to identify areas for device design investigations. 

• Visits with internal stakeholders/SMEs along with external clinical staff to obtain feedback on existing and/or pre-commercial devices. 

• Works with other internal SMEs to administer and maintain internal clinical training initiatives. 

• Continues pursuits in developing knowledge and skills within the space of cardiac electrophysiology. 

• In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality.  

• Other duties as required. 

Required qualifications:

• Degree in life sciences, biomechanics, biomedical engineering, or similar. Sound foundation in anatomy, physiology, mechanics, and biomechanical systems. 

• 2+ years of relevant experience in a research and/or preclinical lab setting.

• Ability to travel internationally up to 10%.  

  
Preferred qualifications:   

• Interest and experience with cardiac therapies and medical technology landscape. 

• Analytical mindset when approaching problems; comfortable dealing with abstract challenges.  

• Proactive in reaching out to colleagues and stakeholders to ask questions, seek guidance, and gather information to effectively solve problems and find answers. 

• Comfortable interfacing with internal and external SME’s (physicians, lab technical staff, etc.). 

• Effective communicator. 

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Requisition ID: 606287

Minimum Salary: $79700 

Maximum Salary: $158200 

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.

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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!