Systems Engineer III

Additional Location(s): US-CA-Valencia

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.           

About the role:

Boston Scientific ranked #2 among medical device companies on Forbes America's Best Places to Work for Engineers 2026. Whether your passion lies in systems, software, human factors, or beyond, this is a place where you can grow your career and be part of something bigger—advancing science for life.

As a Systems Engineer III on the Neuromodulation R&D team, you will help shape next-generation implantable and connected health technologies that improve patient lives. In this role, you’ll design and execute comprehensive test strategies to ensure system reliability, verify requirements, validate user needs, and drive delivery of high-quality neuromodulation solutions.

This is a hands-on engineering role that spans the full product lifecycle—from early-stage concept through commercial launch. You’ll work cross-functionally with software, firmware, hardware, mobile, and cloud teams to integrate complex systems, uncover issues, and ensure every product meets the highest standards of safety and performance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Analyze system requirements and develop verification strategies, test objectives, and traceability documentation
• Perform system-level testing across software, firmware, hardware, mobile, and embedded components
• Execute formal and exploratory test cycles including regression, dry runs, and defect reproduction
• Investigate, document, and debug defects using structured analysis and hardware/software tools
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including software, systems, hardware, field support, and quality
• Create, execute, and maintain automated test scripts to improve coverage and reliability
• Debug and refine test automation frameworks (Iris, Hermes, Test Automation Server) and execute controlled test jobs
• Support full-system test suite execution and deliver detailed reporting of verification outcomes
• Manage device setup, configuration, and planning activities to ensure test readiness
• Contribute to risk management activities, including FMEAs, hazard analyses, and safety assessments
• Apply project management skills to track, report, and deliver on engineering and verification milestones
• Mentor new engineers and support onboarding into the verification environment
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily scrums, reviews, triage meetings, and cross-functional design sessions

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in engineering (Master’s degree may substitute 2 years)
• Minimum of 5 years' experience working with mixed hardware/software systems
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in design, development, or testing of embedded or active implantables (deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems highly preferred)
• Familiarity with tools such as Windchill, Jira, TFS, Cockpit, Bitbucket, and Agile/PLM environments
• Ability to interpret and develop system requirements and specifications
• Experience verifying mobile apps, embedded systems, and hardware interfaces; strong debugging and defect triage capabilities
• Proficiency in programming languages including PHP and Python
• Experience working in a hands-on engineering lab environment

Preferred qualifications:

• Prior experience working with implantable DBS products and neuromodulation systems
• Familiarity with DBS clinician programmers with Brainlab integration, Stimsearch algorithms, and cloud-based CP application features
• Hands-on experience executing CAPAs and NCEPs related to DBS products
• Experience using Iris, Hermes, and Test Automation Server to run regression and formal test suites; ability to create Iris test jobs based on configuration
• Extensive system-level verification experience including regressions, formal test cycles, and end-to-end mixed system validation
• Strong skills in traceability, requirements interpretation, and verification coverage against engineering and user needs
• Proficiency in formal system development life cycles and standards governing Class II/III medical devices
• Deep understanding of hardware-software integration, including SEIT boards, clinician programmers, and patient-facing controllers

Requisition ID: 620414 

Minimum Salary: $ 79700 

Maximum Salary: $ 151400 

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).

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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!

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 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 identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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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.