Manufacturing Engineer II Job

Purpose and Passion • Comprehensive Benefits • Life-Work Integration • Community • Career Growth

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.

About the Role:

This position leads initiatives for the daily support of products, processes, materials, and equipment to meet production area goals (i.e., safety, quality, cost, and delivery). In a fast-paced and dynamic environment, this position will be responsible for several manufacturing processes on the manufacturing line, working cross-functionally with quality and production teams to achieve goals.

About Our Team:

The Arden Hills site has a diverse portfolio of technologies and capabilities that require solving complex problems. This includes but is not limited to batteries and capacitors manufacturing, electronics, coatings, micro sensors, metals processing, molding, capital equipment, sterilization and distribution. We are actively expanding our capabilities to produce new components and subassemblies to support multiple sites across the Boston Scientific network.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

Daily Production Support

• Monitor performance of equipment, machines and tools and corrects equipment problems or process parameters that produce non-conforming products, low yields or product quality issues
• Communicate effectively to an audience consisting of peers and management in Engineering, Production and Quality
• Plan, organize, and prioritize own daily work routine to meet production requirements and project schedules, seeking alignment with management.
• Troubleshoot new and existing products/process problems as related to design, material, or processes.
• Apply problem solving and process improvement methodologies to improve moderately complex and diverse manufacturing processes across multiple product lines, ensuring root cause of problem is identified and quickly resolved.
• Train and/or provide work direction to operators/technicians.
• Recognize quality signals and escalate appropriately, using quality system tools.
• Incorporate business policies and procedures into task completion

Project-Focused Work

• Work under general direction to identify, implement, and manage equipment requirements to support production goals.
• Work with vendor/suppliers to design, procure, and fabricate equipment tooling and fixtures.
• Leverage existing/emerging technologies to meet business needs.
• Design and coordinate standard engineering tests and experiments.
• Consistently summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from test results.
• May lead a project team of small to moderate scope
• Work cooperatively with R&D, Process Development, Quality, Production, Regulatory, Equipment Engineering, and Supply Chain to ensure project success.
• As required, successfully contribute to both new product development teams and product support, typically including the following activities: process capability studies, process development and validation, Six Sigma and Value Improvement Projects

What We're Looking for In You:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering; preferably Mechanical, Biomedical, Chemical, Manufacturing, or Industrial
• Understand engineering principles theories, concepts, practices and techniques
• 2 - 4 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot manufacturing processes
• Highly collaborative, with strong written and verbal communication skills, adjusting for audience requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in regulated industry, preferably medical device manufacturing
• Experience with Minitab or other statistical software
• Equipment and process validation experience
• Experience with laser welding processes

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.

Boston Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Disability, Veteran

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.

Requisition ID: 473825