Senior R&D Engineer 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:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior R&D Engineer that develops new technology, products, materials, processes, or equipment with minimal supervision in TAVR Structural Heart core products within the Interventional Cardiology division. Products supported include: Cerebral embolic protection system, transfemoral insertion sheaths, guidewires and balloons. This role independently, or as a member of a team, develops, directs, and executes plans for a major segment of complex projects. Compiles and analyzes operational, test, and research data to establish technical specifications for designing or modifying products, processes, and materials.

Your responsibilities include:

• Consistently generates innovative and unique solutions to market needs and submits idea disclosures. Work is expected to result in the development of new or refined products, processes or equipment.
• Successfully completes complex engineering work in one or more of the following: technology development, product design and development, test of materials or products, preparation of specifications, process study, research investigation (animal and clinical studies), and report preparation.
• Selects techniques to solve complex problems and make sound design recommendations.
• Summarizes, analyzes, and draws conclusions from complex test results.
• Designs and prepares complex reports to communicate results to technical community.
• Designs and coordinates complex engineering tests and experiments.
• Coordinates, manages, and documents project goals and progress and recommends appropriate revisions.
• Assesses the feasibility and soundness of proposed engineering evaluation tests, products or equipment.
• Interfaces with Physicians/Cath Lab personnel to obtain feedback on concepts and performance of new devices.
• Translates customer needs into product requirements and design specifications.
• Responsible for engineering documentation.
• Works cooperatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, and marketing on complex projects to ensure project success.
• May train and/or provide work direction to technicians and entry-level engineers.
• Demonstrates PDP/TPD system knowledge through delivery of high quality and high impact deliverables.

What we’re looking for:

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering
• Required minimum years of work experience: 5 years with BS, or 3 years with MS
• Strong mechanical engineering skills, specifically with catheters, machined and injection molded components, design for manufacturability and planning.
• Solid lab experience to develop and debug fixtures, and test equipment.
• Expertise in design simulation tools and analysis techniques.
• Ability to provide technical leadership as it relates to product and process design.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources.
• Excellent organizational, communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to travel on brief visits to BSC production site in Costa Rica

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with catheter development, extrusion, and guidewire development.
• Experience with CAPA process
• Experience with rapid prototyping to excelerate proof of concepts.
• Experience with tolerance stackup analysis.
• 6 Sigma green or black belt certifications.

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: 473348