Senior R&D Engineer

Hiring Manager: Jenna Marie Rubbelke

Recruiter: Pamela Denise Jones

About the role:

The Ablation Catheter Development Team is growing and has an exciting opportunity for a senior engineer role supporting electrophysiology product development within the Cardiology division. Electrophysiology is an exciting growth driver for BSC. With the acquisition of FARAPULSE Inc., Boston Scientific will strengthen its leadership in Personalized EP Solutions, with a strong focus in Atrial Fibrillation. The senior engineer role will be a key team member in providing mechanical engineering support in the creation and development of new electrophysiology ablation catheter technologies.

As Senior Engineer, you will support new product development team solutions to multi-faceted customer issues, requiring applied in-depth problem-solving competencies. You will be a part of a high-performance team responsible for the design, implementation, and test of disposable medical devices within our electrophysiology pulsed field ablation single use device portfolio.This critical role will be a part of best-in-class development practices and rigorous, holistic product design in coordination with internal and external partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Researches, develops, designs, and evaluates: mechanical and electro-mechanical materials, components, assemblies, processes and/or equipment.
• Develops solutions to diverse engineering problems using ingenuity and creativity. Leverages internal/external partners as necessary to achieve project objectives.
• Drives technical project tasks within single use device development including requirements, design, implementation, test, integration, transfer to manufacturing, and verification/validation.
• Solves system problems by analyzing the situation and recommending corrective or alternative actions. Leads technical workstreams through problem solving. Facilitates crisp decision making around key technical issues.
• Independently plans and organizes project tasks with showing the ability to prioritize tasks, execute, and direct others
• Ensure quality system compliance for medical device development, champion continuous improvement, and adopt best practices.
• Participates in the development of others by providing coaching and guidance.
• Creates a strong team culture around high expectations and high performance
• Participates in writing and submission of intellectual property (patents).
• Maintains detailed documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
• Provides clear communication to Technical Leaders at key technical updates.

Required qualifications:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Required minimum years of work experience (primarily in medical device or related field): 5+ Years with BS, 3+ Years with MS
• Experience managing technical aspects of projects as a member of a cross-functional core team
• Demonstrated strong cross-functional collaboration, influence without authority, and project/task management enabling highly effective teams
• Passion for understanding and solving problems for end users
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Proven self-starter who runs towards critical issues, ambiguous requirements, or loosely defined challenges with a demonstrated ability to rally teams to achieve business results.
• Experience with electrophysiology and/or Class II or Class III Medical Device product development experience.
• Demonstrated product development leadership and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership on a large-scale development program
• Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources.
• Systems engineering mindset, able to articulate customer unmet needs and translate into holistic technical solutions.
• Understanding of working within a quality system, IEC and ISO standards relevant to medical device lifecycle and risk management (i.e., ISO 13485).

Requisition ID:608312

Minimum Salary:$82600

Maximum Salary: $156900

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

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specificprohibited substancetest 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.