Boston Scientific Mech Design Eng - P4 

United States, Puerto Rico 

561843828

Purpose Statement

Responsible for the timely research, design, and development of external products such as chargers, remote controls, and trial stimulators. Responsibility may be extended to include research, design, and development of related system components such as implantable pulse generators or leads. Provides technical guidance to support personnel such as technicians and assures that their work is performed properly.

Key Responsibilities

• Works with physicians, sales, marketing, plus other functional areas to understand and document translated customer needs into requirement specifications.
• Acts as project engineer to manage the scope, schedule, and resources for assigned projects.
• Actively supports established department plus personal goals and objectives. Monitors project progress and regularly report progress to manager.
• Successfully garners necessary project support (internal resources such as manufacturing engineers and technicians; external resources such as test labs).
• Works to seek approval for viable products or product enhancements that meet or exceed customer needs.
• Creatively works to develop products with the highest quality and reliability possible.
• Seeks discovery and development of new technologies or product lines.
• Recommends ideas for patent protection/coverage.
• Supports ongoing departmental activities such as scheduled meetings, budgeting, screening/interviewing prospective job candidates, etc.
• Effective design, development, and project engineering
• Meet with and engage physicians, patients, sales reps, marketing, and others to collect feedback for devices under development
• Deliver meaningful innovation and submit novel intellectual property
• Create specifications and perform engineering analyses
• Support creation of project scopes and schedules
• Define and validate designs, manufacturing processes, support engineering builds, and verify product performance.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and competition.
• Deliver designs that meet goals such as performance, standards, manufacturability, reliability, and cost.
• Generate regulatory-audit worthy design and risk management documentation

Minimal qualifications:

• Education in Mechanical or Biomedical engineering with a B.S. and 5+ years of experience or M.S. and 3+ years of work experience.
• Experience as a hands-on design and project engineer in the medical device industry, responsible for new implantable and external device designs, materials, equipment, and processes.
• Hands-on experience utilizing SolidWorks 3D CAD and drafting standards (e.g., ANSI Y14.5)
• Experience executing projects through commercial launch

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience involving/supporting
  • Implantable leads, implantable pulse generators, surgical tools, access instruments, or handheld and wearable devices
  • Materials biocompatibility
  • Animal studies, preclinical studies, cadaver lab, field research and clinical studies to evaluate the usability and performance of designed products

Maximum Salary: $ 121200

Compensation fornon-exempt (hourly), non-sales rolesmay 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 forexempt, non-sales rolesmay also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

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.