Boston Scientific Supplier Quality Engineer III 

United States, Minnesota 

623404481

Spencer Gregory Hale

About this role

The Supplier Quality Engineer will play a key part in leading performance improvement of suppliers and increasing the suppliers’ capabilities to consistently meet Boston Scientific’s requirements. Additionally, the Supplier Quality Engineer will support global sourcing, manufacturing operations, and global quality systems by participating in global communities of practice and value improvement projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Evaluates supplier caused manufacturing yield issues, incoming quality issues, and field failures and applies sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving the issues.
• Works cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues. Maintains and enhances cross-functional team relationships within the divisions, plants, distribution centers, across the entire BSC network.
• Monitors supplier performance to drive improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers.
• Reviews and approves supplier corrective action plans and verification of effectiveness documentation.
• Assess suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities through direct on-site visits and technical discussions. Assists in the evaluation of proposed changes at suppliers.
• Works in a category team environment to identify opportunities to set up acceptance methods at the suppliers and to consolidate materials at vendors according to category team strategy.
• Plans and leads audits of suppliers to assess compliance with regulatory and Boston Scientific requirements, including audit scheduling investigation, and evaluation of audit observation and findings, reporting, follow-up, and confirmation of follow-up actions.
• Develops and maintains incoming acceptance methods for materials and trains incoming inspectors to procedures.
• Establishes and cultivates a wide range of business relationships to facilitate completion of assignments. Interacts with suppliers. Participates in determining goals and objectives for projects. May lead projects within the department and represent a specialized field in larger project teams.

What we're looking for in you:
Minimum qualifications:

• BS degree in electrical, mechanical, or biomedical engineering or related engineering with minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Project management experience, ability to influence cross functional global teams spanning quality, operations, R&D, and sourcing.
• Experience in process validation, design controls, risk management, and CAPA.
• Ability to work independently; organized and self-driven.
• Strong communicator; adept at packaging and appropriately scaling information to the intended audience.
• Domestic and international travel up to 20%.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in medical device and medical device suppliers.
• Experience with quality systems and processes.
• Experience as lead auditor of quality systems (ISO13485 or similar)
• ASQ certification (CQE, CBA, SSGB, SSBB).

Maximum Salary: $ 144400

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.

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.