Boston Scientific Principal R&D Engineer NPD 

United States, Minnesota 

933084300

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical leadership related to product design.
• Creating a strong team culture around high expectations & high performance.
• Leading the design & execution of structured experimental plans to drive data-based decisions.
• Facilitating crisp decision making around key technical issues for the overall system and across multiple technical workstreams.
• Providing clear communication to stakeholders at key technical updates.
• Leveraging internal/external partners as necessary to achieve project objectives.
• Understanding clinical use cases and user interface requirements to drive design decisions.
• Working cooperatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, and marketing on complex projects to ensure project success.
• Provide multiple options and considerations based on feedback from clinical, manufacturing and business teams.
• Training and/or provide work direction to technicians and other engineers.
• Documenting development by writing documents, reports, memos, change requests.
• Solving engineering problems by analyzing the situation and recommending solutions or alternative actions.
• Analyzing, evaluating, and verifying requirements, component performance, and systems by using engineering practices.
• In all actions, demonstrating a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to all documented quality processes and procedures.

Required qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience with bachelors, 6+ with masters and 4+ with a PhD.
• 3+ years of medical device experience.
• Strong mechanical engineering and problem-solving skills.
• New product development experience in CATHETERS, access sheaths or delivery systems.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources.
• Candidates should be self-starters and have a hands-on approach.
• Experience interacting with physicians and customers on product design.
• Must work Onsite at our Maple Grove, MN location or Carlsbad, CA location.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a Principal Engineer.
• Ability to build strong relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders.
• Experience in driving technical trade-off decisions to optimize design, performance, usability, manufacturability, cost-efficiency and reliability.
• Strong written and verbal communication, judgment, decision-making, and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.

Maximum Salary: $ 188300

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.