Boston Scientific Senior Design Quality Assurance Engineer 

United States, Minnesota, Arden Hills 

393663450

About this role:
The Senior Design Quality Assurance Engineer is an experienced professional with wide-ranging experience and expertise in Sustaining quality engineering and New Product Development. The Senior Quality Engineer will develop, establish and maintain quality engineering methodologies, systems, and practices which meet Boston Scientific customer and regulatory requirements. Serves as a Quality representative to improve awareness, visibility, communication on quality initiatives to support departmental, functional, site, divisional and corporate quality goals and priorities.

This is a hybrid position based out of Arden Hills, MN with the expectation to be in the office a minimum of three days per week.

Your responsibilities include:

• Promotes Cross-Functional collaboration and has ability to influence project strategy. Capable of working independently on highly specialized projects with long range objectives.
• Provide quality and compliance input and coaching for product development and/or post market product sustaining activities, such as design changes, product CE marking, customer complaint investigations, AI requests, NCEP’s and CAPA’s.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments. Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion with focus on translating organizational strategy into tactical deliverables.
• Provides project direction, coaching, and mentoring for engineering and technical team personnel.
• Develops solutions to complex and diverse technical problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, specialized techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Proactively investigates, identifies, and implements best-in-class Quality Engineering practices. Applies sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving quality issues.
• Supports internal and external regulatory audits.
• Provides technical leadership to business units. Advises management on potential improvements or enhancement to quality systems and processes.
• Support development, implementation, and training of corporate quality initiatives.

What we’re looking for in you:
Required Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related degree.
• 5 years of medical device engineering experience.
• Familiar with the FDA, ISO, EU MDR and the medical device industry quality requirements associated with product development, design controls, and product risk management.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Solid technical writing skills.
• Travel <10%, if required

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years experience with a Master of Science or equivalent
• Strong background in R&D or Quality experience with Single Use Devices or similar experience

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance testing requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a drug test as a pre-employment requirement. The goal of the drug testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.

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.