Boston Scientific Principal R&D Engineer 

United States, Minnesota, Maple Grove 

538524867

Your responsibilities include:

• Serving as the R&D core team member/technical lead for the development of our next generation product.
• 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 engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree OR 5 years with Master’s Degree.
• Ability to provide technical leadership as it relates to product design and leadership.
• Strong mechanical engineering and problem-solving skills
• Medical device experience
• Experience in all stages of the PDP lifecycle
• 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
• Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience interacting with physicians and customers on product design

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Nitinol
• Implant and/or Catheter design and process experience.
• 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.

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.