Boston Scientific Senior R&D Engineer 

United States, Minnesota 

585785824

Maple Grove, MN Onsite

At Boston Scientific, our products and technologies are used to diagnose or treat a wide range of medical conditions. We innovate in key areas and are extending our innovations into new geographies and high-growth adjacency markets. Within the Peripheral Interventions (PI) Division we design, develop, produce and sustain technologies for treating peripheral venous and arterial disorders, in addition to supporting evolving regulatory and standard requirements around product design. We are able to provide a number of solutions to patients that include: Drug-Eluting & Bare-Metal Stents, Thrombectomy, Catheters, Balloons & Drug-Eluting Balloons, Microspheres and Atherectomy.

As a Senior R&D Engineer, you will be a member of the Clot Management team within New Product Development (NPD) of BSC’s PI Division. As a leader on the Clot Management NPD team, you will develop, direct and execute experiments and plan toward the development of new products. You will analyze and report operational, test and research data to establish/verify performance standards for products, processes and materials. In this role, you will be part of a larger product team and operate cross-functionally to achieve project goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Successfully contribute to project teams typically including the following activities: design development, experiment design and execution, establishment of specifications and prints, research investigations, team report-outs and report preparation and test documentation
• Work with catheter systems design and fluid mechanics
• Support or serve as a workstream lead within a project
• Work independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines
• Design and coordinate engineering tests and experiments
• Support integration of newly acquired technologies into Boston Scientific
• Perform troubleshooting on products/process problems as related to design, material or process
• Summarize, analyze and draw conclusions from test results
• Prepare standard reports/documentation to communicate results to technical community
• Responsible for engineering documentation
• Work cross-functionally with mission manager, project management, quality, process development, regulatory, clinical and marketing personnel to ensure project success
• Demonstrate strong design control knowledge through generation of high-quality deliverables

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or above in Engineering – Biomedical or Mechanical engineering preferred
• 5+ years of work experience in engineering (MS Degree may substitute for 1 years of experience)
• 1+ years of experience on medical device product development projects
• Experience with DOE (Design of Experiments) and other design/computational tools.
• Fundamental understanding of design controls and risk management within the medical device industry
• Fundamental understanding of the Quality System per ISO 13485 or 21 CFR 820
• Willingness to work onsite at our Maple Grove, MN site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Biomedical or anatomy understanding of peripheral vasculature
• Medical device product development system knowledge (PDP/TDP)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Strong statistical understanding and data analysis experience
• Self-Starter with the ability to work independently and with a team to plan, schedule and execute activities necessary to meet project timelines to schedule
• Experience working with cross-cultural teams
• Experience with thrombectomy systems and design is a plus
• Technical Project Management experience is a plus
• Solid fluid mechanics understanding a plus

Base Salary Range

Minimum Salary: $ 82600

Maximum Salary: $ 156900

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

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.