Principal Imaging Engineer

Additional Location(s): US-MA-Marlborough

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

 

About the role:

This person will support Product Development Engineering for Endoscopy R&D at Boston Scientific in Marlborough MA, with a focus on imaging development and image quality assessment. This engineering role improves products, materials, processes, or equipment and solves problems of moderate complexity.  Under limited supervision/guidance, compiles, analyzes, and reports operational, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified products. This role is hybrid or onsite.

 

Your responsibilities include:

• Participates in and successfully contributes to project teams typically including the following activities: product design and development, test of materials, preparation of specifications, process capability studies, research investigations (animal and clinical studies), report preparation, and process/test documentation.
• Works independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines.
• Designs and coordinates standard engineering tests and experiments.
• Designs, procures, and fabricates tooling and fixtures.
• Performs troubleshooting on new products/process problems as related to design, material, or process.
• Summarizes, analyzes, and draws conclusions from test results independently.
• Prepares standard reports/documentation to communicate results to technical community.
• Responsible for engineering documentation.
• May train and/or provide work direction to other engineers and technicians.
• Must be able to attend and participate in technical meetings during the evening hours.
• Works cooperatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, and marketing to ensure project success.
• Communicates proactively

 

Required qualifications:

• BS in Engineering, Physics, or related field with at least 7+ years of R&D experience or MS with 5+ years’ experience
• 10-20% global travel
• Demonstrates Product Life Cycle system knowledge through delivery of high-quality deliverables.
• Knowledge of Matlab or other programming language

 

Preferred qualifications:

• Higher education either a MS or PhD in Physics
• Hands-on knowledge of Image processing, Image quality assessment, and Optics Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Experience with Imatest, iQ Analyzer, Zemax or similar
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience with developing Medical Imaging Products – able to apply product life-cycle development process independently

 

 

Requisition ID: 592412

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