Senior Supplier Engineer - C&CA

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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:
In support of the External Operations organization, the Sr. Supplier Engineer will focus on new product introduction, sustaining, and value improvement projects for the Connectors & Cable Assemblies (C&CA) and Sourced Finished Medical Devices (SFMD) categories. This role partners with cross-functional groups to resolve complex and critical supplier-related issues, while improving supplier performance, mitigating risks for supplied materials and driving strategies to support supply chain objectives.

 

Boston Scientific ranked #2 among medical device companies on Forbes America's Best Places to Work for Engineers 2026. Whether your passion lies in systems, software, human factors, or beyond, this is a place where you can grow your career and be part of something bigger—advancing science for life.

 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time. 

 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Working with suppliers around the globe to understand assembly and finished good manufacturing processes and acts as technical expert to ensure repeatable and reproducible quality/reliability during the life of the product
• Serving as a technical lead in Global Sourcing category teams to establish and execute category objectives
• Investigating and evaluating new and existing technologies for use in future products or to improve quality/reliability of current products
• Interfacing with suppliers and category team members to support investigation of supplied material issues or supply constraints.
• Collaborating with R&D, manufacturing and process development teams on electrical and mechanical design requirements for new product development
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to execute changes initiated by BSC or suppliers, such as improvement projects, supplier capability, capacity projects, and compliance projects
• Coordinating all phases of supplier engineering work content for projects; communicate emerging issues and recovery action plans with site leadership and stakeholders to gain resources and support 
• Identifying and executing material cost reduction projects to meet Plant, Division, and Category goals. Influences cross-functional team members to support and drive value improvement projects
• In all actions, demonstrating a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures.

 

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline  
• Minimum 5 years of technical experience supporting complex mechanical or electrical systems
• Ability to travel 10-20% globally

 

Preferred qualifications: 

• Effective problem-solving and critical thinking analytical skills; results-driven

• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Experience working in medical device or a similar GMP environment 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to drive project deliverables
• Experience working with suppliers
• Knowledge of Boston Scientific products and processes
• Organized and detail-oriented; ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
• Self-driven and self-motivated to learn and apply knowledge to produce results

• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop int