Senior R&D Engineer

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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:

Our Research and Development team is shaping the future of endoscopy. The Senior R&D Engineer will drive innovation in new product development. This role involves creating new technologies, products, materials, processes, or equipment with minimal supervision. The engineer will independently, or as part of a team, develop, direct, and execute plans for major segments of complex projects. The focus will be on conducting and leading development work to achieve optimal results in clinical applications.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Consistently generates innovative and unique solutions to market needs and submits idea disclosures.  Work is expected to result in the development of new or refined products, processes or equipment.
• Successfully completes complex engineering work in one or more of the following: technology development, product design and development, test of materials or products, preparation of specifications, process study, research investigation (animal and clinical studies), and report preparation.
• Demonstrates knowledge of research and development phases, such as; technology development, and product development processes.
• Works independently to plan and schedule own/ small team activities necessary to meet timelines.
• Designs, procures, and fabricates tooling and fixtures.
• Selects techniques to solve complex problems and make sound design recommendations.
• Designs and coordinates complex engineering tests and experiments.
• Summarizes, analyzes, and draws conclusions from complex test results.
• Designs and prepares complex reports to communicate results to technical community.
• Coordinates, manages, and documents project goals and progress and recommends appropriate revisions.
• May interface with physicians to obtain feedback on concepts and performance of new devices.
• Translates customer needs into product requirements and design specifications.
• Works cooperatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, and marketing on complex projects to ensure project success.
• May train and/or provide work direction to technicians and entry-level engineers.
• Passion for learning about relevant anatomy, disease states, and therapies, understanding clinical use scenarios, and solving problems for end users, with the goal of becoming a subject matter expert in therapeutic endoscopy
• Ability to travel intermittently to meet the needs of the business.

 

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Expertise in CAD modeling required (SolidWorks preferred).
• Self-motivated with strong history of solving problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with team members.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant experience in the medical device industry.

 

Requisition ID: 588444

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance testing requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such,