Manufacturing Engineer III - Capital Equipment

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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:
This is a unique opportunity for a highly capable manufacturing engineer to lead engineering initiatives for the daily support of products, processes, materials, and equipment to meet operations goals in our Capital Equipment team.  In a fast-paced and dynamic environment, this position will be primarily responsible for one manufacturing line with secondary responsibilities for two other manufacturing lines. He/she/they will work cross-functionally with quality, production, R&D, and project management teams to achieve goals, as well as update, improve, or add new manufacturing processes. 

 

Your Responsibilities Will Include:        

• Monitor performance of equipment and processes, providing troubleshooting and root cause analysis of non-conformances, low yields, or other quality/production issues.
• Communicate effectively to an audience consisting of peers, operations management, and supporting divisions (R&D, Sustaining Engineering, Project Management, etc)
• Plan, organize and prioritize daily work to meet production and project goals.
• Apply problem solving and process improvement methodologies to complex and diverse manufacturing processes, across multiple product lines – driving root cause analysis and resolution.
• Train and/or provide work direction to manufacturing operators and technicians.
• Recognize quality signals and escalate appropriately within the quality system requirements.
• Lead projects with cross-functional team members working towards common business goals.
• Work collaboratively with divisional customer teams (R&D, Sustaining Engineering, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Quality, other) to deliver on new product introductions, change management, process improvements, or business continuity projects.
• Gather, analyze, and summarize data – drawing conclusions, and reporting out to peers and management.
• Work with vendors/suppliers on technical design, procurement, and fabrication of materials, equipment, fixturing, etc.
• Takes initiative to identify improvement opportunities, prioritize them, communicate them to the appropriate levels and sees them through to completion. 
• Is resilient in the face of setbacks.  Plans appropriately for risks and responds positively to unforeseen problems.

 
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferably Manufacturing, Electrical, or Mechanical)
• 3 - 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• Device assembly/testing and packaging systems experience
• Experience with regulated change management for manufacturing processes
• Strong understanding of engineering and problem-solving principles, concepts, tools, and techniques, as well as fundamentals of change management and process validation
• Proven ability to provide creative solutions and collaboratively draw ideas from cross functional teams

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
• Experience in the medical device industry
• Experience with Swagelok components
• Experience with Windchill and/or MES

 

 

Requisition ID: 575486

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 test as a pre-employment requirement.  The goal of the drug testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.  

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

 

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a