Senior Process 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:

 

Boston Scientific has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer with the injection molding team at our Maple Grove facility. Our team is dedicated to serving Boston Scientific as an elite technology development team that delivers high-quality, scalable, and cost-competitive injection molded component processes. We directly support Boston Scientific’s mission to bring new, life-changing medical solutions to patients around the world. This role will work on a wide variety of technically challenging injection molding components, leading in partnership with our R&D and Manufacturing functional groups. You’ll develop and implement new technology that will enable unique design solutions as well as improve manufacturing robustness, efficiency, and quality. We are looking for a motivated, self-driven, and technically apt individual that can drive execution in a diverse and fast-paced environment.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

 

• Develop robust injection molding processes using industry standard methods
• Identify and deliver required documentation to meet quality systems requirements for commercialization
• Execute tool design, project deliverables, and overall delivery by leading component development, including prototyping, spec development, ROI analysis, design verification, process validation, and ultimately commercial transfer
• Assess process capabilities, prioritize process improvement opportunities, innovate, and implement process improvements on platform or derivative projects
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment of design, manufacturing, and quality requirements
• Ensure visibility and closure of process issues (e.g., yields, cost, capability, etc.) per project milestones and in collaboration with Production Area Strategies
• Plan, organize, and conduct all aspects of technical reviews
• May serve as a Technical Review Board member or other consulting role
• May serve as molding component project lead
• May train and/or provide work direction to engineers, technicians, and manufacturing personnel
• Champion functional best practices and new technology initiatives
• Exercise authority and judgement within generally defined practices and policies to obtain solutions
• Accountable for development builds associated with the project, such as special work requests
• Accountable for developing qualified tooling and production line equipment
• Establish and cultivate a wide range of business relationships to facilitate completion of initiatives
• Interact with other internal and external personnel in significant matters requiring coordination between organizations
• Represent organization as a prime contact on projects
• Contribute ideas to or generate Intellectual Property submissions
• Establish and promote an inclusive work environment that supports the Quality Policy and Quality System
• May travel up to 10%

 

Required qualifications:

 

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Materials Science, with 5+ years of relevant experience
• Strong mechanical acumen and/or materials background (e.g., mechanical engineering, polymers, injection molding)
• Demonstrated ability to deliver project responsibilities, both self-driven and collaboratively
• Willingness to work cross-functionally and with other BSC sites
• Ability to work well within a strong team environment