Urology R&D Engineer Co-op: Spring/Summer 2025

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.

 

 

This position will be posted from September 3rd to November 8th, 2024   

We will consider qualified applicants of all ages who are starting (or restarting) their careers.   

Title: Urology R&D Engineering Co-op  

Location: Marlborough, MA, Arden Hills or Minnetonka, MN  

Duration: Jul - Dec 2025  

Eligibility Requirements: Ability to work in the United States without restriction   

  

Our Purpose:  

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.  

  

Our Research and Development team is all about building the future of the operating room and office for urology patients and clinicians.  As a Systems Engineering Co-op, you'll be at the heart of that mission, developing best-in-class capital systems and processes as part of our comprehensive portfolio of solutions.  During your co-op term, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about the industry through collaborating with some of the most dynamic minds in the business.  All in an environment that encourages people to take measured risks, learn from mistakes, and push the boundaries of engineering.  

  

Your Opportunity:  

As a R&D Co-op at Boston Scientific, you will…  

• Contribute meaningfully to new product development – the work assigned to co-ops helps drive our future products toward regulatory approval and commercial launch.  

• Support solutions to a variety of problems where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.  Summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from results.  

• Prepare standard reports/documentation to communicate results to a technical community.  

• Assist in troubleshooting on new products/process problems as related to design, material, or process.  

• Engage with internal company contacts. Uses diplomacy and tact in interactions and problem solving.  

• Translate customer needs into product requirements and design specifications.  

• Train technicians/operators on new processes and/or test procedures  

• Support concepts and designs for new products/processes and submits idea disclosures.  

• Exact duties depend on the candidate – we strive to find the overlap between a student’s interest and current project needs.  

• Work cooperatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, and marketing on projects of varying complexity to ensure project success.  

• Explore career options within and outside of R&D – network and collaborate with employees to learn about other job functions (e.g. Marketing, Regulatory, Clinical Affairs, Process Development) and company divisions (Cardiac Rhythm Management, Neuromodulation, Endoscopy, etc.)  

• Work on personal development goals – take dedicated time to advance your skills beyond engineering, for example public speaking, data presentation, interviewing, and networking.  

• Join in any and all activities and events available to full time employees – BSC has many professional groups (e.g. Society of Women Engineers, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) and Employee Resource Groups (typically form around a specific diversity dimension such as gender, race, sexual orientation or life-stage) with regular programming.  
    

 Your Impact  

• Assists in the development and analysis of products, materials, processes, or equipment.  Under direct supervision/guidance, compiles, analyzes and reports operational, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified products, processes, or materials.  

• In all actions, demonstrates a prim