Supplier Engineer III - Electronics

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills

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:
As part of Global Sourcing, the Supplier Engineer serves as a technical lead for sustaining and new product development activities within Catalog Electronics, Photonics, and Electromechanical category teams. This role works independently, while partnering with cross-functional groups to resolve complex and critical supplier-related issues, evaluate supplier performance, mitigate risks for supplied materials, and drive strategies to support supply chain objectives. The daily work involves serving as a technical leader for projects and interacting cross-functionally to drive execution of Material Control deliverables according to business needs.

 

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.

 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Working with suppliers around the globe to understand manufacturing processes and requirements to ensure repeatable, reproducible quality and reliability
• Partnering Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Quality, R&D, Design Assurance, and Project Management to execute Material Control deliverables according to program needs, such as purchased material qualification, supplier-driven change assessments, supplier capacity or capability improvement projects, or regulated material compliance assessments
• Serving as the 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
• Conducting risk assessments on sourced materials and building installed capacity and capability at suppliers; plan and execute service risk mitigation measures to ensure continuity of components supplied
• Coordinating all phases of supplier engineering work content for projects; communicating 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; influence cross-functional team members to support and drive value improvement projects
• Demonstrating a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance with the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures

 

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline  
• Minimum 3 years of engineering experience
• Experience working with suppliers and/or contract manufacturers
• Ability to travel up to 15% globally

 

Preferred qualifications: 

• Organized and detail-oriented; ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
• Working knowledge of related manufacturing processes and performance characteristics for pumps, motors, power supplies, chillers, precision optics, and/or electronic components
• Working knowledge of statistical methods, six sigma methodologies, and problem-solving methodologies
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to drive project deliverables
• Knowledge of Boston Scientific products and processes
• Experience working in medical device or a similar GMP environment 

• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to develop internal and external relationships 
• Effective problem-solving, data analytics, and critical thinking skills; results-driven

• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Self-driven and self-mo