Principal R & D Engineer - Sustaining

Principal R&D Engineer - Sustaining

Work mode: Hybrid

Onsite Location(s): Minnetonka, MN, US, 55343

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Maple Grove

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 This Role

As a Principal R&D Engineer, you will be a member of the Sustaining R&D team within Boston Scientific's Urology Division. This division supports and sustains design and technologies for treating a wide range of urology-based issues, in addition to supporting evolving regulatory and standard requirements around product design.

In this role, you will lead cross-functional teams to develop/modify products, materials, processes, or equipment for projects of moderate and difficult complexity. Under limited supervision/guidance, you will compile, analyze, and report operational, test, and research data to establish performance standards for newly designed or modified products, processes, and materials. You will perform design change analysis to determine impact to products' design history file and ensure deliverables needed to support design changes are executed by you or cross-functional team members to achieve project goals. Additionally, you will develop strategies to improve the overall technical expertise of the Urology Sustaining R&D group. A successful candidate will excel in a collaborative environment, possess strong technical skills in design elements and interactions, and demonstrate a proven ability to influence projects.

This position is currently based at our Minnetonka, MN site. Please note that the role may relocate to our Maple Grove, MN site in the future. Candidates must be willing and able to transition to the new location if required. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your Responsibilities Will Include:

• Successfully lead project teams typically including the following activities: innovative design development, complex design modification assessment, experiment design and execution, establishment of specifications and drawings, test of materials/products, research investigations, team report-outs, and cross-functional collaboration to drive all areas of project execution based on design controls knowledge and other impacted areas.
• Provide design engineering for assigned Sustaining projects
• Serve as a R&D technical lead within a project
• Work independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to communicate and meet timelines
• Design and coordinate engineering tests, experiments, and test equipment for R&D purposes and production support
• Lead troubleshooting and problem-solving on complex product/process issues related to design, materials or process
• Summarize, analyze and draw conclusions/recommendations from test results
• Prepare documentation and presentations to communicate complex results and topics to technical community
• Effectively communicate and present project status and technical details to all management levels
• Participate in budgeting and planning processes by providing input relating to Urology project portfolio
• Train, provide work direction, and/or mentor lab technicians or junior engineers
• Work cross-functionally with manager, project management, quality, process development, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical and marketing personnel to ensure project success
• Demonstrate strong design control knowledge and the Product Life Cycle through generation of high-quality deliverables

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Biomedical or Mechanical engineering preferred
• 8+ years of work experience in engineering
• 5+ years of experience in medical device product development or sustaining projects
• Experience with design change assessment or impact analysis for regulated products
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams/projects and influence outcomes without formal authority
• Experience or training in Problem Solving Processes
• Experience developing strategies or working on initiatives that result in long-term group improvements or benefits
• Strong understanding of design controls and risk management within the medical device industry
• Fundamental understanding of the Quality System per ISO 13485 or 21 CFR 820

Preferred Qualifications:

• Biomedical or anatomical understanding of urological systems
• Strong statistical understanding and data analysis experience
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and with a team to plan, schedule and execute activities necessary to meet project timelines to schedule and within budget
• Experience working with cross-cultural teams
• Experience with Class III medical devices
• Technical Project Management experience
• Experience with product lifecycle management systems (e.g. Windchill)

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above. Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements). Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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 natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company's policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement. The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.