Senior R&D Engineer, Intravascular Lithotripsy

Senior R&D Engineer, Intravascular Lithotripsy

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.

We have an exciting opportunity as an R&D Workstream lead to new product development and technologies in Boston Scientific's IC division. The Senior R&D engineer will be dedicated to developing technology in the exciting Intravascular Lithotripsy space. Adaptability between exploratory to working in a structured project (TDP or PDP) will be key to successfully integrating with the team and business. As a key growth driver for IC, this role will come with visibility to key leadership, and as a result, communication & leadership will be paramount.

Work Mode: At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in our Maple Grove, MN office at least three days per week.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Driving complex engineering work in one or more of the following: technology development, product design and development, test method development, research investigation (animal and clinical studies).
• Developing strategies to align business and therapy needs with technology development.
• Solving engineering problems by analyzing the situation and recommending solutions or alternative actions through the design & execution of structured experimental plans.
• Training and/or provide work directions to technicians and other engineers
• Creating a strong team culture around high expectations, accountability & performance.
• Providing clear communication to stakeholders at key technical updates.
• Leveraging internal/external partners as necessary to achieve project objectives.
• Understanding clinical use cases and user interface requirements to drive design decisions.
• Documenting development by writing documents, reports, memos, change requests.
• In all actions, demonstrating a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance with all documented quality processes and procedures.

Required qualifications:

• BS degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Material Science, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of engineering work experience (preferably in medical device or related field) with a bachelor's degree, 4+ years of engineering experience with a master's degree, or 2+ year's experience with a PhD degree.
• Experience with new product development (NPD).
• Experience with Design Controls & Risk Management practices.
• Demonstrated strong cross-functional collaboration, influence without authority, and project/task management enabling efficient task completion.
• Experience leading other team members and building strong personal credibility & excellent communication skills.
• Proven technical leadership in medical device or healthcare related industry.
• Ability to travel 15% of the time.

Preferred qualifications:

• Relevant experience in fiber optic product development and/or processing (e.g. polishing, cleaving, splicing, tapering, cleaning, fiber process development).
• Proficient in designing and prototyping products, components, assemblies, and/or fixturing utilizing SolidWorks.
• Experience with catheter design and development.
• Experience with medical device development for single use devices.
• Comfortable working 'in the gray; known for being innovative, out of the box thinking to identify new approaches to meet requirements.
• Experience developing relationships and motivating a high-performance technical team.
• Personal drive, individual accountability & a strong bias for action.
• An independent critical thinker; willingness to challenge status quo.