R&D Sustaining Engineer II

Innovation - Diversity - 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.           

R&D Sustaining Engineer II – Peripheral Vascular Interventions

Maple Grove, MN (Hybrid 3+ days per week)

About the role

Join our Peripheral Interventions R&D Sustaining Team, where we improve and sustain commercial products that diagnose and treat peripheral vascular disease. Our products improve patient outcomes and enhance lives by providing the most advanced and broadest set of therapy solutions.  We’re looking for a dynamic R&D engineer to join the team and support product design improvement and supply continuity.

This role offers a unique chance to gain exposure to a wide variety of projects and products. If you are passionate about design optimization and making a significant impact, let’s connect and explore this exciting opportunity together!

Job Description:

As a R&D Engineer II, you will support commercial product improvement and supply continuity through design and material changes, product expansions, and complex problem solving. This role involves working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure product designs meet the highest quality and regulatory standards.

Responsibilities:

• Design and Testing: Assist in design change activities to improve or maintain supply of commercial products including solution strategy, conducting feasibility studies, and performing testing.
• Problem-Solving and Compliance: Support investigations into failure modes, perform root cause analyses, and develop solutions to address technical challenges. Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including project management, marketing, design assurance, manufacturing, and regulatory affairs, to ensure successful project execution.
• Documentation and Reporting: Prepare and review engineering documentation, including design change analysis, technical reports, design history files, and regulatory submissions. Present project updates and technical insights to stakeholders.

Minimum required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of engineering experience with a bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree may substitute for 1 year of experience)
• Experience in the medical device industry
• Strong technical knowledge, problem-solving abilities, collaborative mindset, and effective communication skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Test method development experience
• Fundamental understanding of the Quality System per ISO 13485 or 21 CFR 820
• Biomedical or anatomy experience and/or aptitude
• Fundamental understand of design controls and risk management within the medical device industry
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Strong time and project management skills
• Hands-on approach to problem solving

Requisition ID: 601176 

Base Salary Range

Minimum Salary: $ 69500 

Maximum Salary: $ 132000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--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 exempt  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 identify, 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.