Engineer, Prin R&D

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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.

Boston Scientific is seeking a highly motivated Principal Research & Development Engineer. The successful candidate will participate in the design and development of next generation medical devices. The R&D role will utilize a variety of new and proven technologies to deliver life-changing medical devices to patients and clinicians in support of BSC’s mission.

This candidate will work with a team to develop new implant products for WATCHMAN, our left atrial appendage occlusion franchise. These investments in new technology will drive a robust pipeline for left atrial appendage occlusion that will keep BSC in a market leadership position.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating a strong team culture around high expectations and high performance
• Facilitating crisp decision making around key technical issues
• Leading technology integration and knowledge transfer within domain of responsibility
• Providing clear communication to stakeholders at key technical updates
• Leading the design & execution of structured experimental plans to drive data-based decisions.
• Understanding the anatomy, clinical use cases and user interface requirements to drive design decisions.
• Leveraging internal/external partners as necessary to achieve project objectives
• Support and successfully contribute to project teams through the following activities: product design and development, test of materials, preparation of specifications, process capability studies, research investigations (animal and clinical studies), report preparation, and process/test documentation.
• Interfacing with Physicians/Cath Lab personnel to obtain feedback on concepts and performance of new devices.
• Providing work direction to technicians/entry-level engineers
• Develops solutions to ill-defined problems,
• Develops new bench methods and biological test methods to assess devices
• Follows new implant technology from start to finish, becoming targeted subject matter expert in the new aspects of the design

Minimum qualifications:
BS in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or similar
Required minimum years of work experience (primarily in medical device or related field): 7+ Years with BS, 5+ Years with MS
Experience in design simulation tools and analysis techniques
Experience managing technical aspects of projects as a member of a cross-functional core team

Preferred qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership on a large-scale development program
• Solid clinical knowledge and experience in cardiovascular anatomy.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources.
• Excellent organizational, communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated product development leadership and communication skills
• Experienced with multi-faceted technology and product development programs
• Ability to research literature and develop clinical understanding with technical credibility to develop a strategy for regulatory submission
• Class II or Class III Medical Device product development experience
• Solid experimental design and statistical analysis knowledge
• Prior material selection experience for implantable cardiac devices
• Experiences working with complex polymer systems, advanced degrees a plus especially with research experience.

Requisition ID: 561946

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!