R&D Engineer I

at  Boston Scientific Corporation

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Strong engineering fundamentals.
• 0-2 years experience in an engineering field/industry.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to execute and follow through on project responsibilities.
• Work well and thrive within a team environment.
• Passion for understanding and solving problems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Highly motivated individual that can drive deliverables through creative problem solving and collaboration among team members.
• Demonstrated ability to ideate, prototype, and implement creative engineering solutions.
• Basic understanding of DFM, medical device design control / quality systems and the product development process (PLCP).
• Experience with experimental execution, data analysis and knowledge sharing.
• Ability for light travel as needs arise.
• Strong written and oral communication skills
  Requisition ID: 593712
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ABOUT THE ROLE:

An exciting opportunity to join the growing Research and Development team in Boston Scientific’s Interventional Heart Failure group. In this role, you’ll work on a wide variety of challenging and rewarding new product development activities focused on bringing new and impactful therapies to patients around the globe. The position will focus on prototyping, developing, and optimizing new design solutions for a complex medical therapy, ultimately driving to design lock, DV, and commercial readiness. We are looking for a motivated and driven individual with sound technical fundamentals who can drive execution in a very diverse and fast-paced environment. Come join this exciting and growing team!

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Design contributor for components, sub, or finished medical device assemblies.
• Support prototyping and concept selection activities.
• Develop thorough test plans, drive experiment execution, analyze data, and present findings to the team for review and feedback.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment of design, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
• Design, procure, and fabricate tooling and fixtures.
• Execute project tasks relating to area of ownership.
• Author technical reports that communicate findings and share knowledge.
• Improve or develop bench performance test methods as needed.
• Contribute ideas to or generate Intellectual Property submissions.
• Support team troubleshooting activities as they arise.
• Significant amount of hands-on, in-lab product development and testing.
• May train and/or provide work direction to technicians.