Supplier Engineer

Entry Level Engineering Position

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.

This position is the entry level to professional engineering work. This is a developmental position working under close supervision and receiving specific instructions as to required tasks and results expected. Area of work involves processes related to qualification and assessment of supplied materials.

This role will provide support for Cartago's site business continuity projects focused on Injection Molding components and related materials. The engineer will have the opportunity to develop financial knowledge by keeping track of the budget execution of the assets involved in the projects.

• Performs a variety of routine technical tasks which provide experience and familiarization with the engineering methods, practices, products and programs of the materials function. Examples include completion of material qualification activities (AAC/MQ), eCMA forms, and creation of Change Requests. This position allows time and latitude to learn the basic business processes, and assumes that guidance from more senior engineering staff, managers and mentors will be provided to aid development.
• Supports more senior engineers with project tasks including any of the following: writing and/or verifying specifications for raw materials & manufacturing supplies; creation of inspection procedures; development of test methods.
• Interfaces with suppliers with support from senior engineering staff and commodity team members to support investigation of supplied material issues or supply constraints.
• Execute NCEP investigations to determine assignable causes for defective components at receiving inspection. Support NCEP investigations where defects in supplied materials are identified elsewhere in production. Uses statistical tools with support from senior engineering staff. Demonstrates basic report writing skill.
• Assists in troubleshooting processes on-site at supplier facility, generally under supervision or to plan agreed to be senior engineering staff.
• May interact regularly with component suppliers via email or telephone. Review and interpret information provided by suppliers for engineering accuracy and adherence to global material standard designations, and use own technical expertise and other internal experts to assess if gaps in the material information provided can be filled through further discovery or analysis.
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing with internal team members about the status of assigned component assessments.

Bachelor's degree in Material Science, Chemical, Industrial, Electronic, Biotechnology, Electromechanical, Engineering or related field.

English Level desired: 70-79%

Preferred 1 year experience in related field

Annual Performance evaluation rating "Meets Expectations" or "Exceeds Expectations".

Key

Competencies:

Attention to Detail, Problem Solving, Networking, Process Improvement, Technical Analysis.