Principal Quality Systems Engineer - Capital Equipment

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About the role:

Boston Scientific was recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Workplaces for Engineers in 2026, reflecting a culture where engineers do meaningful work.

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The Principal Quality Engineer - Capital Equipment Systems represents the capital equipment quality function within Project Magellan, Boston Scientific’s global transformation program deploying SAP S/4

HANA and the global service management system.

This role partners with business process owners, IT, quality, and commercial operations teams to define quality and business process requirements and translate them into scalable system solutions. The position ensures that systems are designed, implemented, and function as intended to support compliant, efficient, and traceable capital equipment operations across the commercial lifecycle, including service, repair, distribution, and redeployment. In addition, this role supports global rollout activities, including change management, training, and communication, while driving consistency and alignment of quality processes and standards across regions and functions.

As a principal-level individual contributor, this position provides strategic leadership and subject matter expertise at the intersection of quality, digital systems, and global commercial operations, shaping how capital equipment requirements are embedded into enterprise platforms and driving alignment across regions and functions.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic quality leadership:
Serve as the global quality subject matter expert for capital equipment within Project Magellan across service, repair, distribution, and redeployment. Define and drive the strategy for embedding capital equipment quality and regulatory requirements into business processes and system capabilities. Influence cross-functional decisions to ensure solutions support compliant, scalable, and future-state operations.

Business process design and requirements leadership:
Lead collaboration with global capital equipment business process teams, IT, and subject matter experts to define end-to-end processes aligned with SAP S/4

HANA and global service management systems. Translate complex quality system requirements into business process and system requirements. Ensure processes are designed to deliver compliant outcomes with appropriate controls, traceability, and data integrity.

Operational domain leadership:
Provide leadership across key domains, including service and repair operations, distribution and logistics, import and export requirements, and redeployment of capital equipment.

Solution design influence and risk management:
Provide expert review and guidance on system and process designs to ensure alignment with capital equipment quality and regulatory expectations. Identify and drive resolution of cross-functional risks, gaps, and compliance considerations. Shape decisions that balance compliance, operational efficiency, and system scalability.

User acceptance testing and business validation:
Lead capital equipment quality input into user acceptance testing strategy and execution. Define quality-critical business scenarios, use cases,…