Design Quality Engineer III

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 Design Quality Engineer III position is an opportunity to work for a worldwide and diverse company who puts patients first. Through this position, the ideal candidate develops, establishes and maintains quality engineering methodologies, systems, and practices which meet Boston Scientific (BSC), customer, and regulatory requirements. Serves as a Quality representative for the Sustaining Engineering team to improve awareness, visibility, communication on quality initiatives to support departmental, functional, site, divisional and corporate quality goals, and priorities.

The primary focus for this role will be quality engineering support for Design Changes that are focused on Value Improvement Process Initiatives.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This hybrid role is based in Marlborough, MA and requires being on-site at least three days per week.

Relocation assistance may be available for this position at this time.

Requisition

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

• Creative and resourceful problem‑solving skills for moderate to complex mechanical and electrical devices.
• Ability to assist with troubleshooting, to the component level, moderate to complex mechanical assemblies.
• Working within a team of Sustaining Engineers (embedded within R&D and Quality Assurance groups).
• Actively contributing to all aspects of Design Quality Assurance activities in an FDA/EUMDR‑Regulated Class II Medical Device Software environment including interconnected systems.
• Support the design, development, and test of finished devices and accessories used in Boston Scientific Endoscopy product lines during their entire Development Life Cycle, from the Requirements gathering phase to the End‑of‑Life phase.
• Participate in product, system, and sub‑system level design reviews with focus on device design evaluation, product risk mitigation, and other required Risk Management activities.
• Support the creation and execution of validation protocols to perform sub‑system and system level testing of our products and report any issues discovered.
• Creation and review of risk management documentation such as Hazard Analysis, Task Analysis, Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA).
• Creation and review of DQA documentation as required (e.g., Hazard Analysis, Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Design Validation and Usability Engineering related documentation).
• Become a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for design controls and risk management requirements for the products supported.
• Support all aspects of DQA activities during internal and external audits, as needed.
• Apply sound, systematic problem‑solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving quality issues.
• May perform other duties as required.

• BS in Biomedical, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of medical device engineering experience.
• Working knowledge of the FDA, ISO, EUMDR and the medical device industry quality requirements associated with product development, design controls, product risk management, usability engineering and medical device software.
• Detailed understanding and working knowledge of US and International regulations including 21 CFR part 820, is required, as well as the Medical Device Directive / Medical Device Regulation, EN ISO 13485 and EN ISO 14971.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Competent with use of Microsoft Office Suite, Minitab Statistical Analysis software (or equivalent).
• Ability to collaborate and work on a global…