Overview
Principal R&D Engineer role at Boston Scientific. This position is based in Clonmel, Ireland. Boston Scientific Neuromodulation technologies help patients manage chronic pain and neurological conditions. Our solutions include WaveWriter Alpha™ Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Systems and Vercise Genus™ Deep Brain Stimulation Systems. We welcome creativity, encourage taking risks, and support advancing skills and careers within a diverse, high-performing team.
About the role: We are seeking an innovative Principal R&D Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has a background in mechanical or biomedical engineering with a strong track record of impactful contributions and is ready to provide a new vision for therapy solutions.
We are looking for someone to lead design, development, and project engineering efforts in a medical device environment, with a focus on implantable and external devices as applicable, and to contribute to regulatory documentation and risk management.
Responsibilities
* Act as an independent leader in a supportive team environment
* Effective design, development, and project engineering
* Engage physicians, patients, sales reps, and marketing to collect feedback for devices under development
* Deliver meaningful innovation and submit novel intellectual property
* Create specifications and perform engineering analyses
* Design for cost-effective manufacturability
* Develop and analyze project scopes and schedules
* Define and validate manufacturing processes, support engineering builds, and verify product performance
* Train and mentor entry-level engineers
* Stay abreast of emerging technologies, trends, and competition
* Deliver designs that meet goals such as performance, standards, manufacturability, reliability, and cost
* Generate regulatory audit-worthy design and risk management documentation
Minimum Qualifications
* Experience as a design originator/owner and project engineer in the medical device industry, responsible for new implantable and external device designs, materials, equipment, and processes
* Education in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering with a B.S. and 7+ years of experience or M.S. and 5+ years of work experience commercializing product
* Direct experience utilizing SolidWorks 3D CAD and drafting standards (e.g., ANSI Y14.5)
* Experience executing projects through commercial launch
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience involving/supporting most of the following: implantable leads, implantable pulse generators, surgical tools, access instruments, or handheld and wearable devices
* Materials biocompatibility
* Animal studies, preclinical studies, cadaver lab, field research and clinical studies to evaluate usability and performance of designed products
Equal opportunity statement: Boston Scientific is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please email TalentAcquisitionIre@bsci.com.
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Requisition ID: 595692
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