Supplier Engineer I

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

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.

About the Role:

The Supplier Engineer I represents the supplier engineering team in the acquisitions space. This includes managing vendors who supply custom components. In addition to NPD/Acquisitions support, the daily sustaining work involves managing end of life and component changes customary to the nature of the fast-changing component industry. The engineer will partner with the Supplier Quality and the Commercial Sourcing organizations in support of the acquisitions.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Working with suppliers around the globe to understand assembly and finished-good manufacturing processes and acting as technical expert to ensure repeatable and reproducible quality/reliability during the life of the product
• Investigating and evaluating new and existing technologies for use in future products or to improve quality/reliability of current product
• Interfacing with suppliers and commodity team members to support investigation of supplied material issues or supply constraints
• Driving troubleshooting processes on-site at supplier facility
• Designing/documenting complex experiments/protocols (e.g. DOE) to align with project goals, both internal and external
• Serving as a liaison between function and core team; compiling experimental results and communicating them to core team; communicating resulting impact of the data to project team
• Identifying what resources are required to meet project milestones; making recommendations to team leader
• In all actions, demonstrating a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures

What We’re Looking For In You:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Strong bias for action and results orientation
• Individual must be self-driven and self-motivated to learn and use that knowledge to produce results
• Good understanding of statistical methods, six sigma methodologies, and problem-solving methodologies
• Travel Required
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Engineering experience
• Previous experience in working with suppliers

Requisition ID: 561774

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. Boston Scientific is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Boston Scientific maintains a drug-free workplace. Pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-4312 (2000), Boston Scientific is providing notification that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the workplace and that violations will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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