Mech Design Eng - P4

Mech Design Eng - P4

Boston Scientific Neuromodulation technologies help patients manage chronic pain and neurological conditions. Our solutions include WaveWriter Alpha™ Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Systems to treat chronic pain and Vercise Genus™ Deep Brain Stimulation Systems to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.

There is no one-size-fits-all treatment for pain and neurological conditions. At Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, we're dedicated to working closely with physicians and patients to develop a broad range of solutions that are meaningful, industry-leading, and customizable to improve the quality of life for people across the globe.

About the Role:

We are looking for an innovative Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer to join our team. You will research, design, develop, and test medical devices. The ideal candidate has a background in mechanical or biomedical engineering and a strong track record of impactful contributions. This role is based in our facility in Dorado Puerto Rico.

Purpose Statement:

Responsible for the timely research, design, and development of external products such as chargers, remote controls, and trial stimulators. Responsibility may be extended to include research, design, and development of related system components such as implantable pulse generators or leads. Provides technical guidance to support personnel such as technicians and assures that their work is performed properly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works with physicians, sales, marketing, plus other functional areas to understand and document translated customer needs into requirement specifications.
• Acts as project engineer to manage the scope, schedule, and resources for assigned projects.
• Actively supports established department plus personal goals and objectives. Monitors project progress and regularly report progress to manager.
• Successfully garners necessary project support (internal resources such as manufacturing engineers and technicians; external resources such as test labs).
• Works to seek approval for viable products or product enhancements that meet or exceed customer needs.
• Creatively works to develop products with the highest quality and reliability possible.
• Seeks discovery and development of new technologies or product lines.
• Recommends ideas for patent protection/coverage.
• Supports ongoing departmental activities such as scheduled meetings, budgeting, screening/interviewing prospective job candidates, etc.
• Effective design, development, and project engineering.
• Meet with and engage physicians, patients, sales reps, marketing, and others to collect feedback for devices under development.
• Deliver meaningful innovation and submit novel intellectual property.
• Create specifications and perform engineering analyses.
• Support creation of project scopes and schedules.
• Define and validate designs, manufacturing processes, support engineering builds, and verify product performance.
• 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.

Minimal qualifications:

• Education in Mechanical or Biomedical engineering with a B.S. and 5+ years of experience or M.S. and 3+ years of work experience.
• Experience as a hands-on design and project engineer in the medical device industry, responsible for new implantable and external device designs, materials, equipment, and processes.
• Hands-on experience utilizing SolidWorks 3D CAD and drafting standards (e.g., ANSI Y14.5)
• Experience executing projects through commercial launch

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience involving/supporting:
• 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 the usability and performance of designed products