Boston Scientific · 2 days ago
Supplier Quality Engineer III - Capital Equipment
Arden Hills, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$78K/yr - $149K/yr
5+ years expBoston Scientific is a global leader in the medical device industry, committed to improving patient outcomes. The Supplier Quality Engineer III will lead performance improvement initiatives with suppliers, ensuring compliance with quality standards and enhancing manufacturing capabilities.
Health CareMedicalMedical Device
Responsibilities
Evaluates supplier caused manufacturing yield issues, incoming quality issues, and field failures and applies sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving the issues
Works cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues. Maintains and enhances cross-functional team relationships within the divisions, plants, distribution centers, across the entire BSC network
Monitors supplier performance to drive improvement and corrective action in the quality of components sourced from outside suppliers
Reviews and approves supplier corrective action plans and verification of effectiveness documentation
Assess suppliers for technical, quality and manufacturing capabilities through direct on-site visits and technical discussions. Assists in the evaluation of proposed changes at suppliers
Works in a category team environment to identify opportunities to set up acceptance methods at the suppliers and to consolidate materials at vendors according to category team strategy
Plans and leads audits of suppliers to assess compliance with regulatory and Boston Scientific requirements, including audit scheduling investigation, and evaluation of audit observation and findings, reporting, follow-up, and confirmation of follow-up actions
Develops and maintains incoming acceptance methods for materials and trains incoming inspectors to procedures
Establishes and cultivates a wide range of business relationships to facilitate completion of assignments. Interacts with suppliers. Participates in determining goals and objectives for projects. May lead projects within the department and represent a specialized field in larger project teams
Qualification
Required
BS degree in electrical, mechanical, or biomedical engineering or related engineering with minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Project management experience, ability to influence cross functional global teams spanning quality, operations, R&D, and sourcing
Experience in process validation, design controls, risk management, and CAPA
Ability to work independently; organized and self-driven
Strong communicator, adept at packaging and appropriately scaling information to the intended audience
Domestic and international travel up to 20%
Preferred
Experience with Capital Equipment or PCBA manufacturing
Experience with acquisition & integration, hybrid quality systems
Experience scaling manufacturing capacity
Experience in medical device and medical device suppliers
Experience as lead auditor of quality systems (ISO13485 or similar)
ASQ certification (CQE, CBA, SSGB, SSBB)
Company
Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific is a medical technology company that designs and develops medical devices to diagnose and treat a wide range of condition.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$10.02B2025-02-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.58B
2024-02-22Post Ipo Debt· $2.17B
2022-03-04Post Ipo Debt· $3.28B
Leadership Team
Michael Mahoney
Chairman, President & CEO
Daniel J. Brennan
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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