R&D 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.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an onsite work model, requiring employees to be in our local office at least five days per week.

Relocation and housing assistance are not available for this position.

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

We will consider qualified applicants of all ages who are starting (or restarting) their careers

Our R&D engineers are responsible for designing and developing medical devices for the Electronic Medical Equipment (EME) group. These technologies monitor, support the diagnosis of, and treat irregular heart rhythms, heart failure, and sudden cardiac arrest. EME provides devices and therapies that support a patient’s entire continuum of care, from diagnostics to treatment.

In this role, you will contribute to the development and testing of innovative systems used in EME. The position will focus on prototyping, developing, and optimizing new design solutions for a complex medical therapy, ultimately driving to commercial readiness. We are looking for a motivated and driven individual with sound technical fundamentals who can drive execution in a very diverse and fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• • Design contributor for components, sub, or finished medical device assemblies. 

• • Support prototyping and concept selection activities. 

• • Develop thorough test plans, drive experiment execution, analyze data, and present findings to the team for review and feedback. 

• • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment of design, manufacturing, and quality requirements. 

• • Design, procure, and fabricate tooling and fixtures. 

• • Execute project tasks relating to area of ownership. 

• • Author technical reports that communicate findings and share knowledge. 

• • Improve or develop bench performance test methods as needed. 

• • Contribute ideas to or generate Intellectual Property submissions. 

• • Support team troubleshooting activities as they arise. 

• • Significant amount of hands-on, in-lab product development and testing. 

• • May train and/or provide work directions to technicians. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Must have prior internship with Boston Scientific
• Must graduate by May 2027 
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization

Preferred Qualifications: 

• • Highly motivated individual that can drive deliverables through creative problem solving and collaboration among team members. 

• • Demonstrated ability to ideate, prototype, and implement creative engineering solutions. 

• • Experience with experimental execution, data analysis and knowledge sharing. 

• • Strong written and oral communication skills 

• • Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Requisition ID: 633787  

Minimum Salary: $ 59900  

Maximum Salary: $ 113800  

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at and follow us on  LinkedIn .

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement. The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.