Manufacturing Technician 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 this role:

We are seeking a Manufacturing and Process Technician with Medical Device Experience to support our new products. In this role you will:

• Support the equipment and process status for pilot and production lines for new products
  • Perform manufacturing setups and provide general floor support
• Provide support for engineering initiatives, projects, and sustaining manufacturing operations
• Assist engineering in equipment and tooling development and assembly

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

Relocation
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

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

Your responsibilities will include:

• Support Design Transfer Phase activities, including:
  • Process Development
  • Process Improvement
• Support R&D Pilot/Production Line Support and Engineering by:
  • Monitoring and adjusting processes to improve throughput
  • Providing technical support to engineers on various technical tasks
  • Performing assembly and failure analysis using laboratory microscopes, including root-cause analysis and non-conformance investigation
• Execute tests and collect data by:
  • Assisting in the design of experiments, under operational and developmental conditions, to increase yields and improve machine reliability, repeatability, and standardization.
  • Performing inspections, functional tests, and destructive tests
• Document work using:
  • Adequate writing skills
  • Experience in mistake-proofing MPIs
• Validate equipment and provide support for common MedDevice MFG equipment by:
  • Having overall familiarity with commonly used MedDevice MFG equipment
  • Constructing, troubleshooting, calibrating, adjusting, testing, diagnosing, and maintaining equipment, components, devices, or systems
  • Performing PMs and routine cleaning and clearing of equipment jams, and non routine maintenance
• Train assemblers and other associates as needed
• Initiate purchase orders and document change orders

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• +2 years of technician experience (at least 1 year of it in relevant experience)
• Must have a high school diploma or vocational or technical education or certification

Must Have:

• Have Medical Device experience and familiarity with a regulated environment
• Able to work in a cleanroom
• Experience with Medical Device products, preferably Catheters
• Familiar with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Documentation Practices (GDP), and laboratory practices

Nice to Have:

• Medical Device Catheter Experience Preferred
• Familiarity with Balloons, Catheters, Electrical, and Fiber Optic Processes
• AS degree in Engineering or a related discipline
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work cooperatively as part of a team
• Ability to manage project timelines to execute deliverables in a timely manner
• Ability to solve problems and innovate solutions
• Knowledge of and application of drafting practices, GD&T, and tolerance analysis
• Knowledge of Design for Assembly analyses, mistake-proofing techniques, and Process Failure Mode Effect Analyses  

Other Duties/Standards:

The above descriptions are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Boston Scientific utilizes the multi-skill concept and expects the employee to perform other job disciplines. Boston Scientific retains the discretion to add or change the functions and duties of the position at any time.

Requisition ID: 632883  

Minimum Salary: $ 39416  

Maximum Salary: $ 66976  

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.