Principal Quality Systems Engineer - Supplier Controls SFMD

Recruiter: Spencer Gregory Hale

Principal Quality Systems Engineer

Location: Marlborough MA Arden Hills MN or Maple Grove MN

About the Role: As the Principal Quality Systems Engineer for material controls you will be a key player in our Global Quality team. Your mission will be to enhance awareness visibility and communication on quality initiatives and objectives. You will support various departmental functional site divisional and corporate quality goals and priorities. Specifically you will work with the Internal Operations organization to drive agility and efficiency in supplier onboarding and product launches collaborating with our partners in different divisions and global regions like APAC.

This role offers the exciting opportunity to engage in supplier controls projects across our global supplier quality management network. Travel will be required to support and collaborate with our suppliers.

Your Responsibilities Include:

• Leading cross-functional project teams across regions functions and global stakeholders.
• Utilizing project management best practices to coordinate activities communicate progress collaborate on key deliverables and meet critical timelines.
• Driving continuous improvement and globalization by aligning multiple functional departments with BSC and regulatory requirements.
• Communicating and influencing across the BSC Global Sourcing organization to achieve long-term strategic outcomes.
• Collaborating with Quality system partners such as regulatory post-market and design assurance teams.
• Providing continuous and rigorous assessment of Material Controls processes and reviewing documentation to ensure compliance with global BSC processes FDA regulations ISO 13485 and Regional Medical Device Requirements.
• Owning highly visible global systemic CAPAs while leading through a Community of Practice.
• Guiding functional members and teams in areas of process ownership such as supplier audit/AVL material qualification procurement supplier change and corrective action through audit support and CAPA processes.
• Determining and tracking actionable material controls metrics and trends to ensure proper execution and effectiveness of the global process.
• Participating in or leading BSC Communities of Practice to ensure global processes continuously execute at the highest industry/company level and anticipate emerging regulatory lines of questioning.
• Supporting site region and global scale CAPA initiatives continuous improvement opportunities and/or projects.

What Were Looking for in You:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum bachelors degree in an engineering or technical discipline.
• 7 years of related work experience (or 5 years with a relevant masters degree) in the regulated industry including a demonstrated understanding of QSR and ISO standard requirements for material/purchasing controls product realization validation and CAPA.
• The ability to work independently being organized and self-driven.
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) to effectively organize present and explain data/information to all internal and external stakeholders.
• Competency in Microsoft software systems (e.g. MS Excel PowerPoint Power BI) and QMS software systems (CAPA SCAR etc.).
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 15%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience within a quality function preferably in supplier quality.
• Knowledge of Medical Device regulations specifically Material Controls Quality System requirements.
• Lead Assessor ISO13485 certification is preferred.
• Familiarity with drug-coated products is advantageous.

Requisition ID:608102

Minimum Salary:$103700

Maximum Salary: $197000

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).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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 identify gender expression veteran status age mental or physical disability genetic information or any other protected class.

Among other requirements Boston Scientific maintains specificprohibited substancetest 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.