Senior Quality Engineer
Boston Scientific · Arden Hills, MN
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
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A senior quality role at Boston Scientific (medical devices) in Arden Hills, MN.
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About the role
About the role
Boston Scientific was recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Workplaces for Engineers in 2026, reflecting a culture where engineers do meaningful work.
Boston Scientific was recognized as a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026, ranking No. 15 on the Top 100 list, reflecting the culture our employees experience every day.
The Senior Quality Engineer will lead and coordinate operations quality investigations, ensuring quality concerns are thoroughly evaluated, documented and communicated to support effective decision-making. This role will drive problem-solving, root cause analysis and corrective actions while providing technical mentorship to engineers and supporting continuous improvement in product quality and compliance.
qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or related technical field.
- ✓Minimum of 5 years' experience in a relevant field.
- ✓Experience in a regulated industry.
- ✓Knowledge of and ability to use problem-solving tools to investigate root causes and implement effective solutions.
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Manufacturing and/or PIR-related experience.
- ✓Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical and conversational communication.
- ✓Strong decision-making and negotiation skills, both independently and within groups.
- ✓Experience managing multiple projects across multiple organizational disciplines.
- ✓Audit experience as a technical lead.
Minimum Salary: $ 85000
Maximum Salary: $ 161500
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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 www.bostonscientific.com and follow us on LinkedIn .
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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.
Work model, sponsorship, relocation
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an on-site work model requiring employees to be in our local office five days per week.
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.
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- •Coordinate Product Inquiry Reports (PIRs) for Arden Hills operations to investigate quality issues and drive decisions on corrective actions.
- •Serve as the Arden Hills operations process owner for the PIR process, providing guidance and mentorship across the site.
- •Identify and lead projects to improve quality outcomes by reducing manufacturing defects and partnering cross-functionally to drive product improvements.
- •Provide technical mentorship to engineers on problem-solving and risk-based decision-making.
- •Serve as a subject matter expert in the front room during audits with external bodies.
- •Evaluate the adequacy and compliance of systems, operations and practices against applicable regulations and company documentation.
- •Apply an understanding of external regulations to drive decision-making and technical solutions.
- •Create quality tools and training materials by applying technical expertise and communicating effectively with respective teams.
- •Perform appropriate analyses to identify trends, improvement opportunities and corrective actions.
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