Senior Quality Engineer - Global Post Market Support
Boston Scientific · Arden Hills, MN
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Boston Scientific (medical devices) in Arden Hills, MN. Collect, analyze and report key complaint handling process outputs and trends to senior management.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, SPC, Control plans, ISO 13485
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
How this role compares
Against 50 other live quality postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $83k–$131k, from 30 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 59%
- ✓ Six Sigma 43%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 43%
- ✓ Lean 39%
- Supplier quality 39%
- FMEA 37%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Boston Scientific
We found 10 people at this company and state: 9 on the team, 1 leaders, plus 1 likely hiring manager. Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. See them ↓
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
Write to Mackenzie → (free) - 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Boston Scientific in Arden Hills
12 other open roles at this site · 10 people we found on the quality team.
- Packaging Engineer I · Manufacturing
- Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer - Electronics · Quality · Senior
- Senior Design Quality Engineer - Cardiac Rhythm Management & Diagnostics (CRMDx) · Quality · Senior
- Principal Quality Systems Engineer - Cardiac Rhythm Management & Diagnostics (CRMDx) · Quality · Senior
- Senior Quality Systems Engineer · Quality · Senior
- Senior Quality Engineer - Combination Product · Quality · Senior
Full description from Boston ScientificAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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. This recognition is complemented by our broader workplace culture: 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.
We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to support our global post-market complaint handling processes. In this role you will establish, maintain and continuously improve process controls that help ensure the reliability of post-market complaint handling outputs. You will provide quality oversight to support compliance with FDA and other global regulatory
requirements
while advancing process effectiveness, stability and continuous improvement.
requirements
and maintain reliable process performance.
- ✓Apply expertise in quality control, statistical methods and systems thinking to drive continuous improvement of the complaint handling process.
- ✓Evaluate the end-to-end complaint handling process, from intake through adverse event reporting, to identify systemwide dependencies, bottlenecks and potential failure modes and proactively mitigate risk.
- ✓Lead and participate in root cause investigations for recurring process failures and implement effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
- ✓Collaborate with the Complaint Handling, Post-Market Surveillance, Risk Management, and IT and Systems teams to support process effectiveness and compliance.
- ✓Provide technical leadership to a team of global and divisional subject matter experts responsible for monitoring the complaint handling process.
- ✓Coordinate with global and divisional teams to create and maintain clear documentation, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions and control plans, to support consistency and compliance with medical device regulatory requirements.
- ✓Collect, analyze and report key complaint handling process outputs and trends to senior management.
- ✓Translate customer needs into process
requirements
for critical outputs, such as complaint codes, ensuring downstream users have reliable information for analysis and decision-making.
qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, statistics, sciences or a related technical discipline.
- ✓Minimum of 5 years' experience in a quality control-related role within a regulated industry, preferably medical devices or pharmaceuticals.
- ✓Experience with statistical process control (SPC) and other statistical tools for quality data analysis, with an emphasis on applying SPC to business processes.
- ✓Experience managing cross-functional projects in a regulated environment.
Preferred qualifications
- ✓ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Lean Six Sigma or similar certification.
- ✓Familiarity with systems thinking principles and the ability to apply them to complex business processes.
- ✓Working knowledge of relevant medical device regulations and standards, including the European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR), ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
- ✓Exceptional attention to detail and a methodical approach to data analysis.
- ✓Excellent problem-solving, influencing and critical-thinking skills.
- ✓Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex data to diverse audiences.
- ✓Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- ✓Proactive and accountable mindset with a focus on delivering solutions.
Minimum Salary: $ 85000
Maximum Salary: $ 161500
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 transforms lives through innovative medical techn
Show full description ↓Show less ↑
Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills; US-MA-Marlborough; US-MN-Maple Grove
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
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.
Your
will include
- •Establish robust process controls for complaint handling outputs to ensure alignment with customer
More Quality roles nearby
- Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer - Electronics · Boston Scientific · Arden Hills
- Senior Design Quality Engineer - Cardiac Rhythm Management & Diagnostics (CRMDx) · Boston Scientific · Arden Hills
- Principal Quality Systems Engineer - Cardiac Rhythm Management & Diagnostics (CRMDx) · Boston Scientific · Arden Hills
- Senior Quality Systems Engineer · Boston Scientific · Arden Hills
