Principal Quality Engineer
Boston Scientific · Maple Grove, MN
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 7 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Boston Scientific (medical devices) in Maple Grove, MN.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- FMEA, CAPA, Supplier quality
- Day to day
- relocation help
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Minnesota: typical posted base $86k–$128k.
Median of the low and high ends of 46 live postings that list pay, out of 70 quality engineer openings in Minnesota, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Minnesota plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 69 other live quality postings in Minnesota.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $83k–$120k, from 43 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 60%
- ✓ Supplier quality 43%
- ✓ CAPA 39%
- Lean 39%
- Six Sigma 37%
- ISO 9001 36%
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This plant: Boston Scientific in Maple Grove
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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.
The Principal Quality Engineer provides technical quality engineering expertise across product development, design changes, manufacturing operations and quality systems. This role establishes and maintains quality engineering methodologies, systems and practices that meet Boston Scientific, customer and regulatory requirements. The position collaborates with quality management and cross-functional partners to drive quality initiatives, implement process improvements and support organizational quality goals. The role may also mentor less experienced quality professionals and cross-functional stakeholders on quality processes and procedures.
Primary
responsibilities
include supporting quality systems, design change documentation and risk assessments associated with nonconformances and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) for Boston Scientific's hepatic artery infusion pump and accessories.
Required qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, health sciences or a related field.
- ✓Minimum of 5 years' experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical or a similarly regulated industry.
- ✓Minimum of 5 years' experience working with quality systems and controlled processes.
- ✓Experience coordinating or managing CAPAs and quality investigations, including initiating and managing design changes.
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Bachelor's degree or technical background in biomedical, mechanical or chemical engineering.
- ✓Minimum of 8 years' experience in the medical device industry.
- ✓Experience leading CAPAs and quality investigations, including initiating and managing design changes.
- ✓Experience supporting quality systems, design change documentation and risk assessments associated with nonconformances and CAPAs.
- ✓Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage cross-functional partners, including contract manufacturers, suppliers, operations and supplier quality teams.
- ✓Ability to work independently, manage priorities and execute assignments with appropriate direction.
- ✓Previous experience with Boston Scientific's quality systems, processes or products.
Minimum Salary: $ 102100
Maximum Salary: $ 194000
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Additional Location(s): 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, relocation
This is a hybrid position based at Boston Scientific's Maple Grove/Arbor Lakes location in Minnesota. Employees are expected to work on-site 3-4 days/ work to support collaboration and business needs.
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.
Your
will include
- •Apply advanced quality engineering principles to assigned products, processes and sites, guiding implementation to meet internal and external quality and regulatory requirements.
- •Champion departmental and cross-functional engineering initiatives, providing technical direction, coaching and mentoring to engineering and quality teams.
- •Proactively identify, evaluate and implement best-in-class quality engineering practices, processes and systems.
- •Develop and implement effective process and design control systems to support product development, qualification and ongoing manufacturing.
- •Serve as a quality subject matter expert (SME) in applying ISO 14971 risk management principles across product development, clinical investigations, design changes, commercialization and post-market activities.
- •Lead or independently review risk management plans, hazard analyses, failure mode and effects analyses (FMEAs), benefit-risk assessments, risk management reports and associated documentation.
- •Ensure appropriate identification and documentation of hazards, foreseeable sequences of events, hazardous situations, harms, risk controls and residual risks.
- •Assess the implementation of risk control measures and verify their effectiveness in mitigating identified product risks.
- •Evaluate new information from complaints, CAPAs, nonconformances, clinical investigations and post-market surveillance to determine potential impacts on existing product risks.
- •Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of quality assurance processes, process controls and CAPA systems to meet or exceed internal and external requirements.
- •Support cross-functional quality decisions and initiatives, applying systematic problem-solving methodologies to identify, prioritize, communicate and resolve quality issues.
- •Drive the development and execution of efficient business processes and quality systems that enable timely identification and resolution of quality issues.
- •Partner with management to recommend and implement improvements to quality systems, processes and overall operational effectiveness.