Quality Engineer Intern

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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.           

We will consider qualified applicants of all ages who are starting (or restarting) their careers

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an on-site work model, requiring employees to be in our local office at least five days per week.

Relocation and housing assistance may be available to those who meet the eligibility criteria.

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

 About the Role:

As a Quality Engineering Intern, your job is the most important in ensuring patient safety and quality of care. The Quality function develops, establishes and maintains quality engineering methodologies, systems, and practices which meet BSC, customer, and regulatory requirements. You will serve as a Quality representative for quality initiatives to support departmental, functional, site, divisional, and corporate quality goals and priorities. You will provide focused quality engineering support in a fast paced and dynamic manufacturing environment and work cross functionally to improve the manufacturing process. You will build relationships with professionals in a diverse range of fields, inspiring people to embrace a culture of continuous improvement. BSC is a place where you’ll develop your career while taking on meaningful and challenging work. 

Your Responsibilities:

• Act as an effective leader or team member in supporting quality disciplines, decisions, and practices. 
• Apply sound, systematic problem-solving methodologies in identifying, prioritizing, communicating, and resolving quality issues.  
• Apply technical knowledge to innovate, design, develop, and sustain processes, procedures, tooling and equipment for first in class medical devices. 
• Assure in the development and execution of streamlined business systems which effectively identify and resolve quality issues. 
• Collaborate and gain experience from a diverse cross-functional team. 

• Gain better understanding by applying academic knowledge to a real-world problem set 
• Improve patient lives around the world every day. 

• Value Improvement Projects (VIPs) such as yield improvements, process improvements, and materials cost savings allow Boston Scientific to re-invest the savings into new products to fund company growth. 

• Use design for manufacturing principles to develop tooling and equipment for manufacturing lines for new products. 
• Create inspections or inspection systems to ensure products meet critical requirements. 

Required Qualifications

• Must graduate between Fall 2027 and Spring 2029.

• Currently pursuing a bachelors or graduate degree in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Must be able to commit to one of the following full internship program periods: May 17th – August 6th OR May 24th – August 13th.

• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization.

• Must have reliable transportation to and from the Arden Hills, MN Boston Scientific Corporate location.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Clear written and verbal communication of complex data and processes.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various cross-functional teams.
• Self-starter with the ability to identify improvement opportunities and passion to learn new technologies and find new solutions. 
• Knowledge of analytical techniques and statistical analysis. 

• Previous internship or co-op experience supporting medical device development and manufacturing
• General knowledge of Power BI or similar data visualization tools

Requisition ID: 636496 

Minimum Salary: $ 43368 

Maximum Salary: $ 73736 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com—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 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.

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.