Senior Supplier Engineer

Additional Locations: N/A 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. The Senior Supplier Engineer is responsible for driving supplier-related engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring suppliers consistently meet Boston Scientific's requirements for quality, delivery, regulatory compliance, and business continuity.This role partners closely with R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Global Sourcing, Operations, and external suppliers to support new product development, resolve technical and quality issues, implement supplier changes, mitigate supply risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Key Responsibilities: Serve as the technical lead for supplier-related engineering activities and supplier performance improvement initiatives. Lead investigations of supplier and manufacturing issues, including root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions. Drive qualification and implementation of supplier process, material, equipment, and manufacturing changes. Support new product development projects by assessing supplier capabilities, manufacturability, and readiness for production. Lead qualification and validation activities for purchased materials, components, and manufacturing processes. Partner with suppliers to improve quality, reliability, manufacturability, and cost effectiveness. Support supplier audits, assessments, and regulatory inspection readiness activities. Manage technical risks associated with suppliers, obsolescence, supply continuity, and business continuity planning. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely resolution of technical issues and successful project execution. Support supplier selection, onboarding, and ongoing supplier management activities. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. Minimum 8 years of engineering experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, Project Management/Technical Management, or end-to-end process leadership. Minimum 3 years of direct experience working with external suppliers, including supplier management, Problem Solving, Engineering Change Management and implementation, and supplier development activities. Experience in a regulated industry, preferably Medical Devices. Proven experience leading supplier quality investigations, root cause analysis, CAPA, and Risk management and mitigation activities. Experience supporting manufacturing operations, process validation, product transfers, and new product introduction (NPI/NPD). Strong communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills. Fluent English, written and verbal. Preferred Qualifications Execution experience in Process Validation activities (MVP, IQ, OQ, PQ). Experience conducting supplier audits, supplier assessments, and production line transfers. Experience working with global suppliers and cross-functional international teams. Requisition ID: 637457 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.