Associate Process Engineering Manager

bostonscientific•Maple Grove, MN

12d•$82,600 - $156,900•Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Maple Grove Process Development team, this position’s primary responsibilities include leading a team that provides: prototype solutions, technology development, and technical support to all phases of product development (from concept through commercialization). This role will oversee the development and management of the people and processes required to ensure functional excellence and delivery of robust, scalable, high-quality manufacturing processes to divisional and operations customers. This role will provide strategic input into departmental initiatives and be tasked with building, developing, and empowering a strong team capable of fulfilling multi-project and multi-customer needs for the business. At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a fully-onsite work model requiring employees to be in our local office five (5) days per week. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline
Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a leader of technical people/teams (not necessarily by means of overseeing direct reports)
Ability to travel (up to 10%, domestic & international) at times to support development and transfer activities at various geographic locations
Prior experience in medical devices or other highly-regulated industry
Demonstrated cross functional collaboration in technically demanding environment
Demonstrated management of service-oriented team such as a production team
Demonstrated experience with facilities management, equipment utilization, scheduling team activities, and customer delivery

Nice To Haves

Professional experience in using laser cutting technology
Proven leadership and management of a technical group, providing coaching and development associated with development projects, motivating individuals to achieve results, and driving objectives to completion while maintaining a strong working environment
Proficiency with a variety of laser machinery (build, maintenance, and/or usage)
Experience leading teams in developing and transferring manufacturing processes and/or production lines throughout a global network
Vision to see what technologies are going to be needed in the future and ability to get them started with little oversight or guidance
Experience leading teams throughout a product life cycle from exploratory to commercialization and end of life
Leadership traits/skillsets combined with experience working with component/product vendors
Demonstrated mechanical aptitude

Responsibilities

Supervise, lead, and provide technical direction to a group of Engineers to develop highly capable, scalable, and robust laser manufacturing processes, and successfully transfer these processes into operations
Assist manager in providing guidance and training to staff, developing subordinates to attain career goals, motivating individuals to achieve results, and recruiting and maintaining a high quality staff
Work with manager to establish department goals, objectives, and budgets
Assist manager in planning resource needs and hiring for department
Lead engineering teams to the successful completion of PD project goals
Work with manager to ensure execution of the functional deliverables associated with the PDP/TDP, Project Management, and Quality Systems
Successfully complete Process Development engineering project work for new product development
Prioritize and manage execution of multiple projects
Maintain and enhance cross-functional team relationships
Work cross-functionally in identifying and resolving engineering issues
Ensure policies and processes are followed