R&D Senior Fellow Ultrasound Engineer

Boston Scientific-posted 3 months ago
$150,500 - $286,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Hybrid • Maple Grove, MN
5,001-10,000 employees
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
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Boston Scientific is currently looking for an R&D Senior Fellow Ultrasound Engineer. This person will provide an enterprise-level technical leadership across rotational intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and therapeutic intravascular ultrasound (RDN and adjacent therapies). Define and deliver next-generation catheter-based transducers, rotational drive systems, front-end electronics, beamforming, and image/signal-processing architectures that materially advance clinical outcomes and sustain product leadership in minimally invasive imaging and therapeutic ultrasound.

  • Establish the multi-year ultrasound technology roadmap spanning rotational IVUS catheters and therapeutic intravascular ultrasound.
  • Define reference architecture covering catheters, consoles, and signal processing pipelines; lead design reviews and serve as final technical authority for critical designs.
  • Lead design and trade-studies for wideband, high-frequency IVUS transducers (40-60+ MHz) integrated with rotational drive and pullback systems.
  • Guide material selections (PZT/PMN-PT/CMUT), acoustic matching, stack-ups, cabling, and packaging strategies for reliable high-speed rotation in vascular environments and therapeutic applications.
  • Partner with suppliers on custom acoustic elements, flex/cabling, and assembly; qualify manufacturability, yield, and long-term reliability.
  • Specify and optimize transmit beam patterns, TGC/AGC, analog front end, digitization, and image reconstruction pipelines under rotational acquisition constraints.
  • Own IVUS-specific rendering of lumen/plaque/vessel wall, and develop advanced imaging modes (harmonic, ARFI/elasticity, quantitative ultrasound).
  • Define and validate energy delivery profiles for renal denervation and related intravascular therapies.
  • Develop closed-loop control systems for acoustic coupling, dosimetry, and safety monitoring (MI/TI, thermal limits).
  • Collaborate on preclinical modeling, ex vivo/in vivo validation, and clinical translation of therapeutic ultrasound systems.
  • Translate unmet clinical and marketing needs into verifiable system requirements.
  • Drive risk analysis (ISO 14971), design controls, acoustic test methods, and rigorous verification/validation across imaging and therapy modes.
  • Establish and track performance KPIs: image quality (SNR, contrast, axial/lateral resolution), therapy efficacy metrics, catheter pullback fidelity, latency, and safety indices.
  • Mentor and technically guide teams in transducer design, EE, FW/SW, systems, and image science.
  • Serve as technical approver in design reviews, hazard analyses, and clinical build reviews.
  • Collaborate closely with clinicians, KOLs, regulatory, operations, and suppliers to de-risk and accelerate programs from concept through launch.
  • Generate high-value intellectual property in catheter-based imaging and therapeutic ultrasound.
  • Publish and present with KOL partners; scout and assess M&A, partnership, and supplier technologies relevant to ultrasound innovation.
  • PhD or MS or BS in Electrical, Mechanical, or Biomedical Engineering with an ultrasound focus; 12+ years in medical ultrasound product development.
  • Deep expertise in at least two of: Transducer design & catheter integration (rotational IVUS, high-freq arrays), Real-time beamforming & signal chain optimization, Image formation & reconstruction for intravascular imaging, Ultrasound-based therapy delivery & closed-loop control.
  • Proven enterprise-level technology leadership (architect or fellow) shaping roadmaps across multiple programs.
  • Hands-on with acoustic modeling (k-Wave, Field II, PZFlex, ANSYS), transducer fabrication and testing (pulse-echo, impedance, acoustic power), and catheter-level packaging.
  • Strong SW/FPGA familiarity for imaging pipelines (C/C++/CUDA/Verilog), algorithm prototyping (Python/MATLAB), and real-time constraints on embedded SoCs/MCUs.
  • Mastery of design controls and compliance: IEC 60601 (safety), IEC 60601-1-2 (EMC), IEC 60601-2-62 (therapeutic ultrasound), IEC 62304 (SW), ISO 14971 (risk), biocompatibility & sterilization (catheters), ultrasound indices (MI/TI).
  • Rotational IVUS catheter experience (60 MHz-class wideband transducers, drive motor & pullback systems, rotational fidelity, and image construction).
  • Expertise in quantitative/elasticity/ARFI methods, adaptive beamforming, and AI-assisted image reconstruction or artifact suppression.
  • Supplier development experience for micro-coax/flex, micro-assembly, and scalable catheter manufacturing (DOE and process validation).
  • Therapeutic ultrasound experience (renal denervation, HIFU, or related), including dosimetry modeling, acoustic coupling, and safety/closed-loop control systems.
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