R&D Engineer I (P1)

Additional Location(s): US-MA-Marlborough

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.

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.

Join our Endoscopy Sustaining R&D team, where we protect product quality, compliance and business continuity across a portfolio of commercial medical devices. Our engineers improve and optimize released products, solve complex technical challenges, and ensure Endoscopy technologies continue to meet the needs of patients, physicians, and the business throughout their lifecycle.

We are seeking a dynamic and collaborative R&D Engineer I (P1) to support sustaining R&D initiatives, including product improvements, design changes, supply continuity projects, technical investigations, and lifecycle management activities. In this role, you will work in a cross-functional team to monitor product, material, process, and documentation changes; execute technical projects, and ensure commercial products continue to meet customer, patient, business, quality, and regulatory expectations.

Work model and sponsorship:

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This is an on-site role based in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Employees in this position are expected to work from our Marlborough office. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Participate in and contribute to product development project teams, including benchtop test development and execution, design and prototyping of test fixtures, determination of product performance specifications, test method validation, data analysis, and written and verbal communication of technical data to varied audiences.

- Work independently to plan and schedule activities necessary to meet project timelines and communicate progress in a timely manner.

- Design and coordinate hands-on problem-solving activities through tests and experiments.

- Troubleshoot new product and process issues related to design, materials or processes.

- Summarize and analyze test results and draw data-driven conclusions.

- Prepare standard reports and documentation to communicate results to the technical community.

- Work collaboratively and lead cross-functional projects across locations and countries, partnering with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical and marketing teams to support project success.

- Demonstrate knowledge of product development systems through the execution of high-quality deliverables.

Required qualifications:

- Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science or another related STEM discipline.

- Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to interpret technical data and communicate findings effectively.

- Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.

Preferred qualifications:

- Demonstrated leadership experience with a desire to continue developing leadership capabilities in the workplace.

- Passion for the medical device industry and creating innovative technologies that improve patients' lives.

- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues at multiple levels of the organization.

Requisition ID: 634982

Minimum Salary: $ 62800

Maximum Salary: $ 119300

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).

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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.

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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.