Process Technician
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 Process Technician role will be responsible for Catheter production line support, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance activities, and fabrication of tooling. This role collaborates cross-functionally with Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance teams to support continuous improvement and compliance with regulatory standards. Troubleshoots mechanical, electrical, and process issues in real-time to minimize downtime and maintain production flow.
Your Responsibilities will Include:
- Apply critical thinking to solve complex problems and ask insightful questions, even without being a subject matter expert.
- Collaborate with Engineering to ensure manufacturing processes are optimized for scalability and efficiency.
- Manage and organize equipment and spare parts inventory to support uninterrupted production.
- Maintain accurate documentation for equipment, including manuals, service records, and change orders. Complete qualifications for new and existing equipment.
- Perform routine preventative maintenance on manufacturing equipment to minimize downtime.
- Contribute to process improvement projects aimed at enhancing product quality, reducing scrap and rework, lowering costs, and boosting performance.
- Identify and troubleshoot process related issues, implementing corrective actions to maintain production standards.
- Analyze scrap data to determine root causes and drive improvements through operator training and process control enhancements.
- Demonstrate deep process knowledge and provide hands-on guidance and training to production operators.
- Support daily production activities to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products.
- Assist in scaling equipment and processes from prototype development through pilot runs to full-scale manufacturing.
What We're Looking For In You:
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent.
Required Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in low or high volume production environments.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and maintain manufacturing equipment to ensure optimal performance.
- Demonstrated commitment to safety protocols, including proper use of lab safety equipment.
- The candidate should have good organizational skills, personal skills, and a strong follow-through "can do" attitude.
- Follows instructions, responds to management direction.
- Ability to physically handle small, delicate parts.
- Ability to read and understand work instructions, process guidelines, visual workmanship standards, and technical drawings.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in manufacturing catheter or fiberoptic products is highly desirable.
- Prior experience with microscope-based inspection and medical device assembly.
- Skilled in performing in-process inspections to ensure product quality and adherence to workmanship standards for medical devices.
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).
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.
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.