Senior Automation Engineer / Ingénieur principal en automatisation

Boston Scientific Gruppe; Montreal; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical device company in Montreal is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of their products. In this role, you will design and execute test plans while working with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate should have a degree in electrical engineering, extensive experience in automation, and excellent problem-solving skills. This position offers competitive compensation and opportunities for advancement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience relating to test automation and fixture design.
• Excellent organizational, communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans.
• Conduct electrical safety and EMC testing for compliance.
• Monitor and analyze test results and provide recommendations.

Skills

Test automation

Fixture design

Electrical engineering principles

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

Python

C/C++

Job description

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Onsite Location(s):

Montreal, QC, CA

Additional Locations:Canada-QC-Montreal

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

As a Senior Automation Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our medical device products. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. Your work will directly impact patient safety and contribute to life-changing solutions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Applies technical knowledge to innovate, design, and develop processes, procedures, fixturing and/or automation.
• Perform engineering, functional and performance testing of electrical/electro-mechanical components, subsystems, and complete systems.
• Conduct electrical safety and EMC testing and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Monitor and analyze test results, generate detailed reports, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Provides Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Test (DFT) input to the engineering print package.
• Work with a cross-functional team.
• When required, provides work direction to technicians and may train test personnel when required as part of a validation.
• Designs, develops, debugs, modifies, and tests electrical circuits and systems by using current tools, analysis techniques, and technologies.
• Work independently to plan and schedule own activities necessary to meet timelines and communicate in a timely manner.
• Other duties as required.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (or related field).
• 5+ years of relevant experience relating to test automation and fixture design
• Experience with automation in LabVIEW.
• Understands engineering and problem-solving principles, concepts, tools, and techniques, as well as fundamentals of change management and test validation.
• Develops creative solutions and collaboratively draws ideas from cross functional teams. Advocates for their ideas with passion while listening to and considering the ideas of the team.
• Takes initiative to identify improvement opportunities, prioritize them, communicate them to the appropriate levels and sees them through to completion.
• Is resilient in the face of setbacks. Plans appropriately for risks and responds positively to unforeseen problems.
• Excellent organizational, communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Equipment and fixture design, along with test systems development experience
• Process Development; equipment validations and process characterization experience
• Ability to translate theoretical and abstract ideas into meaningful innovation
• Python and/or C/C++ programming experience
• Data driven individual; statistical analysis experience

Requisition ID:611628

Minimum Salary: $79700

Maximum Salary: $158200

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 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 salaried, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for sales roles is governed by Sales Incentive Compensation Plan (which includes certain annual non-discretionary incentives based on predetermined objectives).

Our organization is across Canada and has commercial representation in 140 countries.

This job involves regular collaboration with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders across Canada, the U.S., and/or internationally, making proficiency in English essential for effective communication and alignment. English is necessary for engaging with a range of documentation and maintaining effective communication if interacting with external clients or vendors.

As detailed in the job description, this job involves communicating, both verbally and in writing, with other Boston Scientific teams located across Canada, the United States and/or with our international clients and partners. International customers and partners represent an important part of our activities. Based on an evaluation, we have determined that the duties of Senior Automation Engineer / Ingénieur principal en automatisation position require knowledge of English in addition to French (oral and written). We also determined that the English language skills already required of other employees do not permit the performance of English language skills tasks related to Senior Automation Engineer / Ingénieur principal en automatisation position.

However, in Québec, Boston Scientific limits as much as possible the number of positions for which it requires the knowledge of another language than French. Boston Scientific solely requires proficiency in English where it is necessary for the performance of an employee’s duties.

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

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