Senior Endoscopy Sustaining R&D Engineer

Boston Scientific; Clonmel; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific is seeking a Senior R&D Engineer to join our Endoscopy Sustaining R&D team on a permanent basis. You will protect product quality, compliance, and business continuity across a portfolio of commercial medical devices, driving lifecycle improvements and documentation updates.

The role is hybrid, requiring presence in the local office at least three days per week. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and clinical teams to

Qualifications

• Honours bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in product development or engineering in a regulated industry.
• Knowledge of medical device quality systems and regulatory standards.
• Strong problem-solving and proactive attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support sustaining R&D activities for Endoscopy products, including product improvements, design changes, test method development, design verification, and lifecycle management initiatives.
• Investigate complex technical issues, assess root cause, evaluate design or process alternatives, and recommend sound engineering solutions.
• Design, coordinate, and execute engineering tests and experiments; summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from complex test results.
• Translate customer, clinical, manufacturing, and quality needs into product requirements, design inputs, technical specifications, and documentation updates.
• Prepare clear technical reports, engineering assessments, and documentation to communicate results, decisions, and recommendations to technical and cross‑functional audiences.

Skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Honours bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Statistical analysis

DMAIC

Test method development

Job description

Boston Scientific is seeking a Senior R&D Engineer to join our Endoscopy Sustaining R&D team on a permanent basis. You will protect product quality, compliance, and business continuity across a portfolio of commercial medical devices, driving lifecycle improvements and documentation updates.

The role is hybrid, requiring presence in the local office at least three days per week. You will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and clinical teams to