Senior Mechanical Engineering Manager - (Electronic Medical Systems)

Responsibilities

• Lead, recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing mechanical engineering team; provide timely feedback, career development, and succession and capability planning.
• Own and guide mechanical engineering strategy, architecture, design decisions, and technical execution for EME programs from early feasibility through commercialization and product sustainment.
• Provide technical direction to experienced engineers and technical leads who operate with significant independence; review critical design tradeoffs, risks, and complex problem-solving approaches.
• Partner with program managers and cross-functional leaders to assess staffing, skills, priorities, schedules, and resource needs across the Interventional Cardiology portfolio.
• Oversee mechanical design outputs and technical reviews, including requirements, specifications, design documentation, design verification and validation plans, and evidence of design performance.
• Ensure mechanical development activities comply with applicable internal procedures, design controls, quality system requirements, risk management processes, and relevant medical equipment standards.
• Drive robust mechanical system integration in collaboration with electrical, systems, software, test, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and service teams.
• Guide design for manufacturability, assembly, reliability, serviceability, and cost; support design transfer, manufacturing readiness, external partners, and post-launch technical investigations.
• Build strategic partnerships across Boston Scientific and with external engineering or manufacturing partners to achieve program and organizational objectives.
• Promote disciplined technical decision-making, innovation, continuous improvement, effective change leadership, and an inclusive environment where team members can contribute fully.
• Develop and execute departmental operating plans, processes, and priorities; manage budgets, external design resources, and engineering investments to meet business objectives.
• Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, program status, and recommendations clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, Biotechnical, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant mechanical engineering or product development experience, including experience developing complex hardware or electromechanical products.
• 3+ years of experience in technical or engineering management, including demonstrated leadership, coaching, and development of engineers.
• Demonstrated experience guiding mechanical product design, integration, technical reviews, and verification and validation activities.
• Ability to solve complex technical problems and make sound decisions across competing technical, schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
• Working knowledge of disciplined product development practices, engineering documentation, and quality and regulatory requirements in a structured development environment.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
• Experience with Class II or Class III medical device development and commercialization, particularly electronic medical equipment.
• 5+ years of direct R&D people management experience leading mechanical engineers.
• Experience with medical electrical equipment standards, such as IEC 60601, as applicable to mechanical design and system integration.
• Experience with mechanical architecture, structural and thermal design, tolerance analysis, reliability, and electromechanical integration.
• Experience with design controls, risk management, design transfer, and manufacturing or field support for commercial products.
• Experience collaborating with external design firms, manufacturing partners, operations, test engineering, and process development teams.