Boston Scientific (Guidant)

Company Information

Location:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Size/Revenue:

Net sales in 2005 of $6,283 million

Field/Specialty:

Medical devices

Products:

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)

Co-op Program:

Yes

New Hire Information

Experience: Co-op

Complete feasibility, design, testing.

Experience: Full-time

•Champions new programs based on knowledge of unmet clinical needs of customers and develops proposals for new projects.
•Manages technology development portfolio via internal and external resources. Partners with New Business Development counterpart to identify external opportunities.
•Coach and develop individual team members to facilitate their professional growth and enable effective succession planning.
•Ensures adequate mix of engineering resources available for new product development cadence plan.
•Ensures organization is aligned and structured strategically for long term project planning success.
•Recommends patent protection strategies for Company's core products and technologies.
•Aids in prioritizing resource allocations from support groups outside of R&D to ensure schedules of product development teams are achieved.
•Aids in developing improvements to BSC product development systems.

Degree:

BS Engineering or related discipline.

Majors:

ME, EE, CE

Contact Information

Website:

http://www.bostonscientific.com/templatedata/imports/HTML/AboutBostonScientific/index.shtml?noparam=true

Address:

One Boston Scientific Place
Natick, MA 01760-1537

Phone:

(508) 650-8000

Email:

http://www.bostonscientific.com/utility/contactUs.jsp?sectionId=1&relId=1&task=tskContact.jsp