About the role#
The R&D Product Development Intern works with Product Leads and cross-functional engineering teams to support the development of medical devices. This role focuses on understanding customer needs, translating them into product features, evaluating technical feasibility, and supporting engineering development activities. You will gain hands-on experience in technical product leadership while contributing to feature definition and development initiatives.
What you'll do#
- Collaborate with Product Leads and stakeholders to gather and analyze customer needs, user workflows, and product challenges.
- Translate customer requirements into preliminary product feature definitions, use cases, functional expectations, and acceptance criteria.
- Support the definition and development of assigned features under the guidance of experienced Product Leads.
- Coordinate with Systems Engineering, Software, Firmware, and other engineering teams to assess technical feasibility, constraints, and development tradeoffs.
- Participate in cross-functional technical discussions, feasibility assessments, and design reviews.
- Track progress, technical dependencies, open issues, and key decisions for feature development.
- Prepare and maintain product development documentation, feature specifications, technical presentations, and stakeholder updates.
- Lead well-defined development assignments and identify opportunities to improve processes and cross-functional collaboration.
What you'll need#
- Currently in the final year of an undergraduate or graduate engineering program, or a recent graduate in Computer, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience applying analytical and problem-solving methods through coursework, projects, or work experience.
- Experience documenting technical work and communicating technical information in written or verbal form.
- Experience with engineering design or product development activities, such as co-ops, internships, research, or capstone projects.
- Understanding of systems engineering principles, product development processes, and requirements definition.
- Experience working with or developing integrated systems involving hardware, firmware, and software.
- Exposure to cross-functional collaboration across engineering disciplines.
- Experience analyzing user needs, defining technical problems, evaluating alternatives, or presenting engineering recommendations.
- Demonstrated initiative, ownership, organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Interest in medical device development, technical product management, or product leadership.
Location & details#
- Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Modality: On-site.
- Term: 6-month internship.
- Start Date: As soon as possible, no later than January 2027.
- Employment Type: Full-time.
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific manufactures medical devices and technologies for patients globally. The company develops tools for diagnosing and treating conditions in areas such as cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological health. It operates as a public company with over 54,000 employees. The headquarters is located in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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