Product Development Engineer - Refrigeration

at  Fisher Paykel Appliances

The Role
Here at Fisher & Paykel Appliances, we design with people in mind and the lives lived around our products. We aim to create moments of delight together in the heart of the home, sustainably enhancing the quality of people’s lives, now and for future generations. This purpose is the very heart of why we exist, it’s our reason for being here.
We are driven by our values of being trusted, sustainably minded, innovative, generous, and curious. As a team, we take a collaborative approach and have a working environment where all ideas are heard, evaluated, and tested against our leading goal - to be the world’s most human-centered appliance brand.
This is where you come in…
We now have a vacancy in our Refrigeration team for an experienced design engineer. You’ll be part of the team that is key to providing our customers a continuous stream of innovative, reliable refrigeration products that support and enhance the competitiveness of our brand by applying the philosophies and tools of Learning First (Lean Development) into everyday work practices.
You deliver excellent and timely technical/scientific knowledge and design that contributes to products that meet customer interests, through effective planning and application of Learning First Product Development methodologies and processes.
Like any valued engineering team member, you will contribute and deliver against functional plans, be able to plan your own work to achieve timely and effective outcomes. You are able to test and analyse a variety of concepts to create new knowledge, understand limits and develop trade-off curves in the format that is used for design decisions, and can be referred to and used by others. You will use knowledge gained from testing and research to design components and subsystems. You will take initiatives to actively problem solve during design using LAMDA methodology and address issues with performance and manufacturing as they arise. You will be able to apply design quality tools to ensure manufacturability and sustained quality.
Our design engineers effectively plan and co-ordinate design changes all the way through from concept to production. You should also be able to proactively collaborate with people from other teams to identify and develop excellent outcomes.
Who are we looking for…
We are looking for engineers who have the passion to bring their technical knowledge, skills and personal attributes to help us achieve our business objectives and delight our customers. In order to be successful in this role, you must have relevant work experience of at least 5 years working as an engineer with a Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Mechanical).

You will be able to demonstrate these skills:

• Knowledge Planning & Acquiring
• Negotiating
• Business View & Understanding
• Responsibility Based Planning
• Effective Decision Making
• Problem Solving
• Understand Engineering/Scientific Principles
• Understand Engineering Systems and Processes

Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate these skills:

• Dealing with Ambiguity
• Customer Centric Focus
• Achievement Driven
• Tenacity
• Communicating & influencing – effective communication.

What we offer…
Our environment is designed to allow people to thrive and work at their best. Our culture is one in which our engineers can constantly develop, working alongside a team of talented and skilled engineers. At Fisher & Paykel you will have opportunities for technical growth and leadership within a global organisation. We offer true work/life balance, competitive remuneration and superannuation scheme.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for apply online today!
We can only consider applicants with the current legal right to work in NZ for this position.
Fisher & Paykel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law

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