Product Development - Dishwashing Performance Evaluators

The Role

Fisher & Paykel is an iconic New Zealand brand, a global company with a strong local heritage. Our origins inspire our culture of curiosity and passion to develop solutions designed around people - these are some of the core elements that make us unique. 
 
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. 
 
Two opportunities… 
We now have two vacancies for Product Evaluators in our Dishwashing Product Performance Team in our bespoke Design Centre in Dunedin CBD.  
One role is permanent, and one is a 12-month fixed term position covering parental leave.  Please specify which position is your preference in your application. 

This small specialist team works collaboratively alongside our mechanical design engineers to improve the performance of the next generation of our dishwashing products.  Your work will have real impact on our customers in NZ and around the globe.  
 
Our ideal candidate… 
You should have a genuine passion for developing solutions that will delight our luxury premium customers.  Essentially you think like a customer and want to be part of a team that continues to drive and deliver excellence in dishwashing product performance.  
 
Key skills: 
•    Innovation and creative thinking, you love solving a good problem 
•    Curiosity – you ask why, how, and why again! 
•    Data analysis and presenting information in meaningful ways 
•    Practical and outcomes-focused 
•    Comfortable with ambiguity 
•    Not afraid to challenge and influence  
•    Committed to continuous improvement. 
 
These are key roles in our Dishwashing Product Performance team.  You will build an understanding of our technologies and how to use them to maximize value for our customers.  Day to day you will identify knowledge gaps, plan and execute required testing, analyse results and present findings to the wider team. You will be using your understanding to design and tune wash/dry programs that deliver perfect results and moments of delight for our customers. 
 
You should have a science or technical background with some relevant work experience, but we are open to what that background might be.  
 
What we offer… 
A collaborative team-based culture, a challenging and supportive work environment, career development, and an opportunity to work with leading technology in an excellent high-tech facility including labs and workshops right in Dunedin CBD. 
 
Also on offer is a competitive salary, superannuation scheme / Kiwi Saver, and Life and Disability Insurance.  Along with the above, we offer some flexibility around working hours, and multiple corporate discounts with banks and retailers. 
 
If you would like to be part of our team developing the world's next generation of appliances and technology, then apply today!  We’ll be interviewing from 12 January 2026.  

Applicants must have the legal right to work in NZ.

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.