Senior Product Development Engineer - Modelling, Sensing & Control

Care to make a difference

Join a team of good people doing good work with intent. People like you, who care to make a difference.

Join our Home Respiratory Support Ideation team and help create the next generation of intelligent respiratory therapies for people receiving care at home.

About the opportunity

This role sits at the intersection of physics, physiology, data science, and medical device development. We are looking for a curious, intellectually rigorous engineer or scientist who enjoys understanding complex systems and solving challenging real-world problems from first principles.

You will explore new ideas, develop advanced sensing, physiological modelling, estimation, and control technologies, and translate promising concepts into products that improve patient outcomes. Working in a highly multidisciplinary environment, you will combine analytical thinking, experimentation, and innovation to tackle problems where uncertainty, noisy data, and human physiology meet.

What You'll Work On

• Develop physiological, mathematical, and system models for respiratory therapy and patient monitoring
• Design estimation, inference, and signal-processing algorithms for noisy and uncertain real-world data
• Develop methods to infer patient physiological state from sensor measurements
• Evaluate and integrate novel sensing technologies
• Design and conduct experiments, simulations, and feasibility studies
• Collaborate across engineering and clinical disciplines to integrate new concepts into working devices
• Influence technical direction across innovation and product development programmes
• Generate evidence and documentation to support product development and regulatory requirements

About you

Essential

• Master's degree, PhD, or equivalent experience in Physics, Applied Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Science, Medical Physics, or a related discipline, together with 3–5 years of relevant industry, commercial R&D, or applied research experience outside academia.
• Strong grounding in modelling, sensing, signal processing, estimation, control, machine learning, or related analytical disciplines
• Expertise in the development, application, or evaluation of sensing technologies
• Strong capability with MATLAB, Python, or similar technical computing tools
• Ability to combine first-principles thinking with practical experimentation
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Experience in medical devices, physiological systems, or technically complex R&D environments would be advantageous.

Working With Us

Care to join a supportive environment? Fisher & Paykel Healthcare foster an inclusive work environment founded on our culture of care and cooperation. Here you’ll have the trust and support to generate ideas, solve problems and do your best work.

• Employee share purchase scheme
• Bi-annual Profit share
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Life, Critical illness and Income Protection Insurance
• Discounted Health Insurance
• Active Social clubs & community groups
• In-house training programs from external providers
• Purchasing privileges for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Medela products
• School holiday programme subsidy
• Banking and Insurance discounts
• Free Parking
• Beautiful campus with green spaces
• Subsidised Café’s
• Annual Salary Review
• High rates of internal promotion
• Access to state-of-the-art facilities

About Us

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, exporting to over 120 countries globally.

Our commitment to care unites us. Here, we’re driven to improve patient care and outcomes through inspired and world-leading healthcare solutions.

Care to join us? Apply today

We focus on nurturing a positive and inclusive culture based on trust and respect. In New Zealand, our employee-led communities, Spectra (rainbow), Manaaki (Māori) and Women in Engineering play an important role in this culture. We also have a commitment to creating a positive lasting impact on society, shown by our support of New Zealand organisations such as Diversity Works NZ, Pride Pledge and Global Women.

We are dedicated to designing our recruitment process with care and empathy to support all candidates, regardless of identity, background, and experiences. Should you require support or adjustments during our process, please let us know at recruit@fphcare.co.nz