Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Graduate Software Engineers (Dunedin) (Jan 2024)
Dunedin
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 63000 / Year
- + KiwiSaver or FPA Super Scheme or Student Loan Quickpay and other benefits
- 3 vacancies
- Apply by 2 Jun 2023
- Start date 14 Jan 2024
Our CEO started here as a grad. So did our Executive of Product Development. When we say career growth at Fisher & Paykel is tangible, we mean it.
Our Graduate programme holds nothing back. Grads work hands-on in project teams, innovating and influencing real product design. Deep-diving into Product Development offers real-time learning from some of the best in industry, and we’re stoked to have you there – grads bring fresh perspective that means we learn from you, too. Some of our best ideas have come from grads, and some of their best career stories have come from us.
Not to mention, we’ve just been named as the Top Graduate Employer for R&D/Manufacturing in 2023!
Beyond loving the day-to-day work, grads enjoy our collaborative working style and continuous learning experience. “This is a great industry to learn in. There are heaps of opportunities, and there’s a real openness here to new ways, ideas and options – different perspectives are valued; it’s collaborative and outcome oriented. Everyone works together, and the culture is one of really valuing sustainability – everybody is really passionate and driven to improve.”
What's on offer?
We are offering just 3 graduate opportunities in Software Development teams in Dunedin for naturally curious, driven applicants who possess the initiative and desire to apply their learnings to the design of luxury premium products. We are focussed on creating and developing control and user interface solutions for a variety of cooking products.
Our Product Development world is jam-packed with meaningful work designed for a changing world. We have global scale engineering and manufacturing systems that create unique learning opportunities from design concept through to production. Combined with strong leadership, mentoring and diverse hands-on work, you’ll build a strong core skills base for wherever you take your career
Our developers use the Agile process and specialise in creating software for the Bare Metal and Android hardware platforms. We use C, Python, and Qt programming languages for production, and our focus areas include User Interface, Embedded Controls, IoT, and Test.
Do you meet the brief?
As these are graduate roles, you’ll be due to complete, or have completed within the last two years, your studies towards a relevant Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree (Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.)
You should be a great communicator and all-rounder with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to draw on your knowledge and critical thinking skills to contribute positively to a team environment.
Apply now – with only 3 positions on offer we expect high competition - please don't wait to start your journey towards a great career start in January 2024! Joining us really can lead to great things.
We’re big on sustainability, diversity, and innovation. We offer competitive pay, ongoing learning and career development, flexible working hours and a bunch of other perks, all while working with leading technology and some of the best in-market. Our grads have gone on to flourish in bigger and better roles, travel the world and try their hand at new things.
Some of our benefits
The opportunity to learn from some of the best in-market Engineers, a collaborative team-based culture, a challenging and supportive work environment, career development, and an opportunity to work with leading technology. We also offer a competitive salary, student loan quick pay scheme, superannuation scheme, discounted medical insurance, life and disability insurance, and multiple corporate discounts with banks and retailers.
Why not Dunedin?
Our Dunedin site is based in the Wall Street Mall, with plenty of food options nearby not that you’ll need them as our social kitchen is the hub of the office where you can experiment and cook using our amazing products! Many of our people enjoy an active commute on bikes or walking/running.
To apply, please ensure that you include your academic transcript (not because we focus on grades but because we love to see your subjects) and CV.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Engineering & Mathematics +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
Product Development Engineer is my title but its more of a Software Development Engineering role by tasks. I work on fixing bugs and implementing new features for the current wall oven.
This is still generally positive, as in my previous role I took over responsibilities of a senior worker, giving me huge opportunities to pick up skills I previous did not have. However, in this current rotation I have been given far less.
I work on projects relating to new product development, understanding baseline performance of new products to be developed and how these align with our internal performance standards, and functionality on our existing products. This involves a combination of testing products using a variety of test types and functions, data analysis of these results, and meetings and discussions around planning of work to achieve these performance goals inline with the overall project goals and objectives. However, long term this doesn't align with the level of data analysis work I wanted to do in my role.
About the employer
Fisher & Paykel Appliances
4.0
1,000 - 50,000 employees
R&D and Manufacturing
Fisher & Paykel has a long history of hiring engineering & science grads & interns, providing them with real world experience and career development.
Pros and cons of working at Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Pros
The people are super kind, open, relaxed, and happy to help. The work culture and environment are super healthy and welcoming.
Managers are very accessible. Easy to walk up to a leader/manager and talk with them about anything. Lots of great mentors, especially within your own team who are more than happy to assist you.
Big push to be Carbon Net Zero by 2050. Lots of intern projects looking at new and innovative ways to reach this goal as well as ongoing projects.
My company has strong support around the flexibility of work hours, and particularly for testing when these hours can increase, is the best approach to take.
Lots of opportunities to move up in the company. Some people who have started as graduates have ended up as leaders and executives.
Cons
Some decisions and actions within the business can be quite slow due to the large size of the company and the procedures in place that usually require communication between multiple levels and areas of the company before clear decisions are made.
The fact that it is in Auckland, I am not a fan of the traffic. But that is not a big deal.
Formal training programmes are relatively general and corporate. On-the-job training depends on the department and team.
Decision-making can be tedious or take longer than it needs which can be frustrating.
The inability to allow a hybrid work environment for graduates.