Intellectual Property Engineer

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**Use your Powers for Good**

**Do you want to use your engineering or science skills within a company that's innovative, sustainable and has proven success to build your career?**

Ours is a culture of care. We are proud to be global leaders in the development, manufacture and marketing of Medical Device products that help people. What better outcome to put your name to

As an Intellectual Property (IP) Engineer you'll work with our product development teams to identify, capture and protect the IP that is critical to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's continued success. In this role you will work with Product Design Engineers to understand and expand their inventions, and you will collaborate with them on alternate design approaches. This will be your focus, along with collecting experimental data, patent research and technical writing.

As part of your development on this exciting career path you will be exposed to our products and technologies along with training toward registration as a Trans-Tasman Patent Attorney. You will be supported in this development by an experienced IP team.

For this role, you must be a final year undergraduate or have postgraduate qualification in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical or Computer Systems Engineering or an equivalent physical science.

**A few things that will make you a successful IP Engineer**:

- A passion for technology and its commercial potential
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- An aptitude for document level research
- Excellent communication skills and the ability and desire to write well.
- High attention to detail
- Tenacity
- Result driven and a positive outlook.

We want to you to join the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare team, so bring your passion and vision and we'll do a power of good together

**Benefits**
- 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 including EV charging stations and end of trip facilities to encourage lower-impact transport choices.
- 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. We are an iconic New Zealand company with a consistent growth strategy ensuring an expanding range of innovative devices for use in respiratory care, acute care and the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

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.