Quality Systems Engineering Manager

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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is seeking a Quality Systems Engineering Manager to lead and develop the Quality Systems Engineering team in Auckland, driving quality initiatives that improve product and process reliability while ensuring full QMS and regulatory compliance. You’ll shape quality strategies aligned with business needs, set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee improvement projects that elevate quality, monitor regulatory trends, and report progress against targets. The ideal candidate brings proven QMS experience, strong people leadership, strategic planning with clear business impact, and the ability to influence and develop others. The role offers a caring, collaborative culture with an on-site 40-hour week in East Tamaki, salary $117k-$125k, posting ends 18/02/2026; apply with a tailored CV and STAR examples of QMS wins.

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Care to join a team of good people doing good work with intent? 

People like you, who care to make a difference. 

About the Opportunity 

We're looking for a Quality Systems Engineering Manager to lead and develop our Quality Systems Engineering team. In this role, you will plan, drive, and manage quality engineering initiatives that directly improve product and process reliability—while ensuring full compliance with our Quality Management System (QMS) and regulatory requirements. 

You’ll be responsible for shaping quality strategies, aligning them with business needs, and leading a highperforming team that champions quality across the product or functional group. 

What You’ll Be Doing 

Drawing on your expertise, you will: 

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Quality System Engineers to ensure a highperforming and motivated group. 

• Contribute to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s quality objectives and ensure integration with wider business plans. 

• Define, prioritise, and allocate quality needs and resources to meet business objectives. 

• Initiate, design, and oversee improvement projects related to product and process quality and reliability. 

• Elevate systemic issues and drive continuous improvement across the Quality Management System. 

• Monitor external regulatory and industry trends and manage changes impacting the QMS. 

• Investigate and report performance against quality targets, deploying improvement strategies where needed. 

About You 

You will bring strong technical and leadership capability, including: 

• Proven experience with Quality Management Systems. 

• Demonstrated peoplemanagement and teamleadership skills. 

• Strategic planning and deployment capability, with understanding of financial and business impact of quality decisions. 

• Ability to influence, coach, and develop others. 

• Strong conflictresolution and problemsolving skills. 

• Competencies including Commercial Awareness, Strategic Thinking, Taking Ownership, Developing Others, Influencing for End Results, Customer Focus, and Results Orientation. 

Working With Us 

Care to join a supportive environment? 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare fosters an inclusive, collaborative workplace built on our culture of care. You’ll be trusted and supported to innovate, solve problems, and do your best work—while enjoying a wide range of benefits: 

• Employee share purchase scheme 

• Discretionary biannual profit share 

• Generous paid parental leave 

• Life, critical illness, and income protection insurance 

• Discounted health insurance 

• Active social clubs & community groups 

• Inhouse training programs 

• Fisher & Paykel Healthcare product purchasing privileges 

• School holiday programme subsidy 

• Banking and insurance discounts 

• Free parking 

• Beautiful campus with green spaces 

• Subsidised cafés 

• Annual salary review 

• High rates of internal promotion 

• Access to stateoftheart facilities 

About Us 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of medical devices, exporting to over 120 countries. Our commitment to care unites us as we work to improve patient outcomes through inspired, worldleading healthcare solutions. 

We celebrate diversity and support our employeeled communities, including Spectra (Rainbow), Manaaki (Māori), and WISE (Women in Science & Engineering). We are committed to a recruitment process designed with care and empathy.  

This is a full-time, permanent position (40 hour week) with a salary range of $117,000 - $125,000 depending on experience. The role is based in our Auckland office in Highbrook Drive in East Tamaki 

 

Care to join us? Apply today. 

 

Requisition ID: 6178 
Posting end date: ​18/02/2026