About the Company
Rapiscan Systems is an industry leader in detection technology, providing cargo and vehicle inspection systems and services for ports, borders, military, high-threat facilities, and checkpoints to help customers combat terrorism, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and trade fraud. We offer a broad array of scanning system configurations that leverage low-, medium-, and high-energy X-ray technology—or multiple X-ray technologies—to address each customer’s unique security application requirements. Our commitment to excellence in imaging performance, innovative design, and uncompromising quality ensures our solutions consistently deliver best-in-class imaging, high reliability, and operator satisfaction, to help customers find threats and contraband with ease and confidence.
About the Role
The Production Engineer (Factory Test & Commissioning Engineer) will play a key role in the production of x-ray equipment. They will be part of a small team responsible for commissioning complex hold baggage/parcel screening/Pax baggage x-ray systems and associated matrix solutions, within a production environment at the required MPS cadence.
Responsibilities
* System electrical start up and system testing, following start-up/test procedures.
* Earth bond testing.
* Fault finding on HVPS, A/C, CT Tubes and associated hardware/software.
* Setup, configure and test image reconstruction and threat detection engine (SW&HW).
* Setup, configure and test PLC code and HMI functionality.
* Setup, configure and test Can bus systems.
* Conduct Image Quality (IQ) machine configuration process.
* Support the development of relevant testing documentation and work instructions.
* Collaboration with the engineering team to resolve issues and test new process/procedure changes.
* Assembly, configuration and fault finding of network/workstation solutions.
* Support customer Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT).
* Work with QA to resolve any quality and supplier issues.
* Uphold the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
* Demonstrate behavior consistent with the company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct.
* It is the responsibility of every employee to report to their manager or a member of senior management any quality problems or defects for corrective action to be implemented and to avoid recurrence of the problem.
* Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.
Qualifications
* Experience in X-ray generation equipment is desired, but not essential.
* Experience with PLC controls, Allen Bradley platform with RS Logix is preferred.
* Experience of Can bus controls.
* Experience with complex IT systems, both Microsoft and Linux OS.
* Strong analytical outlook, combined with good communication skills.
* Proven experience in fault finding on complex electrical panels and circuits with the ability to rework any faults found whilst adhering to the required procedures.
* Experience of Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kanban and CI methodology etc desirable.
* Qualifications, HNC and equivalents or minimum 2-3 years of experience.