Manager Electrical Engineering

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Manager Electrical Engineering

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Job description

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.Role overview:Working within the Cargo and Vehicle Inspection section of Rapiscan Systems Engineering team. As part of our team, the Electrical Engineering Manager will be involved in projects at all stages of the product lifecycle, from initial concept generation, new product introduction through to design delivery and continuous improvement in manufacture. This person will be responsible for the technical and administrative management of the Electrical Engineering group.ResponsibilitiesAs the Electrical Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for the company’s electrical design and engineering activities by taking ideas from the technology team and translating these into concepts, practical designs and solutions, leading the development of all engineering solutions and providing 3rd line support. Technical and administrative management of the work activities, deliverables and environment for the Electrical Engineering team.

• Develop new product introduction programs in accordance with the organisation’s objectives and ensure that these are delivered on time and to budget.

• Provide technical leadership.

• Support and conduct design reviews per established project plans, determining and adjudicating open action items, project risk elements and managing constraints to closure.

• Enforce proper configuration control and document release processes including oversight of Agile and the configuration of EPlan and its outputs.

• Understand and drive organisational processes for the ISO: 19001 quality management system related to design, analysis, plans and other Engineering documentation.

• Train and mentor Engineers and other support staff via personal development methodologies.

• Conduct regular 1:1 meetings in the form of check in’s, conduct annual reviews, provide feedback and career path guidance.

• Be responsible for design sign-off to the manufacturing group and process Engineering Change Requests (ECR’s)and Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) through Agile.

• Provide support via your team for commissioning of all equipment in the factory and on customer’s site.

• Provide onsite and organisational support for the Programs Department.

• Contribute to the development of business strategy and plans.

• Maintain awareness of current market, economic and technology trends to maximise opportunities and minimise risk.
• In conjunction with the Engineering management team, contribute to identifying alternative markets and adjacent space opportunities to extend the product portfolio’s market reach.
• Uphold the company’s core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behaviour 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

• Education: Bachelor’s in electrical/electronic engineering (minimum), postgraduate degree (preferred)
• Professional Experience: 10+ years as an engineer, 5+ years leading a hardware team
• EPlan Design Experience: Large power/control circuits, component selection (transformers, generators)
• Additional Design Packages: AutoCAD (beneficial)
• Leadership & Problem-Solving Skills
• Communication: Verbal and written, team interfacing
• Organisational & Planning Skills
• Mentoring & Motivating Early Career Engineers
• Collaboration: Multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Electrical Design Knowledge: CAD (EPlan), electrical systems, PLC systems
• Compliance Knowledge: CE directives, safety standards (CE, ANSI, UL, CSA)
• Reliability Practices in Electrical Design
• New Design Concepts for Electro-Mechanical Products
• Complex Electro-Mechanical Assemblies Development
• Independent & Cross-Functional Operation
• Punctuality & Reliability
• Design for Manufacture Experience: Production environment

OSI Systems, Inc. has three operating divisions: (a) Security, providing security and inspection systems, turnkey security screening solutions and related services; (b) Healthcare, providing patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology and anesthesia systems; and (c) Optoelectronics and Manufacturing, providing specialized electronic components and electronic manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers with applications in the defense, aerospace, medical and industrial markets, among others.

Expected salary

Location

Stoke-on-Trent

Job date

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:59:49 GMT

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