Experienced Physicist

Rapiscan Systems, a leading provider of detection technology, is seeking a highly skilled Graduate Radiation Physicist to join our expanding Science and Technology team. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in driving forward our Research and Development Roadmap, focusing on system-level data capture, analysis, and performance tracking for High-Energy X-ray sources and detector assemblies.

• Collaborate with physicists, software, and electronics engineers to experimentally evaluate innovative designs and concepts, ensuring quick turnaround and fast-paced delivery.
• Support legacy programs and existing schemes of work, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
• Develop and maintain analytical models, utilizing tools such as Excel and Matlab, to analyze X-ray images and establish trends and correlations for various system-level configurations.
• Work closely with the software team to develop and deliver image enhancement tools and filters into the inspection suite, ensuring optimal image quality and performance.
• Take responsibility for the design of X-ray-based imaging systems for inspection of cargo and vehicles, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Undertake system-level design and underlying physics analysis, ensuring the development of cutting-edge imaging solutions.

• Graduate/Postgraduate experience in radiation physics with experimental background.
• Proficiency in using Excel and Matlab for data analysis.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career development and growth.
• Excellent work-life balance, with 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 10 years' service.
• Life insurance entitlement from the first working day, with four times basic salary coverage.
• Charity work opportunities, with two days paid leave to volunteer for a nominated charity.
• One day paid leave to celebrate your birthday.
• Pension scheme and cycle-to-work scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Healthcare cash plan and Eden Red discounts.