Equipment Requirement Authority – Weapon System Equipment
// Role Summary
Join MBDA as an Equipment Requirement Authority (ERA) and drive the technical delivery of complex weapon systems, from concept to customer. This role offers a dynamic working environment with significant career development opportunities.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage the technical status and progression of assigned work packages.
- Specify clear and accurate requirements for design teams.
- Work closely with national and international design teams and industrial partners.
- Ensure timely, cost-effective, and quality delivery of configured hardware.
- Play a key role in the development and validation of next-generation weapon systems.
// Role Specification
MBDA is seeking Equipment Requirement Authorities (ERAs) to join their Complex Weapons Sector. This role is ideal for systems or design engineers interested in technical project management and the certification of military or industrial grade equipment. MBDA is investing heavily in the next generation of weapon systems, offering a progressive environment for career growth.
The Opportunity:
As an Equipment Requirement Authority (ERA), you will collaborate with the wider organization and industrial partners to secure the delivery of configured hardware and validation evidence. You will ensure that time, cost, and quality constraints within an assigned project are met. Reporting directly to a Design Lead or Chief Design Engineer, your responsibilities will include managing the development of equipment requirements, ensuring proper flow-down into the supply chain (internal or external), specifying and collecting technical evidence through testing or analysis, and maintaining safe and secure integrity throughout the development cycle.
What You Will Do:
- Manage the technical status and progression of assigned work packages.
- Specify clear and accurate requirements for the design team (internal or external).
- Work closely with national and international design teams and industrial partners.
- Ensure the delivery of configured hardware and validation evidence.
- Maintain safe and secure integrity of equipment throughout the development cycle.
What We Offer:
- Salary: £45,000 - £57,000 depending on experience.
- Dynamic (hybrid) working: Flexibility around hours and location, agreed within teams.
- Company bonus: Up to £2,500 based on company performance.
- Pension: Maximum total contribution of up to 14%.
- Overtime: Opportunity for paid overtime.
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days.
- Flexible working: Welcomed for those seeking arrangements.
- Enhanced parental leave: Up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, with enhancements for paternity, neonatal, and fertility-related leave.
- Facilities: Subsidised meals, free car parking, and more.
- Healthcare Cash Plan: Option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses.