Equipment Authority - Weapon System Equipment

Equipment Requirement Authority - Weapon System Equipment

Location:

Bristol (Hybrid working)

Salary: £45,000 - £60,000

A specialist engineering role within a defence‑focused environment, supporting the technical project management and certification of weapon system equipment. The role involves managing equipment requirements, flow‑down processes, and verification and validation strategies to ensure the integrity and compliance of complex weapon systems.

• Managing technical status and progression of assigned work packages
• Specifying clear and precise requirements for internal and external design teams
• Collaborating with national and international Design Authorities to define technical solutions and resolve trades
• Ensuring compliance with commercial, military, and safety standards throughout the development lifecycle
• Developing verification and validation strategies across electrical, mechanical, software, and transversal system elements
• Preparing certification documentation for weapon systems and subsystems to support trials and delivery
• Facilitating technical information exchange within supply chains and procurement teams

• Strong understanding of engineering design processes, preferably in defence or complex weapon systems
• Knowledge of high‑integrity hardware, networking technologies, custom electronics, or complex mechanical design
• Proven experience managing small teams or holding team leadership roles in technical environments
• Familiarity with military and commercial standards and certification processes

Due to the nature of work at our client's site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens who hold HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance or can obtain it.

This is a permanent role.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.