Senior Technical Officer (Systems / Digital Engineering) (QT-2)
JOB DETAIL
- University degree in engineering, preferably in systems engineering or in a related field of study, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Not less than five years’ experience of project management processes, approaches and tools particularly for acquisition projects, ideally for military systems in a Defence environment.
- Not less than five years’ experience in system engineering, logistics and life cycle management practices and procedures at senior staff or management level.
- Proficiency in technical writing.
- Relevant knowledge of system architectures such as Modular Open System Architectures, Object-Oriented Architectures, Service-Oriented Architectures, as well as their relationship to requirements.
- Experience with architecture and requirements management tools.
- Awareness on safety regulatory frameworks for military products (e.g. airworthiness, seaworthiness) and their relationship to design and V&V.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
- Multicultural environment
- Initial three year contract with competitive monthly tax-free salary (subject to Article 19 of the Ottawa agreement on exemption of Taxation)
- Additional benefits for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where applicable) and additional home leave
- Excellent health coverage
- Great work/life balance
- Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays
- Pension Scheme
POST DETAILS
- Basic monthly salary: EUR 9,203.26, tax free.
- This post is to be filled as of 01 January 2024, subject to final approval.
HOW TO APPLY?
All candidates (internal and external) should refer to the FAQs before applying.
NSPA internal candidates must submit additionally their latest completed performance report.
NSPA staff members of the same grade can submit a transfer request till 17 September 2023.
Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.
IMPORTANT NOTES
Qualified redundant NATO civilian candidates of the same grade will be considered in priority.
Interviews are expected to be held approximately six weeks after the application closing date. The Talent Acquisition and Development Office shall let you know in due course the outcome of the screening process.
Moreover, due to the broad interest in NSPA and the large number of potential candidates, telephone or email enquiries cannot be dealt with.
The Agency would appreciate it if addressee countries could provide their support by submitting candidates whose security clearance can be effected (or confirmed) rapidly and who could report for duty as soon as possible after selection.
NSPA COVID MEASURES:
All deployable vacancy announcements include the requirement to be fully vaccinated at the time of receiving the offer of employment. No offer of employment shall be made to deployable candidates who refuse to be vaccinated.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your application should be submitted in one go and you will not be able to modify your data once submitted.
