LQ099: Senior Technical Officer

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JOB DESCRIPTION  (See link to the full job description in the blue box)

• University degree in Engineering, equivalent education, or relevant professional experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in managing engineering projects and having exercised responsibility in life cycle management and in-service support related activity.
• Proven experience in projects portfolio management.
• Ability to analyse engineering problems, generating related design solutions.
• Ability to promote international cooperation and to participate in and conduct international meetings efficiently.
• Ability to promote international cooperation and to participate in and conduct international meetings efficiently.
• Minimum five years’ experience in the fields of engineering, acquisition, procurement, certification, training, maintenance, configuration control, Quality Control (QC), and logistics supply chain management for UAS.
• Minimum five years’ experience with aspects of technical and logistic requirements capture and specification of UAS and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems and relevant sensors.
• Minimum five years’ experience in managing engineering projects and having exercised responsibility in life cycle management as well as systems in-service logistic support in a matured industrial environment.

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 6 weeks plus official holidays
• Pension Scheme

POST DETAILS

• Basic monthly salary: EUR 9 674.26, tax free - before insurance and pension contributions.
• This post is deployable. The incumbent of this post may be required to deploy or may be assigned to a remote location, to perform duties (inside or outside a theatre/deployment location) in support of Council approved operations/missions or in support of national or multinational operations/missions authorised by the Agency Supervisory Board of NSPO.

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 22nd September 2026

Applications sent via e-mail will be automatically rejected.

All application deadlines are based on the Central European Time (CET) zone. 

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 as an employer values diverse backgrounds and perspectives and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and talented workforce. NSPA welcomes applications of nationals from all Member States and strongly encourages women to apply.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS REQUIREMENT FOR CURRENT MILITARY OR ADMINISTRATION POST HOLDERS:
Please note that if you currently hold a military or administration post, you will be required to decide, in accordance with your national authorities' regulations, whether to retire or resign from your post, or apply for special leave from your national authorities. If you are invited to a preliminary interview, you will be asked to indicate your preference at that time as well.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Your application should be submitted in one go and you will not be able to modify your data once submitted.