Principal Emanations Security Engineer (TEMPEST Laboratory) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in Brunssum, Netherlands, seeks a TEMPEST testing lead to oversee the SDIP 27 level assessments for NATO equipment and systems.

You will organise and direct the TEMPEST testing programme, supervise installation, certification and maintenance of the testing facility, and act as the SME across all aspects of emanations testing on-site.

This long-term, fully on-site role requires deep expertise in safeguarding classified information and compliance with SDIP standards.

Qualifications

• Genuine TEMPEST or emanations security testing experience, not adjacent RF work.
• Working knowledge of the SDIP standards and how a rating is allocated in practice.
• Instrumentation and measurement discipline, and the record keeping that certification requires.
• The judgement to run a test facility and guide others through it.

Responsibilities

• Organising, leading and coordinating every aspect of the TEMPEST level testing programme.
• Directing installation, modification, certification and maintenance of the testing facility.
• Performing TEMPEST level testing of commercial data processing equipment to SDIP 27 standards.
• Evaluating electric radiation signals for compromising emanations and allocating the SDIP 27 Level B or C rating.
• Investigating to detect emanations that could disclose classified information.
• Acceptance testing of equipment certified by authorised vendors against its allocated rating.
• Acting as the subject matter expert across all aspects of TEMPEST testing.

Skills

TEMPEST testing

SDIP standards

Instrumentation & measurement

Test facility leadership

Job description

Very few engineers have ever measured a compromising emanation. If you have, you already know how narrow this field is.

You will lead the TEMPEST testing programme at a NATO site in Brunssum: the facility, the certifications and the SDIP 27 level ratings.

What You Will Be Doing

• Organising, leading and coordinating every aspect of the TEMPEST level testing programme
• Directing installation, modification, certification and maintenance of the testing facility
• Performing TEMPEST level testing of commercial data processing equipment to SDIP 27 standards
• Evaluating electric radiation signals for compromising emanations and allocating the SDIP 27 Level B or C rating
• Investigating to detect emanations that could disclose classified information
• Acceptance testing of equipment certified by authorised vendors against its allocated rating
• Acting as the subject matter expert across all aspects of TEMPEST testing

What you will need

• Genuine TEMPEST or emanations security testing experience, not adjacent RF work
• Working knowledge of the SDIP standards and how a rating is allocated in practice
• Instrumentation and measurement discipline, and the record keeping that certification requires
• The judgement to run a test facility and guide others through it

Worth knowing before you apply

• Fully on-site in Brunssum
• This is a specialist laboratory role. If you have not done emanations testing, this will not be a fit.

Practical detail

• Contract engagement, long term