Principal Technician TEMPEST for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG in Brunssum, Netherlands, is seeking a TEMPEST testing lead to drive the SDIP 27 level testing programme at a NATO site. You will organise, coordinate and oversee the facility, its installation, certification and ongoing maintenance.

The role requires extensive TEMPEST or emanations security testing experience with SDIP standards, strong measurement discipline and the ability to guide others in running a test facility on-site in Brunssum.

Qualifications

• Genuine TEMPEST or emanations security testing experience.
• Working knowledge of SDIP standards and rating allocation.
• Instrumentation/measurement discipline and documentation.
• Ability to run a test facility and guide others.

Responsibilities

• Organise, lead and coordinate every aspect of the TEMPEST level testing programme.
• Direct installation, modification, certification and maintenance of the testing facility.
• Perform TEMPEST level testing of equipment to SDIP 27 standards.
• Evaluate signals for compromising emanations and allocate SDIP 27 Level B or C.
• Investigate to detect emanations that could disclose classified information.
• Acceptance testing of vendor-certified equipment against its rating.
• Act as SME across all TEMPEST testing aspects.

Skills

TEMPEST testing

SDIP standards

Instrumentation

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