Technology Analyst — Emerging and Disruptive Technologies Assessment for NATO with security clearance

Work Life Group; Brunssum; Vor Ort; EUR 61.000 - 96.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Wlgroup seeks a candidate to join its innovation branch in Norfolk, US, focusing on cataloguing and assessing emerging technologies for defence applications. A NATO-5 visa is provided for relocation, with a long-term engagement that renews annually.

The role involves promoting practical technology adoption and educating staff on opportunities and risks. The ideal candidate holds a bachelor degree in CS/ICT/engineering and has 2+ years in researching and interpreting technology information, with

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor degree in a relevant field such as computer science, ICT, or engineering.
• At least two years collecting, analyzing, and interpreting technology information.
• Familiarity with national science and technology sources.
• Experience assessing how future tech applies in a military context.

Aufgaben

• Identify new technologies and catalogue existing ones.
• Assess implications and adoption opportunities on an ongoing basis.
• Promote experiments with tech-based solutions in realistic environments.
• Contribute to science, foresight, and defence planning workstreams.
• Identify capability gaps that adoption would close.
• Educate staff on opportunities and risks.
• Maintain knowledge base on current adoption state.
• Work within the innovation branch in multi-domain force development.

Kenntnisse

Research & analysis

Emerging tech

Tech assessment

Open-source research

Documentation

Office tools

English fluency

Ausbildung

Bachelor degree in CS/ICT/Engineering

Jobbeschreibung

Relocation to the United States — Norfolk, Virginia. We provide the NATO-5 visa.

A multinational defence organisation needs sustained analytical capacity on emerging and disruptive technologies. This role provides it — cataloguing, assessing and advising, inside the innovation branch.

What you would be doing

• Identifying new emerging technologies and cataloguing the existing ones.
• Assessing their implications and adoption opportunities on a continuing basis.
• Promoting experimentation with technology-based solutions in realistic environments.
• Feeding the science and technology programme of work and the foresight and defence planning strands it supports.
• Identifying capability shortfalls that adoption would close, from the planning products and the operational lessons.
• Educating staff on the opportunities and the risks.
• Running the knowledge base that shows the current state of adoption.
• Working as part of the innovation branch under multi-domain force development.

What you would bring

• A bachelor degree from a recognised university in computer science, information and communication technology, engineering or a related discipline.
• At least two years acquiring, assembling and interpreting research and technology information.
• Knowledge of national science and technology sources.
• Experience judging how future technology applies in a military environment.
• The ability to work analytically on technology documentation and build practical adoption examples.
• Comfortable with office tooling and open-source research.
• Fluent professional English.

This is a long engagement that renews year on year, not a short project.