TEMPEST Test Engineer (SDIP 27, Emanations Security) for NATO with security clearance

WLG; Brunssum; On-site; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG is seeking an experienced TEMPEST testing lead to manage all aspects of the TEMPEST testing programme at a NATO site in Brunssum, Netherlands. You will oversee installation, certification, and maintenance of the testing facility and conduct SDIP 27 level testing on commercial data processing equipment.

The role requires genuine TEMPEST/emanations security testing experience, knowledge of SDIP standards, precise measurement discipline, and the ability to guide others through a facility test

Qualifications

• Genuine TEMPEST or emanations security testing experience required.
• Working knowledge of SDIP standards and rating allocation practicalities.
• Requires disciplined instrumentation, measurement, and certification record-keeping.

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 experience

emanations security testing

test programme leadership

Tools

Instrumentation

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, about 560 hours from late September to the end of December 2026