TEMPORARY POST - Assistant AIRC2 Capability Assessment
Category | Grade:Professional | G-10Deadline:19 Aug 2026Job ID:261101Synced on:6 Aug 2026
Overview
Support NATO assessment and operational acceptance of future air command-and-control capabilities at SHAPE in Mons. The assistant develops acceptance criteria and test plans, coordinates trials with users and agencies, verifies system suitability, reports findings and informs capability-acquisition decisions.
Languages
Required: English
Minimum Experience
2 years
Salary
EUR 4,738.84 / monthly
Responsibilities
- Support selection and acquisition of future integrated air and missile defence capabilities
- Develop operational-acceptance roadmaps, timelines, criteria and specifications
- Plan upgrades and initial tests for assessment facilities and hardware
- Facilitate trials, user acceptance tests and operational verification events
- Coordinate operational-user participation across NATO testing facilities
- Identify exercises suitable for assessing new AirC2 components
- Verify components against agreed acceptance criteria
- Produce trial reports and contribute to technology alternatives analysis
Requirements
- Higher secondary education plus intermediate vocational training and two years of relevant experience, or secondary education plus advanced vocational qualification and four years of relevant experience
- Comprehensive knowledge of NATO AirC2 systems and operational acceptance procedures
- Experience conducting AirC2 operational trials and testing
- Experience with IAMD issues at NATO command level
- English proficiency at SLP 3333
- Nationality of a NATO member state
Skills
Air command-and-control systemsOperational assessment and acceptanceAirC2 trials and testingIntegrated air and missile defenceTechnical and operational specificationsAnalytical reportingMultinational stakeholder coordination
Additional info
- Temporary SHAPE post
- NATO security clearance strongly required for urgent availability
- Only nationals of NATO member states may apply