C005038 Assurance Engineer (NS) NETHERLANDS - 10 Aug

Park Lane Recruitment ·www.plr.ltd

Location The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands, Netherlands
Type Full time
Level Mid
Source Shazamme
NATO
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Deadline Date: Monday 10 August 2026
 
Requirement: Assurance Engineer
 
Location: The Hague, NETHERLANDS
 
Full Time On-Site: No
 
Time On-Site: 75%
 
Not to Exceed Rate: 67 EUR
 
Total Scope of the request (hours): 550
 
Required Start Date: 14 September 2026
 
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
 
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
 
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
  1. Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
  2. Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
  3. Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Any applications that do NOT meet all the above - and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
 
Duties & Role:  
  • Plans, organizes, and conducts formal reviews and assessments across complex, cross-functional, and supply-chain domains.
  • Evaluates and identifies non-compliances with organizational standards and determines root causes.
  • Produces test documentation: (Event) Test Plans, Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, test reports.
  • Provides assurance over test artefacts such as the Requirements Traceability Matrix.
  • Manages the design, planning, and execution of V&V events and associated reporting.
  • Supports projects executed by external contractors, acting as independent verifier.
  • Supports the operational community during operational acceptance activities.
Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
  • The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
  • Ownership of V&V planning and execution on large, complex projects (5+ years, recent). Candidates must be able to describe in their application, in detail, at least two large or complex programmes where they authored or led the Master Test Plan / Event Test Plan and directed execution — not merely contributed test cases under someone else's plan. Be ready to discuss specific trade-offs made if selected for the interview (e.g., risk-based test prioritization, scope cuts under schedule pressure).
  • Functional, non-functional, and interoperability testing (3+ years, recent). Candidates should be able to walk through a specific non-functional test campaign (e.g., performance, security, interoperability) they designed and executed, including how pass/fail criteria were defined and what was found.
  • Managing external stakeholders and co-workers on large, complex projects. Candidates must provide a concrete example of a disagreement or escalation with an external stakeholder (vendor, contractor, or sponsor) during test execution, and how it was resolved.
  • Ability to read and reason about hardware/software system architectures from design documentation. Assessed via a short architecture-reading exercise during the interview (e.g., reviewing a redacted system design excerpt and identifying testable risk areas).
  • Clear, concise, engaging communication — oral and written. Assessed directly through the interview and through a short-written exercise (e.g., drafting an executive summary of a fictitious non-compliance finding).
  • Team leadership experience (testers, quality, or development engineers). Candidates must specify in their application team size, their role (technical lead vs. line manager vs. project lead), and one example of a performance or resourcing decision they made.
  • Testing in virtualized and cloud environments. Candidates should in their application name the specific platforms/environments used (e.g., VMware, AWS, Azure, on-prem virtualization) and describe one testing challenge unique to that environment.
  • Familiarity with test management, defect management, and requirements management tools. Name your organization's actual toolset here (e.g., Jira/Zephyr, HP ALM, DOORS, Azure, TestRail....). Candidates should describe in their application how they used the tool to manage traceability or defects on a real project.
  • Independent testing of externally-contracted work. Candidates must describe in their application a case where they served as an independent verifier of work performed by an external party, including how independence was maintained and how findings were reported.
Desirable Experience and Education:
  • Advanced testing/test management certification (e.g., ISTQB Advanced/Expert level, or equivalent)
  • Experience testing within the NATO/military business domain
  • Experience with assurance tools and processes (e.g., audit frameworks, compliance assessments)
  • Experience as an interoperability tester within a NATO context.

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Who is hiring for the C005038 Assurance Engineer (NS) NETHERLANDS - 10 Aug role?
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Where is the C005038 Assurance Engineer (NS) NETHERLANDS - 10 Aug job located?
The C005038 Assurance Engineer (NS) NETHERLANDS - 10 Aug role with Park Lane Recruitment is based in The Hague, NL.
Is the C005038 Assurance Engineer (NS) NETHERLANDS - 10 Aug role full-time or contract?
This is a full time position at Park Lane Recruitment.
What experience level is the C005038 Assurance Engineer (NS) NETHERLANDS - 10 Aug role?
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