Principal Capability Engineer

Principal Capability Engineer — 260101

Primary Location: Netherlands – The Hague

NATO Body: NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)

Schedule: Full-time

Application Deadline: 17-Feb-2026, 11:59:00 PM

Salary (Pay Basis): 10,628.93 Euro (EUR) Monthly

Grade: NATO Grade G20

Based in The Hague, Netherlands you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join The Air Command and Control (AirC2) Business Area. The AirC2 Centre delivers planning, development, procurement, implementation and In-Service Support of NATO authorised AirC2 capabilities across the Alliance and bilaterally in the European Nations of the Alliance, satisfying the operational requirements, assuring the coherence, integrity and interoperability of the involved NATO and national systems and sub-systems. In doing so, the AirC2 Centre contributes to NATO's Integrated Air and Missile Defence operations and continuously evolves NATO authorised systems and services to empower seamless, resilient and adaptable NATO operations in a multi domain environment.

We are now recruiting for a Principal Capability Engineer to bring expertise to AirC2 Consultation Service Area (CS) which develops and delivers coherent, innovative and robust AirC2 capability architectures, and provide strategic support to enhance interoperability and operational effectiveness within the AirC2 Domain.

We are seeking expertise in the following areas:

• Strategy and planning
• Requirements definition and management
• Software Design
• Systems development management

For a full list of duties, please review the job descriptions on the NCI Agency career site.

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role will include:

• A Master’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor’s degree with 8 years post related experience.

• Have a minimum of 8 years of recent experience in the development of complex software-intensive AirC2 and/or Ballistic Missile Defence Systems to include planning, management, analysis, design, implementation, test and installation aspects;
• Proven ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing, with excellent briefing skills and the ability to produce clear and concise reports.

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history.
• 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances.
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave.
• Excellent private health insurance scheme.
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays.
• NATO Pension Scheme.
• Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website.

The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.