INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE AUTHORITY RECRUITMENT

Independent Assurance Authority — Physical AI Governance and PRVE Pilot

NIOS Holdings Inc. and Nova Intelligence Inc. invite expressions of interest from a qualified individual or organization for a bounded, independent review of program-initiation and architecture-baseline evidence.

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Engagement at a glance

• Fixed fee: $3,000 total, paid for independent professional work and not contingent on a favorable outcome.
• Term: 90 calendar days.
• Maximum effort: 12 total hours.
• Working method: Remote, with two document-review packages and two meetings of no more than 60 minutes each.
• Relationship: Independent professional-services appointment, not employment.

Simulation-only boundary. This appointment does not authorize live-machine access, physical actuation, production deployment, certification, accreditation, endorsement, or regulatory approval.

About the engagement

The Authority will provide an independent, evidence-based review of defined governance and architecture materials for the initiation phase of the NIOS Physical-AI Control Plane™ and Production Readiness Validation Environment (PRVE) Pilot Program. NIOS remains pre-pilot and resource-constrained. The appointment is intended to establish credible separation between the build team, executive authority, and assurance authority before pilot coding or any future physical-system connection.

The Authority will independently review two bounded document packages: the Gate 0 program-initiation and authority record, and the forthcoming NIOS Physical-AI Control Plane Architecture Baseline Specification, Version 0.1.

Authority and independence

The reviewer may identify findings, request clarification or evidence, recommend remediation or deferral, decline assurance acceptance, or recommend that the applicable Gate not advance. No favorable finding, certification, endorsement, approval, or Gate decision is promised or expected.

Candidates must disclose all actual, potential, and reasonably perceived conflicts, including financial, family, advisory, employment, investment, ownership, creditor, vendor, referral, and prior-work relationships involving NIOS Holdings Inc., Nova Intelligence Inc., their executives, program personnel, affiliates, or the work under review.

Candidate profile

Relevant experience may include AI governance or assurance; internal or technology audit; safety-critical systems; systems engineering; robotics or operational technology; cybersecurity; model risk; quality or reliability engineering; responsible AI; regulated-sector governance; or independent verification and validation. No single professional credential is mandatory.

Expressions of interest close: September 20, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Submissions may be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Submission channel: assurance@nios.systems

NIOS and Nova may interview candidates, request references, decline all submissions, revise or withdraw the solicitation, or condition selection on a signed agreement and satisfactory independence review. No appointment exists until the appointment record and professional-services agreement are executed.