Trade Compliance Specialist

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000 experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000 engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Regulatory Compliance: Manage Harmonized System (HS) classifications, ECCN/export classification, country of origin (COO) determinations, and FTA eligibility.
• Operational Control: Oversee customs clearance for air, ocean, and ground shipments, ensuring compliance with U.S. and international regulations.
• Process Improvement: Design Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and embed automated, preventive compliance checkpoints into supply chain workflows.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Product, Hardware, and Logistics teams to support new product introductions (NPI) and resolve import/export bottlenecks.
• Risk Mitigation: Monitor compliance metrics, manage Import/Exporter of Record (IoR/EoR) registration, and manage risks related to EAR/ITAR.
• Data Analysis: Use data to track performance, identify trends, and report to leadership on trade compliance health.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in international trade, customs brokerage, or import/export compliance.
• Strong knowledge of global trade regulations, including HS codes and FTA utilization.
• Ability to work with complex data to drive process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with trade technology systems and automation.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or a related field.
• 5 – 10 years of experience as trade compliance specialist

Salary Range: $90k-$120k

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

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