Customs Specialist

ICEYE; Espoo; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

ICEYE is seeking a Customs Specialist in Espoo, Finland, to manage EU customs clearance and compliance across road, air and sea. You’ll optimize duties, tariff classifications, and origin declarations while supporting cost reductions and internal controls.

In this hybrid role (on-site for 4–6 months), you’ll work with the Freight Forwarding Manager to improve routing, documentation and overall compliance for global shipments.

Qualifications

• Experience reducing duty and landed cost via preferential origin or free trade agreements.
• Knowledge of origin declarations and supplier declarations.
• Understanding of road, air and sea freight forwarding.
• Professional-level Finnish in addition to English.
• Curiosity and ownership of your scope of work.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day customs clearance across the EU including release for circulation and transit.
• Maintain HS/Taric classification and customs valuation for goods.
• Spot risks in international shipments and resolve them early.
• Apply Incoterms and allocate costs, risks, and responsibilities.
• Prepare for customs audits and strengthen internal controls.
• Run BTI applications and update rulings.
• Write clear SOPs for colleagues.
• Track duty avoided and landed cost reductions.
• Support material flow between Espoo and global sites.
• Collaborate with Freight Forwarding Manager on routing and documentation.

Skills

On-time customs clearance

HS/Taric classification

Incoterms knowledge

Freight forwarding experience

Finnish language

Job description

Role highlights:

• Customs Specialist

• Location: Espoo, Finland

• Department: Global Manufacturing Organisation

• Reports to: Freight Forwarding Manager

• Employment type: Permanent

• Workplace model: Hybrid (first 4-6 months on-site)

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
  

Why this role matters:

As a Customs Specialist, you’ll keep ICEYE’s goods moving compliantly across the world.

You’ll drive the customs compliance and documentation that keeps ICEYE's satellites moving smoothly between Finland, the EU and our sites worldwide. That means classifying goods correctly, applying the right customs procedures, and making sure every shipment clears without unnecessary delay or cost.

You’ll work closely with the Freight Forwarding Manager to plan how goods travel by road, air and sea, and use your knowledge of trade agreements and preferential origin rules to reduce duty and landed cost wherever possible.

Who We Are

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.

ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.

ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.

Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

• Own day-to-day customs clearance across the EU: release for circulation, outward/inward processing, transit (T1, T2, TIR), customs warehousing, bonded storage and temporary admission.

• Maintain HS/Taric classification and customs valuation for both supplier-sourced and in-house manufactured goods.

• Spot risks in international shipments early and resolve them before they reach destinations.

• Understand and apply Incoterms with confidence, allocating cost, risk and responsibility correctly across every lane.

• Prepare for and take part in customs audits, and help strengthen the internal audit and control programme.

• Run Binding Tariff Information (BTI) applications regularly and keep the resulting rulings current.

• Write clear SOPs that colleagues can follow without you having to explain them.

• Pursue free trade agreement benefits (preferential origin, EUR.1, statements on origin, REX registration) and maintain the supplier declaration chain.

• Track and report the impact of your work: duty avoided, duty recovered and landed cost reduced.

• Contribute to Freight Forwarding strategy across road, air and sea, flagging where routing, mode or documentation choices affect customs treatment or cost.

• Recognise dangerous goods shipments (IATA DGR, ADR, IMDG) and check the required documentation.

• Support material flow between ICEYE's Espoo site and our sites worldwide, reconciling physical goods against ERP, WMS and TMS records.

What we’re looking for (must haves):

• A track record of reducing duty and landed cost through preferential origin, free trade agreements, relief or suspension regimes, or classification and valuation work, with results you can point to.

• Working knowledge of rules of origin and the origin documentation regime, including supplier declarations.

• Solid understanding of freight forwarding across road, air and sea, including how transport is planned in each mode.

• Professional-level Finnish in addition to English.

• Curiosity, eagerness to learn more and take full ownership over your scope of work

Nice to haves:

• Experience with EU and US trade compliance (dual-use Regulation (EU) 2021/821, EAR and ITAR, denied party screening).

• Hands-on freight forwarding experience earlier in your career.

• Warehousing, inbound and outbound operations experience.

• IATA DGR, ADR or IMDG certification.

• Practical use of the EU free trade agreement network on lanes relevant to the aerospace or aviation industries.

• Experience with defence and government customers, especially in a fast-scaling manufacturing environment.

Application Process

• Screening call

• Hiring manager interview

• Task / case study

• Panel interview

• Offer

Working at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.

How We Work (Our Values)

Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.

• Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions.

• See the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.

• Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.

• Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.

• Have fun: What we do matters—and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.
  

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.

Base salary range for this position is dependant on experience, and will be negotiated individually.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.

We’re committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us—we’ll do our best to help.