Compliance Specialist

Systel, Inc.; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Systel, Inc. seeks a Compliance Specialist for our Sugar Land, TX headquarters. This full-time onsite role supports customer requirements, QA, and cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to FAR/DFAR, AS9100, ISO standards, and product specs. You’ll translate complex regulations into actionable guidance.

You’ll build cross-functional relationships, own compliance processes, and drive improvements while supporting customer needs and audits.

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Legal, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in contract review, legal work, or product inspection.
• Experience with quality management systems, such as ISO 9001 and AS9100.
• 5+ years of quality compliance experience.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in responding to customer requests for compliance documentation and update on customer websites.
• Host customers during on-site audits and provide objective evidence of compliance.
• Support hosting AS9100 auditors and demonstrate AS9100 compliance.
• Manage the FAR/DFAR compliance matrix and track new regulations.
• Review terms on new customer purchase orders and flag concerns for management.
• Work with management to meet new requirements and regulations.
• Coordinate with engineering to verify design-specific requirements like RoHS and REACH.
• Prepare source inspection documentation prior to source inspectors.
• Prepare AS9102 first article documentation for applicable products.
• Participate in internal audits and support the internal audit process.
• Stay current on export compliance and guide shipping to meet requirements.

Skills

Detail-driven

Problem solving

Cross-functional

Interpreting regulations

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Legal, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Systel Careers – Compliance Specialist – Sugar Land, TX

About the Job: As Systel continues to grow, the company is taking on projects with more and more rigorous customer requirements. Systel needs to hire a compliance specialist to play a critical role in driving growth by enhancing Systel’s capability to consistently meet customer requirements such as purchase order terms and conditions, FAR/DFAR requirements, product specifications, and customer specific requirements. This position will work closely with many other departments including quality, sales, engineering, purchasing, and finance. We are looking for someone with both the ability to understand the big business picture and to pay close attention to details. This role will report to the Quality Manager at Systel. This position is full‑time onsite (in‑person) at our headquarters in Sugar Land, TX.

Who You Are

You are a detail‑driven problem solver who thrives at the intersection of precision, process, and collaboration. You understand how compliance, quality, and customer requirements connect to the larger business picture—and you enjoy being the person who makes sure nothing falls through the cracks. You’re comfortable interpreting regulations, technical documents, and purchase order terms, and you know how to translate them into clear actions and guidance for others. You build strong cross‑functional relationships and communicate with confidence, whether you’re working with engineers, hosting auditors, or supporting customer needs. You take ownership of your work, stay organized under pressure, and proactively seek ways to improve processes. Most importantly, you embody Systel’s core values: delivering fanatical customer service, demonstrating absolute ownership, continually pushing for improvement, and operating with uncompromising integrity.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in responding to customer requests for compliance documentation, including updating compliance documentation on customer websites, such as conflict mineral documentation.
• Play a lead role in hosting customers during on‑site audits and providing objective evidence to demonstrate compliance to customer requirements.
• Play a critical support role in hosting AS9100 auditors and providing objective evidence to demonstrate compliance to AS9100 standards.
• Manage the FAR/DFAR compliance matrix, add new government regulations and maintain how Systel is compliant to them.
• Review terms and conditions on new customer purchase orders and flag areas of concern for management to review.
• Work with management to develop methods of meeting new requirements and regulations.
• When needed, create and manage requests to engineering for them to verify design specific requirements such as RoHS and REACH.
• Prepare source inspection documentation prior to source inspectors coming on‑site.
• Prepare AS9102 first article documentation for new products that require it.
• Play a key role in our internal audit process, including performing internal audits as necessary (as determined by the quality manager).
• Stay up to date on export compliance requirements and provide guidance to the shipping department on how to make sure our processes meet those requirements.

Education and Experience

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Legal, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in contract review, legal work, or product inspection.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with quality management systems, such as ISO 9001 and AS9100.
• 5+ years of quality compliance experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in interpreting mechanical drawings.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills and drive for continuous improvement.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
• Excellent verbal and written communication; capable of building strong internal and external relationships.
• Highly competitive and self‑motivated with the ability to “make it happen”.
• Time management, decision‑making, and organizational skills capable of handling a demanding workload yet meeting positional and company objectives under pressure.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Exemplify Systel’s core values
  • Fanatical Customer Service
  • Absolute Ownership
  • Passion for Improvement
  • Uncompromising Integrity

About Systel

Rugged Compute Where Mission Meets Critical. Founded in 1988, Systel, Inc.® is a leading manufacturer of rugged compute solutions, including rackmount and embedded computer products. Our pedigree of capabilities spans numerous advanced platforms with thousands of successful deployments primarily in the defense and commercial sectors. Systel’s rugged systems are designed and manufactured for continuous operation under the most extreme and austere environmental conditions. All of our products are proudly made in the USA in the company’s headquarters in Sugar Land, TX. We are AS9100:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.

EEOC Statement

Systel is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We ensure that hiring and advancement decisions are based solely on individual qualifications without regard to race, religion, color, creed, national origin, disability, age, sex, genetic information, military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Offer Contingency

All employment offers are conditional upon successful completion of a background check, physical assessment if required. For more information, please visit systelusa.com.