Export Compliance Manager

42dot; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

42dot is seeking an experienced Export Compliance Manager to lead our global trade compliance program with a focus on EAR and NCT regulations. You will oversee ECCN classification, licensing, TCPs, and risk mitigation to prevent unlawful exports and protect sensitive technologies.

Based in Sunnyvale, CA, this role partners with legal, engineering, and subsidiaries worldwide to ensure compliant technology transfers and deals while aligning with MOTIE requirements and ITA restrictions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, international business, compliance, or a related field with 5+ years of export compliance experience.
• In-depth knowledge of EAR, ECCN classification, deemed exports, and licensing procedures.
• Ability to read complex technical specifications to accurately classify technology.
• Strong ability to conduct compliance risk assessments, audits, and red-flag reviews.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day U.S. export compliance operations under EAR.
• Review export documentation, classify products (ECCNs), and oversee licensing activities.
• Handle MOTIE approvals for exports or sharing with foreign entities.
• Obtain MOTIE declarations when technology was government-funded or privately funded.
• Audit technology, R&D, and manufacturing processes for MOTIE/NCT applicability.
• Enforce protected zones and physical/digital safeguards.
• Audit personnel access and maintain confidentiality agreements.
• Advise on cross-border transactions and safeguarding deals.

Skills

EAR expertise

Audits

Risk assessment

Technical reading

Education

Bachelor’s degree in law / related field

Tools

ECCN classification

Licensing procedures

Job description

About Us

42dot is a mobility AI company committed to solving mobility challenges with software and AI. As the Global Software Center of Hyundai Motor Group, 42dot pioneers the future of mobility by advancing the development of software-defined vehicles.

We are looking for the best

About Us

42dot is a mobility AI company committed to solving mobility challenges with software and AI. As the Global Software Center of Hyundai Motor Group, 42dot pioneers the future of mobility by advancing the development of software-defined vehicles.

We develop safety-first, user-centric software-defined vehicle technologies that deliver the latest performance through continuous updates like smartphones. By advancing software and AI technology, 42dot envisions a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.

We are seeking an experienced Export Compliance Manager to lead and enforce our global trade compliance program, with a specialized focus on U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and South Korean National Core Technology (NCT) regulations. The ideal candidate brings a strong legal and compliance background, overseeing the classification, licensing, and safeguarding of our critical technologies. This role is instrumental in ensuring that we do not illegally share, export, or lose control of protected technologies to foreign entities, including our own global subsidiaries or international partners.

Responsibilities

• Export Control & Regulatory Filings
  
  
  
  • EAR & U.S. Compliance: Manage day-to-day U.S. export compliance operations, ensuring strict adherence to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
  
  
  • Licensing & Classification: Review and approve export documentation, manage product classifications (ECCNs), and oversee export licensing activities and Technology Control Plans (TCPs).
  
  
  • NCT MOTIE Approvals: Manage the government paperwork required before any NCT can be exported, licensed abroad, or shared with a foreign entity.
  
  
  • Funding-Specific Declarations: Secure formal approval from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) if the technology was developed using Korean government funding. File a formal declaration if the technology was privately funded.
  
  
  
  

Technology Classification & Internal Security

• Technology Audits: Regularly audit the company’s intellectual property, R&D, and manufacturing processes. Determine if any of our technology falls under the official NCT list maintained by MOTIE.


• Implementing Protected Zones: Enforce South Korean legal mandates by setting up physical and digital \"protected zones\".


• Personnel & Access Control: Audit personnel who have access to the tech. Maintain specialized confidentiality agreements to ensure internal security.

Strategic Advisory & Safeguarding Deals

• Cross-Border Transactions: Act as a critical advisor if the company is engaging in an M&A, setting up a joint venture, or building a manufacturing plant overseas.


• Risk Mitigation: Ensure that technology transfers during these deals do not violate South Korea's Act on Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology (ITA). Prevent violations that could result in massive fines, criminal liability, or the Korean government outright canceling the business deal.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in law, international business, compliance, or a related field, with 5+ years of direct experience in export compliance and legal frameworks.


• EAR Expertise: In-depth, demonstrable knowledge of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), including ECCN classification, deemed exports, and licensing procedures.


• Technical Acumen: Ability to comfortably read complex technical specifications to accurately classify the company's technology, even without formal engineering training.


• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to conduct compliance risk assessments, audits, and red-flag reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• NCT Regulatory Expertise: Deep, demonstrable knowledge of South Korea’s ITA and experience dealing directly with MOTIE.


• Bilingual Fluency: Fluency in both Korean and English. Ability to read highly technical government updates in Korean and clearly explain those compliance boundaries to English-speaking teams.