Global Trade Compliance Director, Export Controls & ITAR

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive US salary

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking an International Trade Compliance Director to lead global strategy, policies, and controls for commercial dual‑use technology across the globe. The role interfaces with engineering, program management, compliance, and senior leadership to ensure product teams align with export control regulations and company policy.

You will design classification methodologies, manage export authorizations, and develop cross‑jurisdictional data governance and

Qualifications

• Experience navigating international trade regulations across multiple regions (e.g., Australia, EU, U.S., UK).
• Proven track record in product development or defense contracting.
• Experience designing and implementing trade compliance policies.
• Ability to translate high-level goals into actionable priorities for teams.
• Strong collaboration with engineering, program management, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Embed with program staff to develop and maintain tight program controls for commercial dual‑use and export controlled technology for civil and defense customers.
• Partner with senior leadership to shape strategic direction and turn trade compliance planning into action.
• Play a critical role in developing trade compliance policies and be responsible for outcomes that balance compliance and business priorities.
• Design and implement trade compliance policies, protections, and infrastructure to ensure engineering/ program development meets schedule objectives.
• Coordinate with external partners to ensure product roadmaps align with internal compliance posture and pivot accordingly.
• Drive consistent export classification processes across MD global operations.
• Develop classification decision rationale and heuristics to improve efficiency while maintaining accuracy.
• Leverage AI for rapid risk‑mitigated determinations.
• Deploy and maintain J/C training curricula and robust methodologies to meet cost and performance metrics.
• Oversee MD export authorizations, ensuring compliance with license scope and conditions.
• Support the logistics team on hardware exports and controlled imports.
• Provide guidance on ITAR, EAR and international regulations.
• Perform compliance assessments and assist investigations of potential issues.
• Lead working groups and cross‑functional ITC program enhancements.
• Support and implement corrective actions from compliance issues.
• Develop multi‑jurisdictional data repositories strategy (e.g. GitHub).
• Navigate co‑production across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with export laws.

Skills

Travel up to 25%

Engineering concepts across software/h

+15 Years’ experience navigating intl.

+10 years in product development/defen

+5 years in trade compliance/intl.

U.S. Top Secret clearance eligibility

U.S. Person status

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking an International Trade Compliance Director to lead global strategy, policies, and controls for commercial dual‑use technology across the globe. The role interfaces with engineering, program management, compliance, and senior leadership to ensure product teams align with export control regulations and company policy.

You will design classification methodologies, manage export authorizations, and develop cross‑jurisdictional data governance and