- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Costa MesaCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Legal
- Posted
- Apr 6, 2026
- Salary
- $220,000–$292,000 a year
Full-time
Director of Maneuver Dominance & Maritime, International Trade Compliance
Job description
The Air Maneuver Dominance & Maritime Team at Anduril aggressively develop robotic systems designed to operate in large coordinated teams. We leverage and capitalize on existing Anduril platforms, bring in 3rd party platforms into Anduril’s Lattice ecosystem, and develop new systems as appropriate. We develop breakthrough perception and autonomy algorithms to solve the hardest problems facing our customers. We are seeking an experienced international trade compliance leader with strategic vision to help build a best-in-class trade compliance program supporting MD.
We are looking for a International Trade Compliance Director to join our forward-thinking team in Costa Mesa, CA.
Job 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. Make key decisions that drive operational success, and help translate high-level trade compliance goals into…
- 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 (e.g., commercial suppliers, US Government, foreign private or Government agencies) 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, heuristics and methodology for MD programs to improve efficiency in classification while maintaining accuracy
- Leverage AI for rapid risk-mitigated determinations
Job requirements
- Ability to travel up to 25%
- Understanding of engineering concepts across software and hardware and development principles to be able to craft policies and procedures to segregate commercial and export controlled technology development
- +15 Years’ experience managing and providing subject matter-level expertise navigating and providing strategic advice concerning international trade regulations (e.g., Australia, EU, U.S. and UK).
- +10 years experience in product development, defense technology, startups, defense contracting or similar
- +5 years experience in trade compliance, international trade controls, international contracts management
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
- A superpower for smashing through regulatory roadblocks