Global Trade Compliance Analyst

About the role

The Logistics team enables 1X to build and deliver robots globally. As our manufacturing footprint expands, the team ensures materials move efficiently across borders while meeting increasingly complex international trade regulations. Their work protects the business, supports operational scale, and keeps global production moving without interruption.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen 1X's global trade compliance program while supporting day-to-day import and export operations across North America, EMEA, and APAC.
• Partner across Legal, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and Logistics to ensure regulatory compliance, reduce risk, optimize global trade activity, and enable the rapid scaling of robot manufacturing.
• Ensure compliant import and export operations across global trade lanes while maintaining uninterrupted support for manufacturing and supply chain operations.
• Develop and maintain robust trade compliance programs, policies, SOPs, and internal controls that minimize regulatory risk and support global growth.
• Optimize customs, duty, FTZ, and Free Trade Agreement opportunities while ensuring compliance with applicable international trade regulations.
• Maintain accurate tariff classifications, country of origin determinations, export control assessments, and denied party screening processes.
• Partner cross-functionally to prepare for audits, respond to regulatory inquiries, monitor changing global trade requirements, and continuously improve compliance processes.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in global trade compliance supporting manufacturing or multinational operations.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), HTS classification, export controls, Free Trade Agreements, denied party screening, and customs compliance.
• Experience supporting trade activity across multiple international regions, including North America, EMEA, and APAC.
• Experience managing customs brokers, trade compliance vendors, or third-party logistics partners.

Preferred Skills

• Licensed Customs Broker (LCB).
• Certified Customs Specialist (CCS).
• Experience managing Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ), duty drawback programs, and CTPAT initiatives.
• Experience supporting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) audits, validations, or government inquiries.
• Experience developing global trade compliance programs within a rapidly scaling manufacturing or hardware organization.