Trade Compliance Classification Supervisor

About the role

General Atomics Systems Integration, LLC (GA-SI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a provider of military and commercial engineering services and a leading-edge expert in systems integration technologies, reliability improvements, and controls system design. The Trade Compliance Classification Supervisor will supervise a team of trade compliance classification analysts who analyze technical product data and apply U.S. export and import regulations to determine accurate classifications under EAR, ITAR, Schedule B, and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The role also involves supporting trade compliance classification activities directly. Classification results affect licensing, permits, customs duties, tariffs, export declarations, sourcing strategies, and other business activities, requiring careful analysis, clear written rationale, strong technical curiosity, and collaboration with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Program Management, Legal, and other stakeholders across GA affiliates.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of up to ten trade compliance classification analysts, scheduling and monitoring work assignments.
• Offer guidance and coaching to trade compliance team members.
• Determine and maintain export control classifications (e.g., ECCN under the EAR, USML category under ITAR) for hardware, software, technical data, and services.
• Determine and maintain import classifications (e.g., HTS/Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes, Schedule B) for materials and products.
• Review engineering drawings, specifications, bills of material, and product descriptions to understand technical characteristics and functionality.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Program Management, Supply Chain, and Legal/Compliance to obtain necessary technical information for accurate classification.
• Document classification rationales and maintain classification records in company systems in accordance with internal procedures.
• Support internal audits, spot checks, and corrective actions related to classification accuracy.
• Monitor regulatory changes related to classification.
• Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on basic classification concepts and data requirements.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Engineering, or a related field and nine or more years of progressively complex import/export compliance related experience; equivalent experience may substitute for education.
• Extensive technical expertise and application of export compliance principles, concepts, and practices, plus management and leadership skills including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.
• Ability to resolve moderately complex management and technical problems, serve as spokesperson on assigned projects and/or programs, and provide leadership and direction to assigned staff.
• Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills to enable effective interface with others.
• Ability to effectively communicate with engineers and scientists as well as all levels of management.
• Experience reading, understanding, and analyzing technical products (e.g., drawings, CAD, specifications, design reviews, bills of material, data sheets) relating to components, end-items, complex systems, and software.
• Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to investigate unfamiliar products, technologies, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong written English skills and the ability to prepare clear, concise, and structured technical analyses and regulatory applicability rationales.
• Ability to work on a self-initiated basis and in a team environment, and able to work extended hours and travel as required.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.

Pay

Salary range: $90,500 – $155,225