Global Trade Compliance Senior Specialist

Job description

Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific. Position Summary In this role, you will serve as a trusted trade compliance partner supporting some of Metrea’s most advanced aerospace, mission systems, cyber, and technology programs. You will lead classification and export control analyses, work directly with engineers and program teams, and help enable international business activities while ensuring compliance with UK and global export control requirements. You will be successful if you enjoy solving complex technical problems, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are passionate about leveraging technology and scalable processes to improve compliance outcomes. What You'll Do Classify hardware, software, technical data, and services under UK Strategic Export Control Lists and applicable U.S. export control regula…