Export Controls & Trade Compliance Manager

Export Controls & Trade Compliance Manager Location: Austin, TX or Washington, D.C. (Hybrid on-site, with up to 5% travel) Clearance Requirement: U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance About NODA NODA is a Veteran-owned, venture-backed technology company that is transforming how unmanned systems collaborate in complex, mission-critical environments. We are developing next-generation solutions that enable the autonomous orchestration of heterogeneous unmanned systems across air, sea, land, and space with vital applications in the defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors. Our Operations team plays a critical role in ensuring NODA can move quickly, responsibly, and compliantly in a highly regulated defense technology environment. As our products, partnerships, programs, and international activities scale, trade compliance is central to how we develop technology, collaborate with customers and partners, protect controlled information, and execute across the business. Joining NODA means working on meaningful technology that pushes the boundaries of autonomy alongside a team that thrives on innovation, rapid iteration, and collaboration. The Role We are seeking an Export Controls & Trade Compliance Manager to serve as the day-to-day operational owner for NODA AI's export controls and trade compliance activities. You will be responsible for the mechanics that keep our program running: import and export compliance, restricted party screening, licensing administration, jurisdiction and classification, government submissions, training, foreign person and visitor controls, audits, and recordkeeping. You will work closely with outside export compliance counsel on matters requiring specialized legal or regulatory interpretation and translate that guidance into practical action. You will also partner across Engineering, Business Development, Contracts, the Information System Security Manager (ISSM), Facility Security Officer (FSO), People Operations, and Finance to embed trade compliance into how NODA AI operates rather than treating it as an after-the-fact review. This role is for someone comfortable operating at the intersection of technology, national security, regulation, and execution. You can move quickly without sacrificing rigor, understand enough about complex technical products to ask the right questions, and bring structure to an environment where requirements and priorities evolve quickly. You know when to independently execute established processes and when a question requires escalation to outside counsel. Most importantly, you are an operator who keeps licenses moving, records audit-ready, employees trained, controlled information protected, and compliance requirements from becoming barriers to execution. Key Responsibilities Serve as NODA AI's internal subject matter expert and operational owner for export controls and trade compliance, driving program execution, policy implementation, regulatory change management, and cross-functional compliance efforts while partnering with outside counsel on complex legal and regulatory matters. Own and manage DDTC registration and regulatory compliance obligations, including registrations, renewals, required government filings, certifications, reporting activities, and correspondence with the U.S. Department of State, DDTC, BIS, and other applicable government agencies. Prepare, submit, administer, and track export licenses, agreements, authorizations, and classification requests through U.S. Government systems, including DECCS and SNAP-R, covering DSP-5 licenses, TAAs, MLAs, commodity jurisdiction and classification requests, and other applicable export authorizations. Perform, document, and maintain written jurisdiction and classification determinations for software, source code, technical data, hardware, and integrated systems under the USML and CCL/ECCN frameworks, partnering with Engineering and Product to understand functionality, technical characteristic…

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