Nominal powers mission-critical engineering with advanced data infrastructure, real-time observability, and analysis tools — all in one collaborative platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
About the role
Nominal's Legal & Security team keeps our platform, our people, and our customers' data on the right side of U.S. trade controls. Our software runs inside defense programs and handles export-controlled technical data across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments, so trade compliance shapes how we build, sell, and deploy. As a Global Trade Compliance Specialist, you'll shape and lead our trade compliance program, deciding which risks to tackle first as we grow into new programs, partners, and markets. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years on a risk, compliance, or trade compliance team, including time building or scaling a trade compliance program
- Deep expertise in ITAR and EAR, including licenses, agreements, and classification decisions where the answer isn't obvious
- Strong understanding of how trade controls overlap with Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and information security requirements
- Eligibility to work with export-controlled materials
- A track record of leading cross-functional compliance work across legal, engineering, and commercial teams
- Sound judgment under ambiguity: you weigh competing options, make the call, and explain it clearly to leaders and non-specialists
More about this role
Engineers today are building some of the most ambitious machines humanity has ever seen. They should have AI that’s purpose-built for them.
Nominal is building the Hardware Intelligence Platform that gives engineers increased visibility into complex physical systems, helps them make better decisions, and ultimately gets their products into the real world faster. It brings together the systems, data, intelligence, and applications hardware engineering requires to meet the AI moment. Hardware engineering teams use Nominal to simulate, test, manufacture, and operate the physical systems that keep the world moving, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation energy systems and robotics.
Our customers span aerospace, defense, manufacturing, transportation, energy, and robotics. They include Anduril, Shield AI, Wisk Aero, Pratt Miller Motorsports, Antares, and Shinkei Systems, amongst others, alongside programs within the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Tesla, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence. We're a...
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