The Exploration Company - US Export Control Officer

• In this role, you will be responsible for the legally compliant and operationally effective execution of U.S. export controls across TEC US LLC. Day-to-day responsibilities will include: • Act as the U.S. export-control decision owner for controlled events, including first releases, new recipients or countries, access changes, travel access, external collaboration, scope changes, and incidents. • Review, validate, or escalate jurisdiction and classification outcomes with technical data owners before external release, expanded internal access, or new collaboration scope is approved. • Own U.S. licensing and authorization activity, including applicability analysis, preparation and filing support, conditions tracking, reporting obligations, and coordination with government authorities when needed. • Operate the export-control decision workflow in Zendesk with complete required fields, clear legal rationale, and a traceable record of assumptions, approvals, and restrictions. • Ensure approved collaboration paths are followed, with SharePoint as the default controlled repository and alternate transfer tools used only where explicitly approved and documented. • Enforce handling, marking, and access-control requirements across M365, SharePoint, Teams, DocSend, and related systems, and ensure SpaceVault classification and clearance labeling are completed where required. • Review and approve the access model for external personnel, suppliers, and other third parties involved in controlled-data collaboration. • Coordinate sanctions, restricted-party, end-use, and end-user escalations with Legal, Procurement, and other relevant functions when screening hits or red flags appear. • Maintain complete evidence chains for export-control decisions, including decision records, approvals, screening results, classifications, licenses or exceptions used, and access or activity logs. • Run periodic compliance monitoring, including monthly control reviews, reconciliation of approvals against actual access, and follow-up on incidents, exceptions, and corrective actions. • Develop, maintain, and improve export-control procedures, standard work, and training material so that requirements are understood and applied consistently across teams. • Deliver role-based training and practical guidance to engineering, IT, procurement, HR, quality, and operations stakeholders. • Monitor regulatory developments and policy changes affecting U.S. export-control obligations and translate them into actionable internal guidance. • Act as a company point of contact with U.S. authorities, customers, and external compliance stakeholders as required, and support management reporting and audit readiness. • Issue binding instructions for U.S. export-control scope and stop releases, access, or transfers when the legal basis, authorization, or evidence trail is insufficient. • What We Would Love to See from You: • In the role of US Export Control Officer, ideally you will bring the following: • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, international trade, business, law, or a related discipline; equivalent practical experience is also welcome. • 5+ years of hands-on export control, trade compliance, or technology-transfer compliance experience in aerospace, defense, space systems, or another highly regulated technical environment. • Strong working knowledge of the EAR and ITAR, including jurisdiction, classification, licensing logic, deemed export and reexport concepts, recordkeeping, and enforcement risk. • Experience turning regulatory requirements into practical working rules for technical and operational teams. • Ability to operate effectively across Engineering, IT, Procurement, Legal, HR, Quality, and Operations. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with disciplined decision documentation and the confidence to challenge unclear or non-compliant requests. • Experience with export-control workflows, controlled collaboration environments, and audit evidence management; familiarity with M365 and SharePoint-controlled environments is a plus. • Preferred: familiarity with EU dual-use controls or other non-U.S. export-control frameworks to support cross-jurisdiction coordination. • Preferred: experience supporting audits, investigations, voluntary disclosures, or regulator interactions. • Export Control Notice This role involves regular access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls. To meet the export-control requirements of the position, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62. • Export Control Notice