Magnet Forensics
Principal Compliance Engineer, Product Export Compliance & Classification
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Leads product export classification and regulatory compliance for advanced software, hardware, encryption, cybersecurity, and digital forensics technologies. Determines EAR and ITAR classifications, prepares ECCN, CCATS, Commodity Jurisdiction, BIS, and DDTC submissions, and manages licensing documentation. Partners with engineering and product teams to assess technical changes, oversee export-control reviews, support audits, deliver training, and maintain compliance processes and governance throughout the product lifecycle.
Who We Are; What We Do; Where We’re Going
Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigative software that acquires, analyzes, and shares evidence from computers, smartphones, tablets, and IoT-related devices. We are continually innovating so our customers can deploy advanced and effective tools to protect their companies, communities, and countries.
Serving thousands of customers globally, our solutions are playing a crucial role in modernizing digital investigations, helping investigators fight crime, protect assets, and guard national security.
With employees based around the world, Magnet Forensics has been expanding our global presence. As a part of Magnet Forensics, you can expect to make a difference in the world, no matter what role you play. You’ll be supported through learning and development, not to mention an incredible team with unbelievable talent and integrity.
If you think you would be the right person to join our team working towards this goal, we would love to hear from you!
Magnet Forensics is seeking an experienced and technically sophisticated compliance professional to lead the company's product export classification and regulatory compliance efforts. This role requires a unique combination of export controls expertise and technical knowledge of computer engineering, cryptography, cryptanalysis, cybersecurity, and digital forensics technologies.
The successful candidate will work directly with product management and engineering teams to understand product architecture, software functionality, source code changes, encryption and cryptanalytic capabilities, and emerging technologies. Based on this technical understanding, the individual will determine and maintain accurate export classifications under the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and other applicable global trade control regimes.
This position serves as the primary bridge between engineering innovation and export compliance, ensuring that Magnet's product classifications, licenses, government filings, and compliance documentation remain accurate and current as products evolve.
What You'll Do
- Determine and maintain export classifications for software, hardware, technology, and related services under the EAR and ITAR.
- Analyze product functionality, source code, encryption features, data recovery capabilities, forensic capabilities, and cryptanalytic functionality to assess export control requirements.
- Prepare and maintain ECCN determinations, mass market analyses, and related export classification documentation.
- Assess potential ITAR jurisdictional issues and conduct USML analyses where appropriate.
- Maintain the company's export classification database and ensure classifications remain current at the product, product family, feature, and version level.
- Monitor product releases and technology changes to determine whether updated classifications, licenses, or regulatory filings are required.
- Government Filings & Regulatory Engagement
- Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) submissions
- Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) Requests
- Encryption registration and reporting requirements
- BIS license applications
- DDTC license applications
- Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs)
- Other export control submissions and regulatory correspondence
- Coordinate with outside counsel and relevant government agencies, including BIS and DDTC.
- Support audits, inquiries, investigations, and regulatory examinations related to export controls.
- Embed with engineering, product management, and architecture teams to maintain a detailed understanding of product roadmaps and technical changes.
- Participate in design reviews, release reviews, architecture discussions, and product planning meetings.
- Translate complex technical concepts into export control analyses and regulatory determinations.
- Develop processes to identify product changes that may require reclassification or government notification.
- Advise engineering teams regarding export-controlled technologies, deemed export considerations, and secure development practices.
- Maintain records supporting export classifications, licensing decisions, and regulatory determinations.
- Develop and improve product classification and governance processes.
- Create and deliver training for engineering, sales, product, and support teams.
- Support compliance reviews involving international product deployments, technology transfers, and foreign-person access.
- Assist in the development of trade compliance policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Establish and administer a formal export control review process for all product releases, feature enhancements, architecture changes, acquisitions, and integrations.
- Develop criteria and decision trees to identify product modifications that may require reclassification, updated CCATS determinations, revised Commodity Jurisdiction analyses, regulatory notifications, or new licensing authorizations.
- Serve as the compliance approver within the product development lifecycle and release management process.
- Work with engineering leadership to create automated or manual controls that flag export-control-relevant technical changes before release.
Product Classification & Regulatory Analysis
Prepare and manage:
Engineering Partnership
Compliance Program Management
Product Change Governance
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related technical field.
- 5-7+ years of experience in export controls, trade compliance, or regulatory compliance involving advanced technology products.
- Demonstrated experience classifying software, encryption products, cybersecurity tools, digital forensic products, or other highly technical technologies.
- Direct experience with:
- EAR
- ITAR
- ECCN classification
- CCATS submissions
- Commodity Jurisdiction Requests
- BIS licensing
- DDTC licensing
- Ability to read and understand technical specifications, engineering documentation, software architecture diagrams, and source code concepts.
- Strong understanding of cryptography, encryption technologies, cryptanalysis, cybersecurity, digital forensics, or related technical disciplines.
Nice to have skills
- Advanced degree in engineering, cybersecurity, computer science, law, or related field.
- Experience with digital forensics, lawful access technologies, cyber investigation tools, or intelligence-related software products.
- Experience working directly with software engineering teams in an agile development environment.
- Licensed attorney, Certified Export Specialist, or other trade compliance certification.
Position Type: New Position
Magnet is proud to offer benefits such as:
- Generous time off policies
- Competitive compensation
- Volunteer opportunities
- Reward and recognition programs
- Employee committees & resource groups
- Healthcare and retirement benefits
Indicators of Success
We’re looking for someone who checks off most, but not all, of the boxes listed in “skills and experiences”. It’s more important to us to find candidates who can display indicators of success through skills they have developed and experiences they have been a part of, than to find folks who have “been there, done that”. We want to be part of your development journey, and we’ll learn as much from you as you learn from us.
How We Work
At Magnet Forensics, we take a hybrid-flexible approach to support your productivity and work-life balance. If you’re within a comfortable travel distance to one of our offices, you’ll occasionally join us in person. How often you’ll come in depends on your department and team needs, typically ranging from weekly to monthly. These in-person moments help us build stronger connections, spark new ideas, and celebrate our successes together. Most days, you can choose what works best for you, while staying in tune with your team’s goals.
We’re excited to welcome you to our team and look forward to achieving great things together - both in the office and wherever you work best!
The Most Important Thing
We’re looking for candidates that can provide examples of how they have demonstrated Magnet CODE in their previous experiences:
CARE – We care about each other and our mission to make a difference in the world.
OWN – We are accountable for our results – while never forgetting to act with integrity, empathy, and respect.
DEDICATE – We put our heart and soul into meeting the needs of our customers and helping them serve the people they protect.
EVOLVE – We are constantly innovating and exploring new ways to work together to make an impact with our work.
Here at Magnet Forensics, we are committed to continuous learning and are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. This commitment will be reflected in our hiring processes and embedded in our values and how we treat one another. If you’re interested in this role, but do not meet all of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply anyways.
Magnet Forensics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and work environment. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout the hiring process. Please contact [email protected] should you require any accommodations.
All offers of employment at Magnet are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check. All background checks will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws. Magnet will consider each position’s job duties, among other factors, in determining what constitutes satisfactory completion of the background check. Refusal to consent to a background check may be grounds for revoking an offer of employment.
US Applicants: Magnet Forensics participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Magnet Forensics handles and uses personal data of job applicants in line with its Recruitment Privacy Policy found here.
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