Trade Compliance Manager/Senior Manager

At Maybell Quantum, we're redefining the future of computing. As a venture-backed quantum hardware innovator experiencing rapid growth, we build the cryogenic infrastructure that quantum computers run on — dilution refrigerators, cryogenic RF wiring, and the related systems used by quantum computing companies, national labs, and research institutions worldwide. Quantum computers will be as transformative to the next 30 years as the internet was to the last 30—and our team is creating the hardware foundation to make this revolution possible.
Position Overview
We're seeking a Trade Compliance Manager/Senior Manager to own trade compliance for Maybell globally. This is the first dedicated compliance hire at the company; the function currently runs through the President with outside counsel support. You will build it.
Compliance at Maybell is not a back-office function. Our products sit squarely inside the emerging export control regime for quantum technology, and getting it right determines what we can ship, to whom, and how our engineering teams across four countries are able to work together. We operate from Denver, with facilities in Münster, Germany and Helsinki, Finland, are establishing operations in Singapore, and ship to customers across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The work is substantive from day one. We have active shipments requiring licensing, a distributor relationship in Korea with end-user obligations, engineering collaboration across US, German, Finnish, and Singapore teams that raises deemed export questions, and a product line whose classification sits in a part of the Commerce Control List that is still developing.
This is not a documentation or logistics coordination role. You are the decision-maker on classification and licensing, and you will be expected to defend those decisions. The role does not report into Operations, Engineering, or Sales, by design, and the compliance answer is not negotiated after the commercial commitment is made — you will be in the room early. You'll partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Sales, Supply Chain, IT, and HR, and report to the President.
Key Responsibilities
Classification and Licensing
Classify Maybell products, components, software, and technical data under the EAR, including the quantum-specific ECCNs (3A90x, 4A9xx series) and related controls
Determine license requirements per transaction; prepare, file, and manage BIS license applications and license exception determinations
Obtain and actively manage the export licenses required to establish Maybell's Singapore operations, and keep them in good standing as those operations run
Manage equivalent processes with BAFA in Germany, Singapore Customs, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and other national regimes as our footprint requires
Maintain classification records and jurisdictional determinations to an auditable standard
Deemed Exports and Technical Data
Own the deemed export program: assess nationality-based access requirements for controlled technical data across our Denver, Münster, Helsinki, and Singapore engineering teams
Partner with IT and engineering leadership to define access controls on CAD, PLM, and technical documentation systems — you decide who may have access; IT implements it
Support hiring and onboarding decisions where foreign national access to controlled technology is implicated
Maintain a current log of employee nationality and immigration status as required under the EAR and applicable local regulations
Transaction Screening and Diligence