Export control specialist

Introduction to the job

ASML, including its affiliates and subsidiaries, brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy‑efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines as well as related software products, which enable our customers – the world’s leading chip makers – to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics.

Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, Netherlands, and we have multiple office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona;
San Jose and San Diego, California;
Wilton, Connecticut; and Hillsboro, Oregon.

For ASML, compliance with laws and regulations is essential. The Legal & Compliance department manages the legal compliance programs including the export control compliance program, which is managed by the Export Control & Sanctions team. The execution of the operational classification and compliance screening processes is performed by ASML’s Trade Data Management team.

The Trade Data Management team is responsible for providing accurate and consistent product classifications used in our transactions to ensure compliance with Customs and Export Control regulations. We maintain trade preference statuses to benefit from Free Trade Agreements and screen our business partners for compliance with sanctioned party lists. We also screen all transactions globally for compliance with export licenses.

In our work, we closely collaborate with the experts in the Export Control & Sanctions team within Legal & Compliance, the Customs Affairs team within Tax & Customs, the technical experts involved in technology, software and product development, as well as colleagues involved in the operational processes of shipping products and filing customs declarations.

Within the Trade Data Management team, we are looking for a specialist in the Export Control domain that will help us ensure compliance with export control regulations and sanctions for ASML and its affiliates and subsidiaries.

As an Export Control specialist your primary responsibility will be to ensure that our transactions comply with export control regulations. Part of this responsibility involves the correct determination of product classifications. These classifications are determined based on functionality and key characteristics of the products, software and technology. It is therefore important that you have a good understanding of technological concepts. You are supported in your activities by global trade applications.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Investigate potential matches with sanctioned or denied party lists that arise from our automated screening of business partners
• Review transactions in view of export license requirements and assign export licenses to business transactions where applicable
• Monitor usage of export licenses
• Prepare license and other relevant export control reporting
• Execute controls related to export control risks
• Identify and implement improvements that will smoothen our processes, reporting and increase compliance
• Key user role for the global trade monitoring application

You are also expected to establish good working relationships at various levels with relevant departments within ASML and its liaised companies (for example Logistics and Export Control & Sanctions).

We are looking for candidates with at least a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field like (Applied) Physics, Mechatronics, Electronics or comparable, or Law, Compliance or Auditing or comparable. Besides the educational background we expect you to have:

• Minimum of 5 years work experience in an Export Control role in a technical company.
• Knowledge of and experience with the EU (preferred) and U.S. (required) export laws and regulations, specifically related to dual use items.
• Experience with and understanding of multicultural and multidisciplinary environments.
• Experience with trade compliance systems as a user, preferably Oracle…