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Export Compliance Engineer

Location: 

Uzwil, St. Gallen, CH, 9240

Work Site:  Onsite
Duration:  Permanent / Unlimited
Date:  Jul 23, 2026

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.​ Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Summary

Join our team as an Export Compliance Engineer and combine your engineering expertise with international business, technology, and global trade affairs. You will work at the intersection of innovation, international trade, and regulatory compliance, supporting the worldwide delivery of advanced technologies while ensuring adherence to global export control requirements. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy analyzing technical products and documentation, solving complex challenges, and collaborating with colleagues across engineering, project management, supply chain, and global operations. As part of our Trade Affairs organization, you will help ensure that cutting-edge technologies can be successfully and compliantly deployed around the world.

Job Responsibilities

  • You evaluate products, technologies, software, and technical data to determine export control classifications (ECN/ECCN) and licensing requirements
  • You review technical drawings, engineering documentation, product specifications, and technology transfers to ensure compliance with international export control regulations
  • You perform screenings, risk assessments, and end-use/end-user evaluations while supporting global customer projects from offer to delivery
  • You maintain export control records, classifications, licenses, and audit-ready documentation to ensure full regulatory compliance and traceability
  • You collaborate with engineering, project management, supply chain, and sales teams while driving process improvements, digitalization initiatives, and stakeholder training

Qualifications

  • University degree in a technical discipline such as Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a comparable field; additional knowledge of international trade or compliance is a plus
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand and assess technical products, systems, drawings, and documentation
  • Independent, structured, and detail- and solution-oriented working style combined with strong cross-functional problem-solving capabilities
  • High level of responsibility, reliability, and integrity when dealing with complex technical and regulatory topics; experience with export control regulations or SAP GTS is advantageous
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with fluency in English; additional languages are a plus

At Bühler we are not only offering working opportunities and international exchange of like-minded professionals. We are more than just a global company. Our value proposition to transform the way companies feed and move the world, is driving positive change in the industries in which we operate globally. Become a part of a dynamic environment that combines your drive for innovation with a world ​of possibilities.​ Joining us means embracing a shared purpose of creating innovations for a better world while becoming part of a company that is dedicated to your success.

As a global organization, we embrace the diversity of our global workforce. At Bühler, you will collaborate with professionals from around the world, each bringing in a unique perspective to the table. It is a business priority for us to harness the diversity of our global workforce and include them in their uniqueness to create a culture of belonging guided by our TOP values – Trust, Ownership and Passion. Embark on a journey that combines the excitement of global collaboration with the reassurance of a welcoming workplace.

Let’s create impact together! 

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