{"id":1148829,"url":"https://alion.io/job/iceye-customs-specialist","title":"Customs Specialist","company":{"id":17599,"name":"ICEYE","domain":"iceye.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/iceyefi","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":87,"open_postings":29,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.517,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":54,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Espoo, Finland"],"countries":["FI"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T15:04:15Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T21:33:14Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Role highlights:\nCustoms Specialist\n\nLocation: Espoo, Finland\n\nDepartment: Global Manufacturing Organisation\n\nReports to: Freight Forwarding Manager\n\nEmployment type: Permanent\n\nWorkplace model: Hybrid (first 4-6 months on-site)\n\nEmployment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)\n\nWhy this role matters:\nAs a Customs Specialist, you’ll keep ICEYE’s goods moving compliantly across the world.\n\nYou'll drive the customs compliance and documentation that keeps ICEYE's satellites moving smoothly between Finland, the EU and our sites worldwide. That means classifying goods correctly, applying the right customs procedures, and making sure every shipment clears without unnecessary delay or cost.\nYou'll work closely with the Freight Forwarding Manager to plan how goods travel by road, air and sea, and use your knowledge of trade agreements and preferential origin rules to reduce duty and landed cost wherever possible.\nWho We Are\n\n ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.\nICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.\nICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.\nFounded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.\nYour day-to-day responsibilities\nOwn day-to-day customs clearance across the EU: release for circulation, outward/inward processing, transit (T1, T2, TIR), customs warehousing, bonded storage and temporary admission.\n\nMaintain HS/Taric classification and customs valuation for both supplier-sourced and in-house manufactured goods.\n\nSpot risks in international shipments early and resolve them before they reach destinations.\n\nUnderstand and apply Incoterms with confidence, allocating cost, risk and responsibility correctly across every lane.\n\nPrepare for and take part in customs audits, and help strengthen the internal audit and control programme.\n\nRun Binding Tariff Information (BTI) applications regularly and keep the resulting rulings current.\n\nWrite clear SOPs that colleagues can follow without you having to explain them.\n\nPursue free trade agreement benefits (preferential origin, EUR.1, statements on origin, REX registration) and maintain the supplier declaration chain.\n\nTrack and report the impact of your work: duty avoided, duty recovered and landed cost reduced.\n\nContribute to Freight Forwarding strategy across road, air and sea, flagging where routing, mode or documentation choices affect customs treatment or cost.\n\nRecognise dangerous goods shipments (IATA DGR, ADR, IMDG) and check the required documentation.\n\nSupport material flow between ICEYE's Espoo site and our sites worldwide, reconciling physical goods against ERP, WMS and TMS records.\n\nWhat we’re looking for (must haves):\nA track record of reducing duty and landed cost through preferential origin, free trade agreements, relief or suspension regimes, or classification and valuation work, with results you can point to.\n\nWorking knowledge of rules of origin and the origin documentation regime, including supplier declarations.\n\nSolid understanding of freight forwarding across road, air and sea, including how transport is planned in each mode.\n\nProfessional-level Finnish in addition to English.\n\nCuriosity, eagerness to learn more and take full ownership over your scope of work\n\nNice to haves: \nExperience with EU and US trade compliance (dual-use Regulation (EU) 2021/821, EAR and ITAR, denied party screening).\n\nHands-on freight forwarding experience earlier in your career.\n\nWarehousing, inbound and outbound operations experience.\n\nIATA DGR, ADR or IMDG certification.\n\nPractical use of the EU free trade agreement network on lanes relevant to the aerospace or aviation industries.\n\nExperience with defence and government customers, especially in a fast-scaling manufacturing environment.\n\nApplication Process\nScreening call\n\nHiring manager interview\n\nTask / case study\n\nPanel interview\n\nOffer\n\nWorking at ICEYE\nAt ICEYE, you’ll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.\nHow We Work (Our Values)\nMake the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.\nBe curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the “why” behind decisions.\n\nSee the big picture: Stay close to what’s happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.\n\nDrive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.\n\nAct as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.\n\nHave fun: What we do matters-and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.\n\nBenefits\nOur benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.\nBase salary range for this position is dependant on experience, and will be negotiated individually.\nOur Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\nWe want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.\nWe’re committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us-we’ll do our best to help.\nApply now to start your ICEYE journey, and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. 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