Contract Administrator

Position Name: Trade, Contracts & Compliance Administrator

Position Location: RAVN Headquarters - Ellington Airfield, Houston, Texas (On-Site)

Schedule: Full-Time | Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM

RAVN is pushing the boundaries of innovation in the aviation industry, focusing on cutting-edge technology and advanced aerospace solutions. As part of the RAVN team, you'll be at the forefront of revolutionizing pilot training on military-grade aircraft and aerospace engineering in the defense sector. RAVN provides combat and high-maneuver training for pilots, RDT&E, and maintenance services with its fully owned fleet of aircraft.

The RAVN Aerospace Contracts & Compliance Department supports the company's U.S. Government and commercial contracting activities across CONUS and OCONUS operations. Reporting to the VP of Contracts & Compliance, the department partners with Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Information Technology, Security, Finance, and other business functions to manage contract execution, trade compliance, regulatory risk, and responsive business support. The team emphasizes practical risk management, accurate recordkeeping, efficient processes, and operationally useful guidance.

RAVN Aerospace is seeking a Trade, Contracts & Compliance Administrator to support the company's contracting needs, with a primary focus on U.S. trade and export compliance. The successful candidate will help administer RAVN's compliance program under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), applicable U.S. sanctions laws, and related authorization, screening, recordkeeping, training, and audit requirements.

The position also supports the full contract lifecycle for U.S. Government and commercial agreements, including drafting, review, negotiation, execution, administration, and closeout. The ideal candidate brings sound judgment, meticulous attention to detail, strong cross-functional communication skills, and a practical approach to protecting controlled information while enabling timely business execution.

• Support RAVN's trade compliance program, with particular emphasis on ITAR, EAR, and other applicable U.S. export-control and sanctions laws.
• Review contracts, technical data, defense articles, software, services, and proposed business relationships to identify export-control restrictions, foreign-person concerns, and licensing or authorization requirements.
• Help ensure controlled technical data, defense articles, defense services, and technology are accessed, handled, stored, transferred, and disclosed only to authorized individuals in accordance with ITAR, EAR, and company requirements.
• Assist with export licensing activities, Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs), Manufacturing License Agreements (MLAs), exemptions, exceptions, provisos, required government filings, and related recordkeeping.
• Conduct or coordinate restricted-party screening and trade-compliance due diligence involving customers, foreign persons, international partners, consultants, vendors, suppliers, subcontractors, and OCONUS activities.
• Ensure applicable ITAR, EAR, and other trade-compliance requirements are properly incorporated into contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, NDAs, consultancy agreements, teaming agreements, partnership agreements, and customer flow-downs.
• Coordinate with Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Information Technology, Security, and other internal stakeholders to identify and manage export-controlled activities and information.
• Maintain accurate trade-compliance records and support internal reviews, audits, employee training, investigations, disclosures, and corrective actions.
• Monitor changes to applicable trade-compliance regulations and assist with updating company policies, procedures, templates, and guidance as needed.

• Support pre-award and post-award functions, including drafting, reviewing, negotiating, executing, administering, modifying, and closing out agreements.
• Assist the department head with negotiating terms involving scope, payment, schedule, indemnity, insurance, warranties, limitation of liability, termination, confidentiality, intellectual property, and dispute resolution.
• Ensure agreements align with company policies, risk tolerances, business objectives, FAR/DFARS…