Associate General Counsel, IP

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Legal team is responsible for providing legal and compliance guidance and support covering all aspects of Anduril’s rapidly growing business, ranging from negotiating license and services agreements, to bid protests and litigation, to handling intellectual property, compliance and employment matters. You will represent the legal team in relationships with outside counsel, vendors, engineers, executives, customers, and regulators.

ABOUT THE JOB

Anduril’s Legal Team seeks in-house IP attorney — Associate General Counsel, IP — to help build our IP team supporting the future technology of defense. In this role, you will work across most aspects of Anduril’s business, from helping the business development team structure partnerships, to negotiating license and services agreements, working with engineers on patent development, and supporting our internal teams to manage Anduril’s licensed systems. This position reports to the VP of Compliance or the General Counsel, and will be based in Costa Mesa, CA.

Anduril is a fast-growing company at the early stages of growth. Consistent with this fast growth, members of Anduril’s Legal Team must be resourceful, creative, and eager to take ownership of complex matters. The Associate General Counsel, IP role will require creativity and resourcefulness to pair commercial intellectual property protections with defense technologies of interest to national security, with a singular focus on helping Anduril deploy its path-making technology into operational settings for the United States and its allies. This role is not exclusively focused on US patent and trademark. In addition to US IP protections, you will work on all other aspects of Anduril’s business, from US government contracts, to negotiating license and services agreements, to bid protests and litigation, to supporting compliance and employment matters. Experience across all of these areas is not expected, but a willingness to learn and adapt is.

The Associate General Counsel, IP will be expected to take responsibility for significant, material projects, which will have a significant impact on the company’s business. Our team is passionate about the law and policy of defense technology and you should have an independent interest in the key issues in this field. Anduril fosters a diverse, collaborative, culture with tremendous opportunities for ownership and professional growth.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Be a key member of Anduril’s dynamic Legal team.
• Drive development, management, and application of Anduril’s IP portfolio in coordination with business, financial, and compliance goals.
• Support customer growth by supporting Anduril’s supply chain and purchasing teams.
• Manage relationships with government and commercial customers and partners. High-trust professional relationships with Government officials are critical to Anduril’s continued success, and you will be called upon to develop and foster these relationships throughout your tenure.
• Provide legal counsel and day-to-day management of Anduril’s IP portfolio. Oversee and evaluate patent efforts, monitor for IP risks, lead or assist in key IP negotiations, resolve performance issues, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.
• Manage outside counsel who advise on IP matters.
• Work on all legal aspects of Anduril’s business, from negotiating license and services agreements, to bid protests and litigation, to handling intellectual property, compliance, and employment matters. You will represent the legal team in relationships with outside counsel, vendors, engineers, executives, customers, and regulators.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• JD degree from a top-tier accredited law school
• Experience with engineering, software, or other technology
• 12+ years of practice in US IP law, particularly patent prosecution
• A deep understanding patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secrets, as well as USG government data rights issues
• Experience negotiating contracts, particularly IP assignment
• The judgment and initiative required to own multiple