Legal Counsel - US Government Contracts

Title:  Legal Counsel, US Government Contracts 
Reports to: General Counsel   
Entity: LCC   
Group: Legal, Contracts and Compliance 
Capability: Legal
Level: Senior Director   
Work arrangement:  Hybrid 

Company Overview 

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.  

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect.  

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.  

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond. 

Support Groups 

Special Air Missions Group (SAM) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Special Mobility, and Aerial Firefighting (AFF) capabilities. SAM oversees the integration of new mission systems, ensuring operational readiness across specialized aviation operations. It manages fleet maintenance, regulatory compliance, and strategic partnerships to enhance mission effectiveness. By consolidating expertise and infrastructure, SAM ensures Metrea’s  
 airborne capabilities remain adaptable and mission-ready across dynamic operational environments. 
  
The Digital and Synthetic Capability Unit (D&S) is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and advanced platforms, we empower operational readiness and elevate situational awareness across diverse domains—including air, maritime, and space. 
  
Air Mobility Group (AIRMOB) is responsible for developing and delivering Metrea’s aerial refueling (AAR) capabilities, ensuring the readiness and operational effectiveness of the tanker fleet. AIRMOB oversees fleet management, maintenance, and airworthiness, working to sustain and enhance refueling operations. It manages the integration of new processes and technologies, ensuring that tanker aircraft remain mission-ready through effective logistics, maintenance oversight, and regulatory compliance. By coordinating across various teams, AIRMOB ensures the fleet meets both current and future operational needs, supporting a range of specialized air mobility missions.  

Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) is responsible for developing flexible and survivable advanced electronic warfare and secure communications equipment while providing the industry’s leading signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and cyber experts.  Metrea specializes in signal classification, direction finding, advanced geolocation techniques, and waveform development including waveforms for MANET and LPI/LPD applications. Metrea also develops special purpose radios for government customers and licenses DF and geolocation solutions to multiple OEMs.  

Position Summary  

Metrea is looking for an experienced qualified attorney to be principally based out of our Washington D.C. office with the expectation of travel and support of a global enterprise. 

The candidate for this position will have multiple years of experience in U.S. Government Contracts, principally in the defense and classified areas, with a deep understanding of the legal risks and issues including the negotiation, drafting, and closing of a wide variety of such contracts. The candidate will have experience of working in the classified world, the rules and requirements of doing so, and is comfortable with that work with a practical focus on how to get things done within those rules and requirements. Counsel will be expected to work closely with the strategy and solutions teams in developing elegant solutions to customer needs as well as with file and group leads in assessing existing work and contracts as to ongoing legal and contract risks.  Broad general experience with all types of government and commercial contracts and subcontracts, related intellectual property issues including data rights protection of enterprise IP as well as