Legal Counsel, IP Transactions

About the role

Anduril's Legal team is seeking an experienced Legal Counsel, IP & Tech Transactions to join our team. In this role you will support the legal aspects of Anduril's most strategically important IP and technology deals - inbound and outbound technology licensing, IP-heavy commercial partnerships, collaboration and co-development agreements, strategic alliances, OEM and reseller arrangements, data and model licensing, and the IP and technology aspects of M&A and joint ventures. You will partner closely with our Corporate Development, Corporate Legal, Engineering and Product teams, as well as the broader Legal team, on a wide range of matters - including structuring and negotiating complex licensing and collaboration deals, allocating IP ownership and rights, managing open source and third-party IP risk, and protecting Anduril's most sensitive technology in commercial and government-facing transactions. Anduril is a fast-growing company. Consistent with this fast growth, members of Anduril's Legal team must be resourceful, creative, and eager to take ownership of complex matters. The IP & Tech Transactions Counsel will need deep substantive expertise in IP licensing and other tech transactions, sharp commercial instincts, and the project management skills to drive complex, multi-stakeholder deals to closure on tight timelines - all in service of helping Anduril deploy its path-making technology into operational settings for the United States and its allies. Comfort operating at the intersection of cutting-edge technology (AI/ML, autonomy, computer vision, sensor fusion) and complex government and commercial customer requirements is essential.

Responsibilities

• Be a key member of Anduril's dynamic Legal team
• Serve as the primary legal point of contact on IP licensing and other complex technology transactions, advising on deal structure, IP strategy, and risk.
• Structure IP ownership, licensing, and rights allocation across complex multi-party arrangements - including joint development, OEM/reseller, government-prime/sub, and platform integration deals - balancing Anduril's need to protect core technology with commercial and operational requirements.
• Advise on IP and data issues unique to AI and autonomous systems - including training data rights, model and weights licensing, foundation-model and third-party AI usage, output ownership, and the interaction between commercial IP terms and government data rights.
• Develop and own scalable processes, templates, and playbooks for IP and other technology transactions.
• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• JD from a top-tier accredited law school
• 6+ years of experience practicing IP licensing and other technology transactions at a top law firm and/or in-house at a technology company, with substantial direct experience drafting and negotiating complex IP / tech transactions agreements.
• Active membership in good standing with the bar in at least one U.S. state, with the ability to become authorized to practice in California (e.g., through California Bar membership or California Registered In-House Counsel status).
• Demonstrated expertise in IP ownership and rights allocation, open source software issues, and IP/data terms in complex strategic transactions.
• Proven ability to thrive in a high-volume, rapidly evolving environment, expertly juggling a substantial portfolio of di

Benefits

Additional Information

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.

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