Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracting

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our rapidly growing team on-site in Washington, DC, Ashville, OH, or Lexington, MA to support Anduril's Voyager, Armory, and Commercial Contracting initiatives.

This role will focus on the full spectrum of commercial agreements with domestic and international customers and Anduril's expanding portfolio of commercial products. This includes:

• Providing legal oversight to commercial proposals and transactions
• Advising on intellectual property licensing and commercial terms
• Structuring deals with commercial entities
• Negotiating software and hardware licensing agreements
• Crafting legal and business strategies for Anduril's commercial growth

This role will partner closely with commercial customers, outside counsel, and business partners across the organization to support business development and commercial operations.

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 Legal Counsel role will require creativity and resourcefulness to navigate complex commercial agreements with a singular focus on helping Anduril deploy its path-making technology into operational settings for commercial customers.

Responsibilities

• Be a key member of Anduril's small, dynamic Legal Team.
• Drive commercial customer growth by executing new commercial contracts and growing existing ones.
• Manage relationships with commercial customers and procurement representatives.
• Provide legal counsel for the commercial sales lifecycle for Voyager and Armory products.
• Support Anduril's Armory platform,a portfolio of Commercial capabilities available to commercial entities and select customers.
• Work on all legal aspects of Anduril's business, from negotiating software and hardware license agreements, master services agreements, and distribution agreements, to commercial disputes and litigation, and to handling deal-related intellectual property.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of work on commercial contracting matters, preferably with a law firm or in-house at a technology company, defense contractor, or international sales organization
• A solid understanding of commercial contracting processes; particularly software licensing, hardware sales agreements, COTS product sales, and intellectual property licensing terms
• The judgment and initiative required to own multiple projects from end-to-end
• Strong communication, writing, and interpersonal skills
• Quick learner and independent performer
• Licensed to practice law in applicable location
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Pre-law school professional experience
• Combination of law-firm and in-house or commercial contracting experience
• Experience working with engineering, software, hardware, or defense technology products
• Experience negotiating complex software licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, or technology platform agreements
• An interest in the law and policy of technology and sales
• The ability and grit to operate independently within a rapidly evolving company
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
• Experience with commercial distribution models, channel partnerships, or e-commerce platforms