International Legal Counsel

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

The Legal Team at Anduril seeks an International Legal Counsel to support international government and commercial businesses and deploy future defense technology.

In this role, you will work on every aspect of Anduril's business, from helping the business development team drive new government deals, to negotiating hardware, license and services agreements, offset arrangements, and industrial cooperation obligations, to handling intellectual property, compliance, and related matters.

Responsibilities:

• Be a key member of Anduril's small, dynamic Legal Team.
• Drive customer growth by executing new international contracts and growing existing ones.
• Manage relationships with procurement, contracting, and legal counterparts at foreign government ministries of defense, allied procurement agencies.
• Provide legal counsel and day-to-day management of the entire acquisitions lifecycle.
• Work on all legal aspects of Anduril's international business, from negotiating license, hardware and services agreements, offset arrangements, to advising on intellectual property, data rights, and general compliance matters.
• Develop software, hardware, and services contracting approaches for delivering cutting-edge technology to foreign Government customers.
• Partner with Business Development and program teams to structure and negotiate offset and industrial cooperation obligations.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of work on international government contracts, defense trade, or U.S. government contracts matters.
• An understanding of international defense contracting, particularly FMS and DCS, or hybrid structure contract vehicles, software acquisition approaches, and data rights.
• The judgment and initiative required to make risk-adjusted decisions for the company and own multiple projects from end-to-end.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Quick learner and able to contribute to the broader start-up legal function.
• Licensed to practice law in CA.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pre-law school professional experience.
• Experience with international commercial contracting and negotiations.
• Combination of law-firm and in-house or government experience.
• Experience working with foreign government customers.
• Familiarity with regional defense frameworks and sensitivities.
• Regional language capability.
• Experience with international teaming, agent/representative, or reseller structures.
• Experience with engineering, software, or other technology.
• An interest in the law and policy of defense acquisitions.
• The ability and grit to operate independently within a rapidly evolving company.