Associate General Counsel, Robotics

What you'll do

• Advise product, engineering, and machine learning teams on legal risks involving robotics, AI, hardware, data, and multiple jurisdictions.
• Guide hardware products from prototype through manufacturing, including safety, certification, trade, and supply-chain matters; negotiate related contracts.
• Build scalable legal frameworks, playbooks, and templates, and lead cross-functional legal and compliance projects.

What they ask for

• JD or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution and an active, good-standing U.S. state bar license or equivalent foreign bar license; ability to promptly obtain permission to practice in the role’s location if needed.
• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney.
• Demonstrated experience advising on technology, internet, or media products and services.
• 5+ years of in-house experience advising product and engineering teams directly.

Nice to have

• Experience with physical products from prototype to volume manufacturing, including safety and certification; robotics, consumer electronics, wearables, automotive, or on-device AI.
• Experience advising on AI/ML development, dataset licensing and provenance, AI governance and regulation, and privacy/data protection for connected devices and sensor data.

Pay

$233,000/year to $313,000/year USD base salary; bonus and equity amounts not stated

AI focus

Advises on model development, training data, licensing and provenance, and AI regulation; the posting also calls for developing AI skills, integrating AI tools to improve workflows, and implementing responsible AI practices.