Associate Corporate Counsel (Contract)

Job Responsibilities

• Support Engineering & Product Teams: Provide legal counsel and strategic advice to engineering and product development teams, ensuring that legal considerations are integrated into the design, development, and deployment of new technologies.
• Contract Negotiation & Drafting: Negotiate, draft, and review commercial contracts including tech licensing agreements, service agreements, procurement/vendor agreements, NDAs, development agreements, proofs of concept, evaluation and technology transfer agreements.
• Intellectual Property (IP): Work with internal teams to manage intellectual property protection, commercialization, and licensing.
• Data Privacy & Security: Ensure compliance with relevant data protection laws and regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) in the development and operation of our products and services.
• Employment: Provide advice on employment law matters, including employee relations, investigations, and workplace policies.
• Litigation: Provide litigation support, including fact gathering, development of litigation strategy, outside counsel management, and internal litigation tracking.
• AI & Emerging Technologies: Advise on legal issues related to AI, including ethical considerations, IP, and proposed legislation and regulations.
• Conduct legal research on new and emerging technologies and issues impacting the company.
• Provide risk assessments and practical legal solutions to business challenges.
• Regulatory & Trade Compliance: Support the company's regulatory compliance efforts across its products and operations, including export controls and trade/sanctions compliance (e.g., EAR, ITAR, and OFAC), and regulatory matters arising from vehicle data collection, transmission, cross-border data flows, and related emerging technologies.
• General Legal Support: Provide legal counsel on a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance, operations, regulatory compliance, and corporate policies.

Minimum Qualifications

• J.D. Degree from accredited law school and 0-2 years of experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or an in-house legal department.
• 0-2 years of relevant in-house and/or law firm experience, ideally in a tech, automotive, or engineering-related industry.
• Ability to distill complex legal concepts into clear, actionable, business-oriented advice.
• Highly motivated, intellectually curious, detail-oriented, and able to work both collaboratively and independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong research, writing, analytical, and communication skills.
• Committed to fostering positive and respectful relationships, internally and externally.
• A proactive, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude, embracing tasks of all sizes with enthusiasm and drive.
• Admission to and current good standing with the bar of at least one state (California, Michigan, or Georgia preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a global tech company
• Law firm experience
• CIPP/US (Privacy) certification
• Familiarity with litigation