IP Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with R&D teams to identify patentable inventions and facilitate invention disclosures.
• Participate in R&D teams meetings to align patent filings with commercial roadmaps, product launches and company growth targets.
• Conduct prior art searches and provide patentability and freedom-to-operate analysis.
• Aid in internal and external patent drafting and prosecution processes.
• Maintain IP databases and generate regular reports on portfolio status.
• Monitor competitor patents and industry IP trends.
• Conduct regular competitive landscape assessments to identify competitor capabilities, new technology trends and potential R&D directions.
• Support IP litigation, licensing, and enforcement activities when needed.
• Assist in IP due diligence activities for potential partnerships, acquisitions or technology transfers.
• Provide training to engineers on IP awareness and best practices.
• Support R&D teams worldwide, including U.S. and China

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Familiarity with patent systems in major jurisdictions (e.g., US, EP, CN).
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with patent search tools.
• Ability to act as a “translator” between highly technical R&D engineers and legal/business stakeholders.
• Experience in drafting high-quality invention disclosure forms and reviewing claims for clarity and breadth.
• Patent Agent qualification or IP certification is a plus.
• Fluent in English.
• Mandarin is a plus.