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About the Role

This role involves independently leading and negotiating highly complex, high-value commercial transactions with significant IP components. The attorney in this role will be responsible for some of the company’s most strategic and technically challenging deals, including those relating to semiconductor supply chain and procurement, hardware IP development, contract manufacturing, and OEM relationships. The attorney will also partner closely with the revenue team to structure hardware revenue deals and related matters. Such transactions are often highly customized and require creative legal structuring, strong business judgment, and the ability to navigate complex technical, IP, privacy, and security considerations without established guardrails. This attorney will operate independently in a high-growth environment and will be comfortable working collaboratively and proactively within Legal as well as cross-functionally with business leaders and external partners. This position will report to a senior member of the legal leadership team.

Responsibilities

Serve as a lead legal advisor for the company’s most complex commercial transactions, focusing on supply chain and procurement, hardware IP development, contract manufacturing, and OEM relationships.
Independently manage, draft, structure, and negotiate sophisticated commercial agreements.
Lead highly customized, strategically important transactions involving counterparty paper, novel commercial structures, and complex intellectual property considerations.
Advise on the legal and commercial implications of IP ownership and licensing, information security, and other technical issues in sophisticated technology transactions.
Partner closely with business leaders and cross-functional colleagues to develop creative solutions, navigate complex negotiations, and drive strategic deals to closure.
Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-paced environment where transactions frequently require developing new approaches.
Distill and communicate enterprise risk with clarity to C-Suite and cross-functional peers.
Manage outside counsel effectively.

Requirements

Approximately 10–14 years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience in procurement at a semiconductor or other hardware company.
Strong law firm training in sophisticated technology transactions, ideally including approximately five years at a major law firm with a well-established technology transactions practice.
A combination of significant law firm and in-house experience is strongly preferred.
Substantial experience negotiating large-scale hardware sales agreements, supply chain deals, and other complex hardware-related commercial transactions.
Deep familiarity with intellectual property issues arising in highly technical commercial transactions, including IP licensing and ownership.
Demonstrated success independently leading complex, strategic transactions involving sophisticated counterparties, significant commercial value, and novel legal and business considerations.
Understanding of the semiconductor industry, cloud computing, and generative AI.
Business acumen and critical thinking with the ability to think on one’s feet and interact confidently with senior executives and sophisticated business partners.
Strong ability to quickly learn other practice areas and desire to work in a lean legal team with significant exposure and scope.
Can-do attitude and strong work ethic; no task is beneath you and no problem is unsolvable.
Ability to operate independently with exceptional attention to detail.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) and bar admission required (California preferred).

Skills

Negotiation
Commercial Transactions
Intellectual Property (IP)
Supply Chain Management
Procurement
Hardware IP Development
Contract Manufacturing
OEM Relationships
Hardware Revenue Deals
Legal Structuring
Business Judgment
Technical Considerations
IP Licensing
Information Security
Privacy
Cross-functional Collaboration
Business Acumen
Critical Thinking
Communication
Risk Management

Location

Sunnyvale, CA

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

10-14 years
Senior Director

Education Level

Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Bar Admission (California preferred)

Salary/Compensations

Director: $243,000 – $297,000
Senior Director: $261,000 – $319,000

Benefits

Flat cash bonus
Generous RSU grant

About the Company

A publicly traded company and pioneer in accelerating generative AI, known for its revolutionary ultra-fast AI hardware systems.
Has developed a breakthrough technology that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry and is a key player in the AI revolution.
Offers a unique opportunity to build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
Encourages publishing and open-sourcing cutting-edge AI research.
Operates one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
Provides job stability with fast growth and pubco vitality.
Maintains a simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.