Associate General Counsel, Commercial Contracts

The role

You will own commercial contracting end to end, including drafting and negotiating customer, vendor, and teaming agreements. You will also build contracting infrastructure and support employment, corporate governance, IP, and compliance matters.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate, and close customer agreements, MSAs, statements of work, supply and vendor agreements, T&Cs, NDAs, subcontracts, and teaming agreements.
• Negotiate directly with customers, primes, and suppliers.
• Build contracting infrastructure including templates, playbooks, approval thresholds, and a contract lifecycle system.
• Advise on California employment and workplace matters.
• Support corporate work including equity administration, board and entity records, and financing diligence.
• Support compliance across export control, government contracting flow-downs, and data and security obligations.
• Make recurring legal work a repeatable process.

Required qualifications

• J.D. and active membership in the California State Bar, or registration as California Registered In-House Counsel with a clear path to California admission.
• 2+ years of practice, with meaningful time spent drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Demonstrated ability to run a negotiation independently and give a clear answer under time pressure.
• Working knowledge of California employment law, or the appetite and ability to get there quickly.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward unblocking the business rather than cataloging risk.
• Ability to work onsite in Torrance, CA.

Nice to have

• Experience at a hardware, manufacturing, aerospace, or defense-adjacent company.
• Familiarity with FAR and DFARS flow-downs, ITAR, EAR, or CMMC.
• Experience supporting a venture-backed company through financing rounds.
• Experience standing up a legal or contracts function at an early-stage company.
• Comfort with technical subject matter and engineering counterparts.

Benefits

• Equity grant
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA's
• 401K program

Before you apply

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

About the company

AnySignal is developing the next generation of RF products and services for some of the most demanding space and defense missions.