Senior Counsel, Product (Hardware)

The role

You will advise on issues arising from hardware products and technologies, focusing on the software that powers them. You will work with software engineering, product, design, and business teams from development through launch and ongoing support.

What you will do

• Work with product and engineering teams on architecture and product reviews
• Support software and firmware licensing, open-source, compatibility and ongoing device support
• Provide product counseling on consumer experiences, user terms, disclosures, marketing claims, consumer protection and regulatory requirements
• Advise and coordinate on product, commercial, IP, privacy, security, competition, and regulatory legal issues
• Build practical guidance and review processes
• Take ownership of emerging issues across teams

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant legal experience, including substantial product counseling for consumer devices or software embedded in hardware
• Experience working with engineers on embedded software and firmware and hardware dependencies
• Experience with software licensing and legal issues regarding device software, apps, and connected services
• JD
• License or qualification to practice in CA

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.