Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property

The role

This person will own the company's IP strategy, protection, and management including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. They will work with engineering, product, and business leadership to protect technology and support commercial growth.

What you will do

• Own the company's IP strategy and portfolio
• Lead invention harvesting and evaluation with technical teams
• Manage outside counsel for domestic and international patent and trademark prosecution
• Oversee trademark clearance, registration, maintenance, and enforcement
• Establish processes for invention disclosures, IP ownership, and trade secrets
• Partner with Legal and Contracts on IP ownership, licensing, and agreements
• Advise on government contract IP provisions
• Coordinate IP disputes and enforcement matters with outside counsel
• Advise on third-party technology and open-source software use
• Support IP diligence for acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships

Required qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar
• Eligibility to practice in the role's location
• Substantial experience independently advising technology businesses on IP strategy and managing patent portfolios
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with engineers to identify inventions and assess commercial significance
• Experience managing trademark portfolios and advising on trade secrets, confidentiality, and IP ownership
• Experience drafting and negotiating IP ownership and licensing provisions in commercial, development, or technology agreements
• Working knowledge of FAR and DFARS intellectual property requirements
• Ability to translate complex technical and legal issues into clear, practical recommendations
• Experience establishing or improving IP processes and managing outside counsel budgets

Nice to have

• Experience as the first or lead IP attorney at a growing technology company
• Experience in defense technology, aerospace, radar, robotics, autonomy, or related hardware and software businesses
• An engineering or scientific degree
• Experience negotiating government data rights licenses and advising on IP provisions in Other Transaction agreements
• Experience with international IP portfolios, IP litigation, or acquisition-related IP diligence

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k with 50% company match up to 6% of pay
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch while working onsite
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance
• annual bonuses (coming soon)

Before you apply

• CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach

About the company

CHAOS Industries is a modern defense company with a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™). Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles.