Legal Counsel, Air DefenseActive$253K

We are looking for a Legal Counsel to join our rapidly growing team in Washington, DC or Costa Mesa, CA to support Anduril’s Frontier Systems Division, Air Defense and Counter-Intrusion Business Lines, with a focus on the full spectrum of United States government contracts. This…

What you'll do

• Be a key member of Anduril’s small, dynamic Legal Team.

• Drive customer growth by executing new government contracts and growing: existing ones. Use your expertise in federal procurement law to help the Business Development, Proposal, and Engineering Teams efficiently capture new contracts, grow existing contracts, and set up follow-on opportunities for future contracts. Assist in the strategy development for new business.

• Manage relationships with procurement office representatives at Government: agencies. High-trust professional relationships with Government contracting and procurement offices are critical to Anduril’s continued success, and you will be called upon to develop and foster these relationships throughout your tenure.

• Provide legal counsel and day-to-day management of the entire acquisitions: lifecycle. Oversee and evaluate major proposals, monitor large contracts, lead or assist in key negotiations, resolve performance issues, identify risks and mitigations, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.

• Work on all legal aspects of Anduril’s business, from negotiating license and: services agreements, to bid protests and litigation, to handling deal-related intellectual property, compliance, and employment matters. You will represent the legal team in relationships with outside counsel, vendors, engineers, executives, customers, and regulators.

What they're looking for

• Pre-law school professional experience
• Combination of law-firm and in-house or government experience
• Experience working with the government
• Experience with engineering, software, or other technology
• An interest in the law and policy of defense acquisitions with opinions about: what is right or wrong in the field and how to fix it
• The ability and grit to operate independently within a rapidly evolving company
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance