Senior Commercial Counsel, Hardware & Carrier Partnerships

Location: San Jose, United States

Salary: $240,000–$350,000 annual base salary

Company

hirify.global is an artificial intelligence company developing multimodal models and next-generation hardware that interact with people and the physical world through speech, text, vision, and persistent memory.

What you will do

• Lead legal strategy and negotiations for wireless carrier, device distribution, retail, e-commerce, and channel partnerships.
• Structure connectivity, embedded wireless, eSIM, MVNO, IoT, direct-to-consumer, subscription, warranty, returns, and bundling arrangements.
• Negotiate OEM, ODM, manufacturing, component supply, development, licensing, and other technology agreements.
• Support device certification, carrier acceptance, FCC equipment authorization, export controls, encryption classification, labeling, and country-specific approvals.
• Advise Product, Engineering, Privacy, Security, Operations, Finance, and Go-to-Market teams on commercial and regulatory matters affecting connected AI devices.
• Build contract templates, playbooks, and approval frameworks while representing hirify.global in significant negotiations.

Requirements

• J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 7+ years of relevant legal experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house at a technology, telecommunications, consumer-electronics, or hardware company.
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and technology transactions.
• Direct experience negotiating with wireless carriers, telecommunications companies, device manufacturers, distributors, or major retail and channel partners.
• Strong understanding of carrier and device-distribution economics and commercial dynamics.
• Ability to independently lead complex negotiations from initial strategy through signature.

Culture & Benefits

• Work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, consumer hardware, telecommunications, and global distribution.
• Develop practical commercial structures for a new product category where established precedents may not exist.
• Full-time position with an annual U.S. base salary range of $240,000–$350,000.
• Total compensation may include additional components and benefits depending on the role.