Corporate Counsel (Commercial and Intellectual Property) (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite five days a week in El Segundo, California. Applicants must be U.S. persons under ITAR and authorized to practice in California.

Salary: $180,000–$250,000 USD annually, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures critical components and subsystems for aerospace, defense, military vehicles, and core infrastructure.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate customer, supplier, nondisclosure, consulting, advisory, and services agreements.
• Own the intellectual property program, including trade secrets, confidentiality agreements, invention disclosures, trademarks, copyrights, and outside counsel management.
• Handle IP transactions such as licensing, joint development, collaboration agreements, IP allocation, and intercompany ownership matters.
• Support acquisitions from diligence through closing and integration, including disclosure schedules and post-closing entity and contract cleanup.
• Advise on corporate governance, entity management, equity administration, government contracting, technical data, and IP rights.
• Build the legal department’s contract management system, templates, playbooks, intake processes, and outside counsel management approach.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school.
• At least 3 years of legal experience at a law firm or in-house.
• Substantive intellectual property experience, including strong drafting and negotiation skills.
• Active membership in good standing with the bar of at least one U.S. state, with the ability to become authorized to practice in California.
• Ability to own matters and make decisions with limited supervision in an ambiguous, developing environment.
• U.S. person status is required under ITAR, including U.S. citizenship, permanent residence, or protected-person status.

Nice to have

• Background in aerospace, defense, or hardware manufacturing.
• Experience building or administering a trade secret protection program.
• Familiarity with U.S. government technical data and IP rights frameworks.
• Mergers and acquisitions experience, especially IP diligence.
• Experience as an early legal hire or a technical background supporting substantive work with engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful ownership of legal work from the start with the opportunity to grow into a broader role.
• Opportunity to help build a legal department and its operating processes from scratch.
• Work directly with the General Counsel, engineers, executives, and government contracting stakeholders.
• Equity included in the compensation package.