Division Counsel

Location: El Segundo, California, United States; standard office environment with occasional domestic and international travel of up to approximately 10%

Salary: $175,000–$225,000 annualized base salary, excluding bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops defense and aerospace products powered by Coherent Distributed Networks for warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary legal point of contact for assigned radar and aerospace business units.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, NDAs, teaming agreements, subcontracts, supply agreements, vendor agreements, and software or technology licenses.
• Advise business, engineering, and program management teams on contracting risk, deal structure, IP and data rights, and legal risks throughout the proposal, execution, and delivery lifecycle.
• Review FAR/DFARS flowdowns, support government contracting pursuits, and identify ITAR/EAR export-control issues in transactions and business activities.
• Support contract disputes, claims, compliance reviews, internal investigations, settlements, and coordination with outside counsel.
• Build contract templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and training materials while helping bring recurring contracting work in-house.

Requirements

• J.D. and active membership in good standing in the bar of at least one U.S. state, or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in California.
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in commercial contracting, preferably in aerospace, defense, government contracting, or a related technology sector.
• Demonstrated ability to independently negotiate and close commercial agreements with strong judgment and autonomy.
• Working knowledge of IP and data rights in technology or manufacturing environments.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR definitions or be eligible to obtain required export authorizations or licenses.
• Ability to work with technical data and technology controlled under ITAR and EAR.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, sensors, or radar business units.
• Familiarity with U.S. Government contracting, FAR/DFARS, ITAR/EAR, DFARS data rights, or SBIR data rights.
• Experience with Other Transaction agreements, consortium arrangements, contract playbooks, business-team training, or outside counsel management.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
• Unlimited PTO, free daily lunch, casual dress, and no-meeting Fridays.
• Competitive base salary, pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and planned annual bonuses.
• Occasional travel is required to support business-unit engagements.