Senior Commercial Counsel (Aerospace)

Location: Redwood City, California, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global develops radar satellites, satellite software, and analytics for commercial, government, and military users to understand activity across Earth and space.

What you will do

• Partner with business development and sales teams to draft, review, structure, and negotiate commercial contracts.
• Lead agreements covering imagery and data licensing, radar hardware, payloads, and government contracting.
• Balance commercial objectives with legal protections and provide practical, business-oriented risk solutions.
• Build the commercial legal function from the ground up, including templates, scalable contracting processes, and negotiation playbooks.
• Coordinate specialized outside counsel on intellectual property, regulatory compliance, fundraising, and corporate matters.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the California State Bar.
• 8+ years of relevant legal experience, including at least one in-house counsel role as an embedded business partner.
• Experience with technology agreements, data and software licensing, hardware sales, and broad commercial contract negotiations.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to distinguish theoretical legal risk from actual commercial exposure.
• Experience building repeatable legal processes and templates in a startup environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with complex hardware, manufacturing, supply chain, aerospace, satellite, Earth observation, or Synthetic Aperture Radar agreements.
• Experience with geospatial data commercialization, defense or intelligence procurements, and FAR/DFARS requirements.
• Experience directing external counsel on intellectual property and regulatory compliance matters.
• Experience supporting corporate governance and venture financing in a high-growth, venture-backed environment.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management systems and AI-driven drafting and review tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build technology for Earth observation, defense, disaster response, infrastructure, and commercial operations.
• Culture focused on meaningful work, curiosity, open collaboration, trust, respect, and employee opportunity.
• Work alongside industry experts developing satellite and analytics technology.