Senior Attorney – Corporate Law (Aerospace/Defense)

Location: Mojave, California, or remote within the United States. Travel is expected to be less than 5%. U.S. citizenship may be required for positions involving government clearance or other restricted work.

Salary: $180,800–$237,300 per year

Company

hirify.global engineers reusable, air-launched hypersonic test platforms that provide flight data for aerospace, defense, and national-security applications.

What you will do

• Provide practical legal support across government contracting, commercial agreements, corporate matters, compliance, and operations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate U.S. Government prime contracts and subcontracts, OTAs, BAAs, CRADAs, teaming agreements, NDAs, MOUs, and commercial and supplier agreements.
• Advise stakeholders on FAR/DFARS compliance, contract formation, flowdowns, changes, claims, disputes, intellectual property, data rights, and audit exposure.
• Support export-control, cybersecurity, regulatory, and compliance matters involving ITAR, EAR, CUI, NIST 800-171, and related obligations.
• Assist with corporate governance, board materials, entity management, policies, legal diligence, disclosure preparation, and strategic transactions.
• Partner with executive leadership, supply chain, finance, HR, engineering, and program teams while managing outside counsel and developing scalable legal processes.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant legal experience supporting government contracts and corporate matters.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Demonstrated experience with U.S. government contracting, including FAR/DFARS, prime contracts, subcontracts, and solicitation or proposal review.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, aviation, space, or another highly regulated technology sector.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, risk-assessment, and business-judgment skills.
• Willingness to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Nice to have

• In-house legal experience at an aerospace, defense, government-technology, public, or pre-IPO company.
• Experience with IPO readiness, securities-law support, disclosure controls, governance, financings, or strategic transactions.
• Knowledge of OTAs, export controls, trade compliance, government-contracting cybersecurity, intellectual property, and technical-data rights.
• Active security clearance and the ability to operate independently in an evolving organization.

Culture & Benefits

• 9/80 work schedule.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription-drug healthcare coverage.
• Paid maternity and parental leave.
• 50% company match per contributed dollar into a 401(k), up to $11,500.
• Tuition reimbursement and a diverse, equal-opportunity workplace.