Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial (Aerospace)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Draft, negotiate, and execute customer, revenue, vendor, supplier, manufacturing, partnership, NDA, and joint development agreements.
• Partner with product, business development, procurement, finance, and operations teams to support deal execution and risk allocation.
• Develop scalable contracting processes, templates, clause libraries, playbooks, approval workflows, and legal systems.
• Advise business leaders on commercial risks, product launches, pricing models, go-to-market strategies, and compliance programs.
• Support corporate governance, entity management, employment matters, M&A, intellectual property, and international operations.
• Manage outside counsel across specialty areas and improve legal operations efficiency.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree and an active U.S. license to practice law.
• 10+ years of progressive legal experience supporting commercial transactions in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, or similarly regulated industries.
• Experience leading negotiations for complex commercial transactions and supporting cross-functional teams.
• Strong business judgment, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance speed and risk in a fast-paced environment with a hands-on, execution-oriented approach.
• Must meet U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulation eligibility requirements.

Nice to have

• Law firm experience in technology transactions and/or corporate securities.
• Exposure to government contracting.
• Experience scaling legal processes at an early-stage company.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic, cross-functional, hands-on, and autonomous work environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Equal opportunity workplace.