Founding Legal Counsel

FOUNDING LEGAL COUNSEL

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Act as day-to-day legal partner to founders and leadership across company decisions

- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including customer, partner, vendor, and research collaborations

- Support hiring and people operations including employment agreements, contractor arrangements, policies, and compliance

- Manage intellectual property matters including NDAs, invention assignment, open source use, and coordination with outside patent counsel

- Handle corporate governance, board materials, subsidiary setup, equity administration, and related documentation

- Support fundraising and financing processes alongside outside counsel

- Advise on regulatory and operational risk related to robotics, autonomy, data, and deployment in the physical world

- Develop practical policies and lightweight processes that enable speed while maintaining compliance

- Coordinate and manage outside counsel across corporate, employment, IP, and regulatory matters

- Provide clear, actionable guidance to non-legal teams

- Operate as a hands-on generalist and take ownership of issues end-to-end

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

- J.D. and active membership in the California State Bar

- Experience at a law firm or in-house role covering multiple legal domains

- Comfort operating as a generalist across corporate, commercial, employment, and IP matters

- Familiarity with French law and regulatory frameworks, particularly as they relate to corporate structure, employment, or cross-border operation

- Experience negotiating technology, commercial, or partnership agreements

- Ability to translate legal risk into practical business guidance

- High ownership, autonomy, and sound judgment

- Ability to work closely with engineers, researchers, and operations teams

- Comfort operating in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment

- Strong written and verbal communication

- Ideally: Experience at a startup or high-growth...