Legal Counsel, Compliance

THE JOB

Anduril’s Legal Team seeks a Legal Counsel, Compliance with a focus on the full spectrum of compliance and regulatory issues in the aerospace and defense sector. Of particular interest will be legal or compliance experience involving environmental licensing and emissions. And, at Anduril we exercise our technologies in both civil and defense environments. This role includes understanding our products, customers and conops to inform short term needs as well as shape longer term strategic planning in this area across our test sites. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and also able to provide environmental, safety, and health (“ES&H”) legal advice, counsel and service to the Anduril ES&H program.

The candidate must be conversant in U.S. federal environmental, safety and health laws with the ability to understand and react quickly to compliance issues from business locations in multiple jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and other international locations. Experience in the environmental licensing and regulation of the construction of new facilities and emission system across the United States. Able to research U.S. federal, state, local and international ES&H and product/chemical safety laws quickly and thoroughly to provide compliance, liability, and business risk/opportunity advice.

Additional areas of focus that Anduril desires are compliance experience with cybersecurity and cloud computing; FAR/DFARS supply chain; or privacy and information security. This includes everything from providing legal oversight to product development, giving legal guidance to existing business areas, to crafting legal and business strategies. The Legal Team partners closely with customers, outside counsel, and business partners across the organization to support business development and day-to-day legal operations.

Anduril is a fast-growing company and rapidly becoming the leading supplier of the premiere cutting-edge software-centric defense technologies. Consistent with this fast growth, members of Anduril’s Legal Team must be resourceful, creative, and eager to take ownership of complex matters. The Legal Counsel-Compliance role will require creativity and resourcefulness to navigate the US Government’s broad set of compliance laws and regulations, with a singular focus on helping Anduril deploy its path-making technology into operational settings for the United States and its allies. In addition to helping manage environmental and other regulatory compliance matters, you will work on all other aspects of Anduril’s business, from negotiating license and services agreements, to international expansion, to handling intellectual property, and employment matters. Experience across all of these areas is not expected, but a willingness to learn and adapt is.

The Legal Counsel-Compliance will be expected to take responsibility for significant, material projects, which will have a significant impact on the company’s business. Our team is passionate about the law and policy of defense technology, and you should have an independent interest in the key issues in this field. Anduril fosters a diverse, collaborative, culture with tremendous opportunities for ownership and professional growth.

ABOUT ANDURIL

Anduril is a venture-capital-backed defense startup headquartered in Orange County, California, with offices in Washington DC, Columbus OH (forthcoming), focusing on applications of artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics, to defense and aerospace. Anduril’s executives are nationally recognized leaders on AI and technology policy, regularly featured in publications such as CNBC, the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and CNN.

In only seven years, Anduril has combined Silicon Valley's rapid-development ethos with deep expertise in government business to take path-making defense products from prototype to deployment in multiple DoD agencies and to the U.S.’s international partners. This is truly a unique opportunity to build the future of defense at a fast-paced tech startup.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Be a key member of Anduril’s small, dynamic Legal Team.
• Provide daily support to the ES&H department; work cross-functionally to identify requirements and develop the best plan for timely, compliant development and manufacture of Anduril products.
• Drive customer growth by managing the regulatory requirements to develop, deploy and operate Anduril products. Use your expertise in compliance to help the Business Development, Proposal, and Engineering Teams efficiently capture new contracts, grow existing contracts, and ensure timely and uninterrupted performance. Assist in the strategy development for new business.
• Manage relationships with Government regulatory agencies. High-trust professional relationships with Government regulatory offices are critical to Anduril’s continued success, and you will be called upon to develop and foster these relationships throughout your tenure.
• Work on all legal aspects of Anduril’s business, from negotiating license and services agreements, to international expansion, to handling intellectual property, and employment matters. You will represent the legal team in relationships with outside counsel, vendors, engineers, executives, customers, and regulators.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of experience with FAR/DFARS supply chain compliance and certifications (or UK, AUS, or EU equivalents)
• 4+ years of experience with environmental compliance specifically including:
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations; and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
• S. Federal and State licensing and regulatory process for the construction, modification, and shutdown of manufacturing, test, and operational facilities.
• Experience with environmental and toxic tort litigation.
• Technical knowledge of unmanned and autonomous systems.
• The judgment and initiative required to own multiple projects from end-to-end, whether guiding engineering teams through the lifecycle of an export license or handling unexpected legal issues that may arise in defense or start-up companies
• Quick learner and able to contribute to the broader start-up legal function, including topics that may be completely new to you: everything from IP and litigation to financing, securities, compliance, and employment law, depending on the needs of the day
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret and Special Access Program (SAP) security clearances
• Licensed to practice law in CA, OH or DC and willing and able to work in Anduril’s CA, DC, or future OH office
• Willing to travel for up to 25% of time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Combination of law-firm and in-house/government experience
• Experience working with the U.S. Department of Defense
• 2+ years of experience with U.S. Federal and State information protection compliance, privacy compliance, and document management/retention/production compliance and certification (or UK, AUS, or EU)
• Technical experience with engineering, software, or other technology
• Active security clearance