Description:
About the role:We are looking for a business-minded Corporate Counsel, Commercial to join our Legal team as the second attorney, reporting directly to the General Counsel. This role carries broad responsibility across commercial contracting, regulatory and product counseling, legal operations, and intellectual property. You will serve as a trusted partner to our Engineering, Product, Supply Chain, Partnerships, and Finance teams—providing practical, solutions-oriented legal guidance that keeps the business moving without unnecessary friction.
This is a high-impact, high-autonomy position with a clear path to advancement. The right candidate will help define how autonomous robotics systems are safely deployed at scale, shaping not just Mytra's risk posture but the emerging legal framework for warehouse robotics and AI-driven logistics.
What You'll Do:
Commercial Contract Negotiation (~50%)
- Own end-to-end drafting, review, and negotiation of a broad range of commercial agreements, including master services agreements (MSAs), Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) agreements, hardware procurement, vendor/supplier contracts, SOWs, and customer terms.
- Create, maintain, and continuously improve contract templates, playbooks, and clause libraries to accelerate deal velocity and ensure consistency.
- Partner with Sales, Partnerships, and Supply Chain teams to advise on deal structure, commercial terms, manufacturing logistics, and risk allocation early in the process.
- Support strategic partnership negotiations, including co-development arrangements, system-integration agreements, and go-to-market collaborations.
- Serve as a pragmatic advisor to Engineering and Product teams on regulatory requirements, safety standards, and product-liability considerations applicable to autonomous robotic systems and AI-driven products.
- Monitor and advise on evolving regulatory regimes relevant to robotics, AI, data privacy (GDPR, CCPA), and international trade, including export-control classifications.
- Support product launches by identifying legal, safety, and compliance requirements and coordinating timely clearance across stakeholders.
- Advise on data collection, data ownership, and AI training-data practices, ensuring compliance with applicable privacy and data-protection laws.
- Build and refine scalable legal processes, workflows, and self-service tools that enable internal teams to move faster with appropriate guardrails.
- Lead the evaluation, implementation, and rollout of a contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform, including workflow configuration, template migration, and user training.
- Develop internal training materials and conduct cross-functional education sessions on legal topics most relevant to the business (e.g., contract basics, NDA handling, data-privacy essentials).
- Assist with corporate governance tasks, entity management, and board-related materials as needed.
- Assist in managing outside counsel and contractor relationships, budgets, and work-product quality for specialized matters.
- Draft and negotiate inbound and outbound software licensing, data licensing, API, and open-source agreements.
- Advise on IP ownership provisions in commercial and employment agreements, and coordinate with outside patent and trademark counsel as needed.
- Support due-diligence efforts related to intellectual property in connection with strategic transactions.
Ideal Candidates:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar (California Bar membership or eligibility to register as California Registered In-House Counsel preferred).
- 5–10 years of relevant legal experience, with a strong emphasis on commercial transactions and technology law. A combination of top-tier law-firm training and in-house experience at a high-growth technology, hardware, or robotics company is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to independently draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of complex commercial agreements (hardware, software, or services).
- Practical understanding of privacy and data-protection frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and their application in commercial contracts.
- Experience building or significantly improving legal operations processes, templates, or tools in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent judgment, strong analytical skills, and the ability to frame complex legal issues succinctly for business stakeholders and executive leadership.
- A collaborative, low-ego working style with a bias toward action and practical problem-solving.
Nice to Have:
- Experience advising on safety-critical or highly regulated physical products (e.g., robotics, autonomous vehicles, medical devices, industrial automation).
- Familiarity with robotics safety standards (e.g., ISO 10218, ANSI/RIA R15.06) or product-liability frameworks for autonomous physical systems.
- Background in AI/ML data licensing, training-data agreements, or Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) commercial structures.
- Experience with export-control regulations (EAR/ITAR) or international trade compliance.
- CIPP/US or other privacy certification.
- Prior experience implementing a CLM platform or similar legal-technology solution.
- A Final Note:
- If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply — even if you don't check every box. At Mytra, we build bots, but we hire humans. We value thoughtful challengers who communicate with clarity and respect, and we're lifelong learners committed to getting better every day. We move fast, learn faster, and show up for each other under pressure. The best outcomes come from diverse perspectives working together to build something meaningful and built to last
