Government Contracts Attorney
Remote
Job Summary
Advise executive leadership, business development, engineering, and program teams on federal contracting opportunities, risks, obligations, and negotiation strategy. Evaluate proposed government opportunities to determine pursuit viability and draft, review, and negotiate prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, and related documents. Provide practical guidance on FAR and DFARS, including DoD contracting, SBIR/STTR requirements, and applicable clauses for subcontractor flowdowns. Coordinate with in-house IP counsel to align government contract requirements with Whisper Aero's IP strategy, ensuring proper marking of technical data and software. Conduct periodic audits of the company's contract portfolio to identify obligations, risks, and gaps, while developing standardized templates for prime and subcontractor agreements. Establish processes for identifying and protecting pre-existing, privately developed, and contract-generated IP and technical data.
Required Qualifications
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership
- 5+ years of government contracts experience, ideally with significant in-house, aerospace/defense, or government contractor experience
- Extensive working knowledge of FAR and DFARS, with strong preference for deep DFARS experience
- Meaningful experience with DoD government contracts
- Experience with SBIR/STTR programs and contracting
- Strong understanding of government contract compliance and contract administration
- Experience drafting and negotiating government contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, and related agreements
- Strong understanding of government data-rights issues
- Ability to translate complex government contracting requirements into practical guidance for non-lawyers
Desired Qualifications
- Experience negotiating and structuring Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements
- Experience with government data rights and technical-data/software marking requirements
- Experience with both prime and subcontractor relationships
- Experience developing FAR/DFARS flowdown and compliance matrices
- Experience with SBIR/STTR Phase III contracting
- Experience working in a startup environment, especially those in hardware or deeptech
- A passion for aviation
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