Overview In this role you will serve as a trusted legal partner to ADI's Aerospace & Defense business, shaping strategy and risk management for highly regulated programs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable growth while ensuring compliance with government contracting rules. You'll lead complex commercial and defense-related negotiations and coordinate international expansion. This high-visibility position combines technology, national security-adjacent markets, and global growth at a leading semiconductor company.
Compensation / Benefits- medical, vision and dental coverage
- 401k
- paid vacation
- holidays and sick time
- discretionary performance-based bonus
Responsibilities- Serve as embedded legal partner to ADEF and collaborate with expert counsel
- Develop deep understanding of ADI technologies, customers, regulatory environment, and defense/space/secure communications markets
- Provide pragmatic legal advice balancing speed and risk in regulated environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and counsel to resolve issues efficiently
- Guide customers and internal stakeholders on contract and legal matters from customer perspective
- Lead and support negotiations for complex commercial agreements (long-term supply and development agreements; government-adjacent/defense contracts)
- Advise on U.S. government contracting and flow-down issues in coordination with SMEs
- Support expansion outside the U.S. with regional legal teams and outside counsel
- Issue-spot and advise on FAR/DFARS, export controls, trade compliance, sanctions, data handling, and security
- Ensure activities align with ADI policies and risk frameworks
- Support contract disputes and responses to government letters; manage issues to minimize disruption
- Contribute to LRO governance, playbooks, and collaborative initiatives
Key requirements- Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school and active license in at least one US jurisdiction
- Minimum 7 years of relevant U.S. federal government contracting experience (law firm, in-house, or government)
- Experience with FAR, DFARS, and government contracting practices for technology supplying to aerospace/defense
- Experience supporting government contracts through lifecycle (proposal to closeout)
- Experience with international/cross-border matters and coordinating with regional legal teams
- Ability to advise in executive discussions with solid business judgment
- Excellent written and verbal communication; credible presence and judgment
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
- excellent communication
- strong judgment
- executive presence
- FAR
- DFARS
- export controls
