Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Pacific Fusion in San Leandro, CA | USD200,000-250,000 | Kablio

Role

Description

patent portfolio

ip due diligence

contract management

legal playbooks

ai tools

trade secrets

Monitor and enforce company rights, including managing disputes, oppositions, or litigation, working with external counsel.
Develop and execute strategies to identify, protect, and enforce the company’s hard and soft IP assets.
Conduct IP due diligence for potential partners, vendors, and acquisitions.
Build and maintain a global patent portfolio aligned with our business and technology priorities.
Work with and direct counsel on preparation, filing, and prosecution.
Draft, review, and negotiate IP-related agreements, including NDAs, joint development agreements, licenses, and collaboration agreements.
Manage our contracts team and improve our day-to-day contracting processes, including negotiation of NDAs, purchase orders, and larger procurement agreements.
Stay current on IP laws, regulations, and trends relevant to advanced energy and high-tech industries.
Oversee and optimize our legal playbooks, training regime, and CLM and AI tools to support commercial procurements.
Partner with technical and business leadership, outside counsel, contract counterparties, potential investors, and key business partners.
Support and lead negotiation of FOAK commercial agreements, joint ventures, and government transactions.
Update our company’s trade secret management plan, and deploy policies & practices to efficiently protect our trade secrets and improve IP security.
Partner with our R&D and engineering teams to identify patentable innovations and draft invention disclosures.
Oversee external counsel and manage legal spend effectively.

Requirements

r&d experience

ip law

j.d.

bar admission

technical background

procurement

Substantial experience supporting R&D-heavy organizations (energy, aerospace, semiconductors, or advanced manufacturing a plus).
8+ years experience in intellectual property law, with a focus on patent portfolio development, IP transactions, and trade secret protection.
Strong business acumen and collaborative approach to working with technical and executive stakeholders.
Background in physics, engineering, sciences, or related technical fields.
J.D. degree and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
Excellent technical & communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into legal arguments or strategies.
Experience both in law firm and in-house environments.
Significant experience advising on or leading procurement negotiations.
Signs of thought-leadership w/in the field (e.g., law review articles, blogs).

Benefits

Equity plan
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
6% employer 401k matching
Industry-competitive salary
Generous paid time off (including sick leave, vacation, paid family leave)

Training + Development

Information not given or found

Interview process

Information not given or found

Visa Sponsorship

Information not given or found

Security clearance

Information not given or found

Company

Overview

$900M

Series A Investment

The company secured over $900 million in Series A funding led by top-tier investors.

135k ft²

Facility Size

Construction is underway in a 135,000-square-foot facility in San Leandro.

150 Modules

Fusion Target

They aim to use 150 modular units to achieve net facility gain by 2030.

Led by founders from NASA, DOE labs, and genomics—Eric Lander (co‑founder/CEO) and Keith LeChien (CTO) steer the technical vision.
They’re pioneering pulsed magnetic inertial fusion: stacking modular ‘bricks’ in Marx generators to drive fuel capsules to fusion.
Built in a 135k ft² San Leandro facility, the team of ~60 engineers and scientists is constructing full-scale pulser modules.
Collaborations with General Atomics and US national labs accelerate scaling and prototype testing.
Their demonstration system in Livermore targets research-grade operations ahead of commercial rollouts.
By focusing on mass‑manufacturable modules and affordable supply chains, they aim to bring fusion to market within a decade.

Culture + Values

Talented, humble builders
United by a shared sense of urgency — to meet rapidly growing global energy demand while addressing climate change
Shared sense of responsibility — to each other, to our investors, to our country, and to our planet
Committed to collaborating with the broader scientific community… regularly share and publish our research… committed to partnering with communities, regulators, policymakers, suppliers, industry peers, and customers

Environment + Sustainability

$900M+ Funded

Series A Financing

Raised $900 million in Series A funding tied to technical milestones for advancing clean energy solutions.

>100 MJ Output

Fusion Energy Yield

Collaborating with partners to achieve high-yield fusion energy output in inherently safe, carbon-free systems.

2030 Target

Net Facility Gain

Technology aims to achieve net facility gain by 2030, producing more fusion energy output than stored energy input.

Mission: power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy
Building pulsed magnetic inertial fusion system using widely available materials and mass‑manufacturable modular units ('bricks' and 'modules') to support scalable clean power
Collaborating with National Lab partners (General Atomics, LLNL) to drive advances toward high‑yield fusion in inherently safe, carbon‑free systems

Inclusion & Diversity

No publicly available DEI strategy or gender-related statistics found on website or LinkedIn profiles

Articles

Careers at Pacific Fusion

Pacific Fusion LinkedIn

Pacific Fusion Crunchbase Profile

Role

Description

patent portfolio

ip due diligence

contract management

legal playbooks

ai tools

trade secrets

Monitor and enforce company rights, including managing disputes, oppositions, or litigation, working with external counsel.
Develop and execute strategies to identify, protect, and enforce the company’s hard and soft IP assets.
Conduct IP due diligence for potential partners, vendors, and acquisitions.
Build and maintain a global patent portfolio aligned with our business and technology priorities.
Work with and direct counsel on preparation, filing, and prosecution.
Draft, review, and negotiate IP-related agreements, including NDAs, joint development agreements, licenses, and collaboration agreements.
Manage our contracts team and improve our day-to-day contracting processes, including negotiation of NDAs, purchase orders, and larger procurement agreements.
Stay current on IP laws, regulations, and trends relevant to advanced energy and high-tech industries.
Oversee and optimize our legal playbooks, training regime, and CLM and AI tools to support commercial procurements.
Partner with technical and business leadership, outside counsel, contract counterparties, potential investors, and key business partners.
Support and lead negotiation of FOAK commercial agreements, joint ventures, and government transactions.
Update our company’s trade secret management plan, and deploy policies & practices to efficiently protect our trade secrets and improve IP security.
Partner with our R&D and engineering teams to identify patentable innovations and draft invention disclosures.
Oversee external counsel and manage legal spend effectively.

Requirements

r&d experience

ip law

j.d.

bar admission

technical background

procurement

Substantial experience supporting R&D-heavy organizations (energy, aerospace, semiconductors, or advanced manufacturing a plus).
8+ years experience in intellectual property law, with a focus on patent portfolio development, IP transactions, and trade secret protection.
Strong business acumen and collaborative approach to working with technical and executive stakeholders.
Background in physics, engineering, sciences, or related technical fields.
J.D. degree and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
Excellent technical & communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into legal arguments or strategies.
Experience both in law firm and in-house environments.
Significant experience advising on or leading procurement negotiations.
Signs of thought-leadership w/in the field (e.g., law review articles, blogs).

Benefits

Equity plan
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
6% employer 401k matching
Industry-competitive salary
Generous paid time off (including sick leave, vacation, paid family leave)

Training + Development

Information not given or found

Interview process

Information not given or found

Visa Sponsorship

Information not given or found

Security clearance

Information not given or found

Company

Overview

$900M

Series A Investment

The company secured over $900 million in Series A funding led by top-tier investors.

135k ft²

Facility Size

Construction is underway in a 135,000-square-foot facility in San Leandro.

150 Modules

Fusion Target

They aim to use 150 modular units to achieve net facility gain by 2030.

Led by founders from NASA, DOE labs, and genomics—Eric Lander (co‑founder/CEO) and Keith LeChien (CTO) steer the technical vision.
They’re pioneering pulsed magnetic inertial fusion: stacking modular ‘bricks’ in Marx generators to drive fuel capsules to fusion.
Built in a 135k ft² San Leandro facility, the team of ~60 engineers and scientists is constructing full-scale pulser modules.
Collaborations with General Atomics and US national labs accelerate scaling and prototype testing.
Their demonstration system in Livermore targets research-grade operations ahead of commercial rollouts.
By focusing on mass‑manufacturable modules and affordable supply chains, they aim to bring fusion to market within a decade.

Culture + Values

Talented, humble builders
United by a shared sense of urgency — to meet rapidly growing global energy demand while addressing climate change
Shared sense of responsibility — to each other, to our investors, to our country, and to our planet
Committed to collaborating with the broader scientific community… regularly share and publish our research… committed to partnering with communities, regulators, policymakers, suppliers, industry peers, and customers

Environment + Sustainability

$900M+ Funded

Series A Financing

Raised $900 million in Series A funding tied to technical milestones for advancing clean energy solutions.

>100 MJ Output

Fusion Energy Yield

Collaborating with partners to achieve high-yield fusion energy output in inherently safe, carbon-free systems.

2030 Target

Net Facility Gain

Technology aims to achieve net facility gain by 2030, producing more fusion energy output than stored energy input.

Mission: power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy
Building pulsed magnetic inertial fusion system using widely available materials and mass‑manufacturable modular units ('bricks' and 'modules') to support scalable clean power
Collaborating with National Lab partners (General Atomics, LLNL) to drive advances toward high‑yield fusion in inherently safe, carbon‑free systems

Inclusion & Diversity

No publicly available DEI strategy or gender-related statistics found on website or LinkedIn profiles

Articles

Careers at Pacific Fusion

Pacific Fusion LinkedIn

Pacific Fusion Crunchbase Profile