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OKSI

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1991

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $206.5k Grant - Opto-Knowledge Systems on 2024-01

Defense • Aerospace • Artificial Intelligence

OKSI is a defense- and aerospace-focused sensor and autonomy company that develops electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) seekers, precision guidance systems, GPS-denied navigation (e. g. , OMNInav), and machine-learning-enhanced hardware and software. For 35+ years the company has produced advanced computer-vision and AI/ML solutions, modeling & simulation tools, and unique sensor packages for high-speed events, hypersonics, combustion diagnostics, space and earth observation, and environmental sensing. OKSI primarily serves government and defense customers, holding 450+ government contracts and delivering capabilities for autonomy, precision guidance, and environmental monitoring.

📋 Description

• Draft, review, revise, and negotiate customer, vendor, and supplier agreements, services and consulting agreements, teaming agreements, subcontracts, licensing agreements, SOWs, and amendments • Serve as primary point of contact for NDAs/MNDAs and manage matters from intake through signature using approved forms and fallback positions • Manage assigned legal matters from intake through execution • Maintain and improve templates, fallback language, and playbooks • Provide day-to-day legal support on routine corporate governance, employment questions, IP and data rights, data privacy, vendor disputes, internal policy, and proposal review • Identify terms outside OKSI's standard positions and escalate novel, high-value, or high-risk matters to the fractional General Counsel with a recommended position • Review routine government subcontract terms and flowdowns, flagging issues involving FAR/DFARS, SBIR/STTR, technical data/software rights, IP ownership, export controls, CUI, or cybersecurity for coordination with the compliance and contracts team • Work closely with the Contracts Administrator and teams across compliance, program management, procurement, finance, HR, engineering, and BD

🎯 Requirements

• Meaningful hands-on experience drafting, revising, and negotiating commercial agreements, including working directly in counterparty paper • Strong contract drafting, legal research, analytical, and issue-spotting skills • Pragmatic, business-oriented judgment and ability to explain legal risk in plain English • Ability to manage a high volume of agreements and competing priorities with independence • Strong attention to detail and sound judgment on when to decide, ask, or escalate • Typically 3–7 years of relevant legal experience, in-house or law firm, with hands-on contracts/commercial transaction work • Preferred: J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction • Attorneys not admitted in California must be eligible and willing to register as California Registered In-House Counsel • In-house experience, particularly at a small/mid-size, growth-stage, or engineering-driven company, preferred • Experience with federal government contracts, FAR/DFARS, or the defense industry preferred • Familiarity with IP and data rights, SBIR/STTR, CUI, cybersecurity, or export-related terms preferred • Experience with contract lifecycle management, e-signature, or legal ops tools preferred • Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a U.S. Department of Defense Secret security clearance • Must be able to access classified information • Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements: U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage fully paid by the employer for employees • Three weeks of vacation to start • Automatic company contribution to 401K – 5% of earned wages (no matching required) • Educational assistance • Professional development opportunities