Government Contracts Attorney

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🎸 Tennessee – Remote

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

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🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Whisper Aero

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11 - 50 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

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Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

Whisper Aero is a pioneering technology company revolutionizing electric propulsion systems with a focus on ultra-quiet and efficient operation. By fundamentally rethinking how electricity is converted into thrust, Whisper Aero aims to reduce noise and environmental impact across various sectors, including aviation, defense, and commercial applications. Their innovative electric engines promise significant improvements in efficiency and noise reduction, positioning the company at the forefront of the electric jet age while supporting local manufacturing initiatives in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Advise executive leadership, business development, engineering, finance, and program teams on federal contracting opportunities, risks, obligations, and negotiation strategy • Evaluate proposed government opportunities and advise whether and how to pursue them • Draft, review, and negotiate prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, NDAs, supplier agreements, and related government-contracting documents • Advise on contract formation, administration, modifications, amendments, extensions, and closeout • Negotiate with government agencies, prime contractors, subcontractors, and strategic partners • Advise on contract risk allocation, commercial terms, data rights, liability, and compliance obligations • Provide practical guidance on FAR, DFARS, SBIR, and STTR requirements, including DoD contracting and marking requirements • Interpret government contract clauses, identify FAR/DFARS flowdowns, and monitor regulatory changes • Coordinate with IP counsel and technical teams on government data rights, technical data, software, proprietary information, and restrictive markings • Conduct government contract portfolio audits and maintain centralized contractual-obligation tracking • Develop contract-obligation, compliance, and flowdown matrices • Partner with engineering, program management, finance, security, and operations teams to ensure compliance • Establish scalable contract-administration and compliance processes • Identify compliance issues and develop mitigation strategies with leadership • Advise on OTA agreements and alternative or emerging government contracting structures • Build a scalable government-contracts framework, standardized agreement templates, flowdown processes, and SBIR/STTR data-rights practices

🎯 Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school • Active bar membership • 5+ years of government contracts 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 • Strongly preferred: experience negotiating and structuring OTA agreements • Strongly preferred: experience with government data rights and technical-data/software marking requirements • Strongly preferred: experience with both prime and subcontractor relationships • Strongly preferred: experience developing FAR/DFARS flowdown and compliance matrices • Strongly preferred: experience with SBIR/STTR Phase III contracting • Strongly preferred: experience working in a hardware or deeptech startup environment • Strongly preferred: passion for aviation • Must be able to work collaboratively with executives, engineers, program managers, finance, and business development • Must be able to make sound recommendations in ambiguous situations and proactively identify contractual and compliance issues • Must participate in employment authorization verification through Form I-9 and E-Verify processes

🏖️ Benefits

• Employee-first comprehensive benefits package with minimum 90% employer-paid plans for employees and dependents • Optional HSA/FSA account offerings • Starting at four weeks of paid time off for vacation, sick, and personal days • Value-based compensation • Tennessee’s no-income-tax life • End-of-year bonuses for eligible employees • Beverages and snacks available throughout the day • Paid team meals based on office demands • 401(k) • Relocation assistance • Professional development stipend