IPJobsGlobal - vacanciesIP

#vacancy #US #intellectualproperty Vacancy: Head of IP at 1X Qualifications and skills: • Demonstrated track record of building and managing patent portfolios in hardware, robotics, AI, or another deep-tech domain (typically 10+ years in intellectual property, in-house or at a top firm) • Hands-on patent expertise - drafting, prosecution strategy, and portfolio management - for complex technical inventions • Proven ability to run patent landscaping, freedom-to-operate analysis, and competitive assessments to inform offensive and defensive decisions • Experience setting trade secret protection strategy alongside patents in a technical organization • A technical degree (engineering, computer science, or a related field) with a working understanding of robotics, AI, mechatronics, or comparable systems • Experience partnering directly with engineering and product teams to capture inventions at the source • Experience with intellectual property in humanoid robotics, autonomous systems, or embodied AI • Registered to practice before the USPTO (patent bar), as a patent agent or patent attorney • Familiarity with trademark, brand, copyright, and open-source compliance strategy • Experience building an inventor disclosure and incentive program • Experience managing international filing strategy (PCT and priority markets) Responsibilities: • Own and execute a company-wide patent roadmap that prioritizes 1X's most defensible and commercially critical inventions across robotics, AI, and hardware • Drive invention capture by embedding directly with engineering, AI, and hardware teams to surface patentable technology early and convert it into high-quality filed patents • Build a portfolio that protects 1X's freedom to operate and creates leverage against competitors, measured by filing velocity, grant rate, and coverage of our core technology • Identify and recommend strategic patents to acquire - both offensively and defensively - through landscape and competitive analysis, and lead diligence on those acquisitions • Establish a trade secret protection program and decide, invention by invention, what 1X protects through patents versus trade secrets • Stand up the function hands-on, then build and grow the team as company and product milestones warrant - not on a fixed timeline