About Sandia:

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like:

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Patent Attorney for its Intellectual Property Law Center at its Albuquerque location. This is an in-person position, and the selected candidate must live in Albuquerque or the surrounding area. The attorney will draft and prosecute patent applications, manage a patent docket, and provide legal advice and assistance in all matters involving or relating to intellectual property issues, policies, and procedures. The position offers the opportunity to branch out beyond solely performing patent drafting and prosecution work. Our attorneys counsel on technology transfer activities ranging from non-disclosure agreements, cooperative research and development agreements, user facilities agreements, license agreements and negotiations as well as software licensing, copyright, litigation, and trademark registration.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Prepare and prosecute Sandia patent applications.
• Manage a patent docket.
• Provide legal advice and assistance in all matters involving or relating to intellectual property issues, policies, and procedures.
• Counsel on technology transfer activities ranging from non-disclosure agreements, cooperative research and development agreements, user facilities.
• Prepare and negotiate patent and software licenses in conjunction with our technology transfer organization.
• Counsel on litigation matters.
• Routinely advise management and staff while engaging at all levels of the company.
• Interact with corporate counsel, DOE/NNSA counsel, and outside counsel.
• Advise management on complex projects and intellectual property legal matters to anticipate, identify, and protect the corporation against legal liability.

Onsite workDue to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Qualifications We Require:

• A U.S. law degree from an ABA accredited law school, admission to practice in at least one U.S. state and current registration with the USPTO is required.
• Excellent academic qualifications with at least four (4) years of law firm and/or in-house experience in patent drafting/prosecution and technology transfer transactional work and master’s degree or PhD in electrical engineering, computer science/engineering, physics, systems engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, component engineering areas or a relevant science or engineering discipline OR at least seven (7) years of law firm and/or in-house experience in patent drafting/prosecution and technology transactional work and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science/engineering, physics, systems engineering, materials science, chemical engineering, component engineering areas or a relevant science or engineering discipline.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills are needed.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire:

• Experience in software and copyright licensing.
• Strong project and client management skills.
• Proven track record of success in the patent field.

About Our Team:

The Intellectual Property Law Center provides legal counsel and advice, protects IP, mitigates risk, and works to enable corporate IP strategies.

Posting Duration:

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance:

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs:

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Job ID: 693182