What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Intern position at Velodyne?
Velodyne Lidar is an industry leader building smart lidar solutions for autonomy and driver assistance. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Velodyne is known worldwide for its portfolio of breakthrough lidar sensor technologies. Our lidar technology has revolutionized perception and autonomy for automotive, new mobility, mapping, robotics, and security applications.
Velodyne Lidar is looking for an Intern to work in the Velodyne legal department based in Silicon Valley which is responsible for strategic legal matters including procurement and sourcing, R&D and joint development projects, clinical and regulatory matters, technology licensing, M&A, and provides legal counselling to technical and business teams and executives across the company and across Velodyne’s product lines.
Job Responsibilities: In this role you will:
- Assist with contract drafting and negotiations and ensure agreements are consistent with business objectives and legal guidelines
- Assist the legal team with projects including legal research, drafting legal memoranda, developing best practices and guidance documents, creating legal policies and counseling various business groups
- Participate in cross-functional team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
- Assist with upgrade of contracts management for approval and electronic record purposes
- Assist with other duties, as may be assigned
Job Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree
- Current law student who has completed at least one semester of law school
- Excellent grammar and proofreading skills
- Detail oriented, provide high quality work product in a timely manner
- Excellent communication skills, a confident team player and the ability to develop relationships and networks at all levels
- Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight timelines and demanding clients
- Demonstrated ability to handle a high volume of activity involving multiple projects simultaneously
- Efficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
- To be highly motivated with demonstrated initiative, agility, and integrity
Velodyne is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age or other legally protected status.
Note to all recruitment agencies: Velodyne Lidar does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our career page or any Velodyne employees. Velodyne is not responsible for any fees related to any unsolicited resumes.