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Zipline

Robot type
Drone
Location
South San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Legal
Posted
Jul 21, 2026
Salary
$200,000–$240,000 a year
Full-time

Lead Counsel, IP

Job description

Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who…

Job responsibilities

  • Set and execute the strategic direction and management of our global IP portfolio while managing outside counsel as strategically appropriate.
  • Own the strategy that will determine where Zipline invests in patents by becoming an expert on the patent landscape, ultimately accelerating Zipline’s lead in autonomous scaled flight.
  • Be hands on where it counts, whether it is the details of a claimset, holding external counsel to incredibly high standards for drafting, or going deep to understand how a part of our system works to arrive at the…
  • Work closely with our product and engineering teams, including training them on patentability and regularly meeting to understand what IP Zipline is developing on all fronts.
  • Create scalable processes internally and externally with outside counsel to build, maintain and protect our IP portfolio.
  • Provide direct client counseling on IP issues arising from product development.
  • Develop and maintain internal IP policies and programs.
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