-House Counsel

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology revolutionizing performance expectations ease of use and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models compilers platforms networking and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration curiosity and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

Tenstorrent is hiring a Senior In-House Counsel to own key legal functions and serve as a hands-on partner to teams across the this role you will take end-to-end ownership of the areas you supportguiding teams through the entire contract lifecycle from intake and drafting through negotiation execution and ongoing managementwhile minimizing legal and compliance risk and serving as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders external partners and vendors.

We seek someone who is adaptable hands-on and comfortable pivoting in a fast-paced startup environment. You will independently own competing priorities across commercial contracting data privacy and security compliance and broader business matters building the processes and playbooks that help the business move quickly and confidently.

This role is hybrid or remote and can be based out of Santa Clara CA Boston MA Toronto ON or Austin TX.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level and offers will align with that level which may differ from the one in this posting.

Who You Are

• A practical solutions-oriented advisor. You balance business priorities with thoughtful risk management and can tell a real risk from a theoretical one which is what lets you lead end-to-end negotiations on high-value strategic transactions and close impactful deals without leaving the company exposed.
• A commercial contracting generalist. You move comfortably across MSAs SOWs software and technology licenses SaaS and cloud services agreements NDAs data processing and AI addenda marketing arrangements and vendor/supplier agreements and you manage them through the full lifecycle rather than handing them off at signature.
• A builder not just a reviewer. You create the templates playbooks fallback positions and CLM workflows that let Sales Channel and Supply Chain scale without a legal bottleneck and you reach for AI tooling to make legal operations faster and better.
• An owner and a people-first communicator. You carry your work end to end manage competing priorities independently pivot quickly as a startups priorities shift and communicate with clarity and purpose across every team and level of the organization.
  
  

What We Need

• Qualifications. A JD and active state bar membership with 5 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department. Experience in a technology semiconductor hardware chip manufacturing or supplier environment is strongly preferred.
• General commercial contracting. Experience drafting structuring negotiating executing and managing complex commercial agreements across the full contract lifecycle (MSAs SOWs software and technology licenses SaaS and cloud services agreements NDAs data processing (DPA) and AI addenda hardware sales channel partner agreements marketing arrangements and vendor/supplier agreements) including the templates playbooks and fallback positions that let the business contract at scale.
• Supply chain & manufacturing. Experience drafting and negotiating supply chain and manufacturing agreements including foundry manufacturing procurement supply logistics and third-party logistics (3PL) agreements.
• Data privacy & security. Experience advising on global data protection privacy cybersecurity and cross-border data transfer issues: DPAs SCCs and transfer mechanisms security terms audit rights breach and incident notification and permitted data use under frameworks such as GDPR CCPA and APPI.
• Cross-functional partnership. Experience providing practical legal advice across functions (Leadership Engineering Product Sales Supply Chain Finance Security IT People and Operations) with exceptional negotiation and organizational skills.
  
  

What You Will Learn

• How to help architect the legal foundation for a company building the future of computing and scaling as a global open-hardware technology company.
• How to advise Leadership Engineering Product and other teams on novel legal compliance privacy and risk issues involving modern semiconductor and AI technology.
• How to draft and negotiate the complex agreements that enable commercial growth and strategic partnerships from strategic transactions and technology licenses to the hardware channel and manufacturing agreements unique to shipping silicon.
• How to design legal infrastructure that scales: templates playbooks and policies built for regional and global consistency and CLM workflows spanning intake template generation review and negotiation approval routing signature storage and post-execution obligation management.
• How to become a trusted legal advisor who gives teams the autonomy to move quickly and confidently.

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience skills education background and location all impact the actual offer made.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits and we are an equal opportunity employer.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology. Due to U.S. export laws including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1 E1 and E2). These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S. As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information systems or technologies subject to these laws the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency. If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws any offer of employment will be rescinded.