Senior Counsel, Government Contracts (Remote)

Infleqtion is a global quantum technology company building quantum computers sensors and networks for commercial industrial and national security applications. As a publicly traded company on the NYSE under ticker INFQ we operate at the intersection of advanced research disciplined engineering and market execution.

Built on deep scientific expertise we are now accelerating our commercial and public company capabilities to support disciplined growth at scale. Legal plays a central role in enabling that transition.

Infleqtion is seeking a Senior Counsel Government Contracts to report directly to the Chief Legal Officer and serve as a critical legal partner for government contracting working closely with business development program management engineering finance and operational leaders.

Approximately 70-80% of this role will focus on leading and supporting complex federal government research and development contracting. The remainder will involve broader legal and operational responsibilities within a lean high-impact legal team supporting a NYSE-listed company.

This role requires strong government-contracting judgment transactional discipline and the ability to operate effectively in a high-growth technically sophisticated environment where urgency and excellence must coexist.

Core Responsibilities:

Government Contracting

• Lead the negotiation interpretation and management of a broad range of government agreements including:

• Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) including prototype and follow-on production agreements
• Federal research and development contracts grants cooperative agreements and other assistance instruments
• Subcontracts subawards teaming agreements and collaboration agreements supporting government programs
• Proposal pre-award and post-award documents including solicitations modifications and statements of work
• Contract modifications claims disputes and compliance communications
• Advise business and program teams on FAR DFARS agency supplements and other applicable federal contracting requirements throughout the opportunity award and performance lifecycle.
• Identify and help manage legal and business risk involving intellectual property and data rights cost and pricing audit cybersecurity export control domestic sourcing labor payment and flow-down requirements.
• Lead internal coordination on significant government-contracting issues including proposal strategy approval pathways contract interpretation performance risks and customer communications.
• Partner with Export Control and technical stakeholders on national-security and export-control considerations including ITAR/EAR requirements as they intersect with government programs.
• Develop practical templates playbooks and training that enable business and program teams to move quickly while maintaining disciplined compliance.

Business Partnership & Operational Integration

• Partner with business development program management engineering and finance to shape bid and proposal strategy negotiate appropriate risk allocation and support successful program execution.

• Support internal governance for government contracting including approval frameworks documentation and escalation processes for high-risk or nonstandard terms.
• Provide targeted training to commercial technical and program teams on government-contracting requirements risk awareness and compliance fundamentals.
• Support cross-functional regulatory corporate and strategic matters as needed within a lean legal team.

• JD from an accredited law school with outstanding academic credentials.

• 8 years of relevant legal experience including substantial responsibility for federal government contracting; top-tier law firm in-house defense contractor or government-contracts practice experience strongly preferred.
• Significant experience negotiating and counseling on complex federal government contracts and related subcontracts subawards and teaming arrangements.
• Demonstrated expertise in FAR and DFARS; meaningful experience with OTAs is required.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or other federal research and development programs ideally as a prime contractor or with a major defense aerospace technology or research organization.
• Working knowledge of intellectual property and data-rights issues under government contracts including technical data and computer software rights as well as flow-down and compliance requirements.
• Strong executive communication skills and the ability to translate complex government-contracting risk into practical business-focused guidance. Familiarity with ITAR/EAR and related export-control issues is strongly preferred.

Cultural and Performance Expectations

• An ownership mindset with bias toward action.
• Ability to balance urgency with technical and legal excellence.
• Willingness to coach business teams and actively seek coaching and feedback in return.
• Comfort giving and receiving direct feedback.
• Discipline in documentation process development and follow-through.
• Intellectual curiosity about emerging technologies and regulated markets.
• Resilience in a resource-constrained fast-evolving environment.

This is a builder role for a government-contracting lawyer who wants to help shape the operating model of a scaling public technology company.

• Salary range: $180000 to $240000 per year
• 100% company-paid medical dental vision short/long-term disability
• Employer-funded Health Savings Account
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match
• Company-paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible Savings Account
• Paid FMLA Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Student Loan Repayment
• Equity Package

Equal Opportunity

Here you have freedom to embrace your whole self: who you love your gender identity and expression skin color age appearance disability neurodiversity DNA military/veteran status citizenship and other factors that make up who you are. Your uniqueness is valued welcomed and appreciated here. We are dedicated to providing a positive workplace and base all employment decisions on your qualifications performance merits as well as business needs. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Note

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations for quantum computing technology. Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.

Contact Information

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