Associate General Counsel, Robotics

Meta Careers; Redmond, Burlingame (WA, CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a talented product attorney to serve as Associate General Counsel supporting Meta Robotics Studio. The role is product-focused and will coordinate with engineering, ML, hardware, policy, and cross-functional partners to advise on global issues as robots are built.

Radically new work in robotics law requires someone who reasons from first principles, moves quickly with complex technical subjects, and can create forward-looking frameworks.

Qualifications

• JD or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution.
• Active bar license in at least one U.S. state.
• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney.
• Experience advising product and engineering teams directly

Responsibilities

• Advise on technology, internet, or media products and services.
• Develop frameworks for the robotics program and legal foundations.
• Collaborate with engineering, ML, policy, and other partners globally.
• Navigate ambiguity with first principles reasoning

Skills

Legal writing

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

AI governance

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Job description

Meta seeks a talented product attorney to serve as Associate General Counsel supporting Meta Robotics Studio. This role is product-focused and will involve close coordination with engineering, machine learning, hardware, policy, and other cross-functional partners to advise on a broad range of issues globally as we build robots.

Almost nothing about this work has been done before. Robotics law is largely unwritten, and the questions this role takes on will often have no precedent, no settled guidance, and no playbook to work from. We are looking for an attorney who finds that energizing rather than unsettling: someone who reasons from first principles, gets comfortable fast with hard technical subject matter, and can chart a path forward through ambiguity. You will build the frameworks rather than inherit them, and what you build becomes how the program operates. This is a multi-year commitment and a rare chance to own a program's legal foundation from the beginning.

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
• Active and in good standing bar license in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign bar license.
• Where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the location in which the role is based, the ability to promptly obtain permission to practice law for Meta in that location
• 8+ years of legal experience as a practicing attorney, including at a law firm, in-house, or in government
• Demonstrated ability to work in the face of ambiguity and to reason from first principles where precedent and settled guidance do not exist
• Demonstrated experience providing legal advice on technology, internet, or media products and services
• Effective communication, legal writing, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated business judgment, client counseling, and strategic thinking skills
• Proven track record of delivering results with large-scale, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience making decisions in the face of ambiguity and evolving priorities
• Track record of solving legal problems with no established answer, and of building the frameworks that made them repeatable
• 5+ years of in-house experience advising product and engineering teams directly
• Experience advising media, internet, or technology companies, preferably robotics, consumer electronics, wearables, automotive, or on-device AI
• Experience taking a physical product from prototype to volume manufacturing, including product safety and certification
• Experience advising on model development and training, dataset licensing and provenance, AI/ML governance, and emerging AI regulation
• Substantial privacy and data protection experience, including consent mechanisms and connected-device and sensor data
• Demonstrated legal and business judgment, technical acumen, and strategic thinking, along with experience working independently and cross-functionally
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)