Product Counsel

Intrinsic; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 252,800 - 323,900; Full time

Job summary

Intrinsic is seeking a Product Counsel to lead legal strategy for our product development, guiding cross-functional teams—product managers, engineers, and designers—through new features, risk review, and compliance pathways. This role requires providing clear, practical legal guidance while supporting fast-paced progress toward our mission in AI and robotics.

The successful candidate will collaborate with policy, regulatory, and compliance teams, mentor junior lawyers, and help shape the

Qualifications

• JD degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum of 7 years of attorney-level experience in private practice and in-house.
• Counseling experience in product, IP, commercial, competition and privacy law.
• Experience working across legal, policy, regulatory, and compliance teams.
• Admitted to the CA bar and in good standing or authorized to practice law in California.

Responsibilities

• Advise R&D, engineering and product teams on legal and policy considerations for responsible development of robotics systems.
• Collaborate with legal, policy, regulatory, and compliance teams on strategic responses to emerging laws and regulations.
• Communicate clearly with senior management on legal considerations for high-priority efforts.
• Develop and improve ways of using AI tools to augment work individually and as a team.

Skills

Policy collaboration

Cross-functional counsel

Executive communication

Mentoring juniors

AI/Robotics experience

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Intrinsic is an AI robotics group at Google aiming to reimagine the potential of industrial robotics. Our team believes that advances in AI, perception and simulation will redefine what’s possible for industrial robotics in the near future – with software and data at the core.

Our mission is to make industrial robotics intelligent, accessible, and usable for millions more businesses, entrepreneurs, and developers. We are a dynamic team of engineers, roboticists, designers, and technologists who are passionate about unlocking the creative and economic potential of industrial robotics.

Role

The legal team provides proactive and strategic legal counseling to accelerate our business, ensure smooth operations, and enable fast-paced progress toward our mission. As Product Counsel, you will lead legal strategy for our product development. You will guide cross-functional teams through the entire lifecycle of our products—collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and designers to review new features, evaluate risks, and build compliance pathways. This role requires a balance between offering clear, practical legal guidance and supporting the steady progress of our business goals.

How your work moves the mission forward

• Advise Intrinsic’s R&D, engineering and product teams on a broad range of legal and policy considerations for the responsible development and deployment of intelligent robotics systems.
• Collaborate with legal, policy, regulatory, and compliance teams on strategic responses and readiness for emerging laws, regulations, and policies.
• Communicate clearly with senior management on legal and related considerations for high-priority efforts.
• Develop and improve ways of using AI tools to augment work individually and as a team.

Skills you will need to be successful

• JD degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum of 7 years of attorney-level experience in private practice and in-house.
• Counseling experience in product, IP, commercial, competition and privacy law.
• Experience working across legal, policy, regulatory, and compliance teams.
• Admitted to the CA bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in California.

Skills that will differentiate your candidacy

• Experience working inside a technology company advising on emerging technology.
• Experience advising senior executives and leadership teams on legal and business risks.
• Experience mentoring and guiding junior legal team members.
• Experience working with robots, software, open source and AI.

The base salary for this full-time position is between $252,800 - $323,9000 (USD) + 25% bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter will share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

At Intrinsic, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment at Intrinsic is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Intrinsic does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), or any other basis protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. It is Intrinsic’s policy to comply with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.

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