Senior Patent Strategist – AI & Engineering

WD; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

WD is seeking a Patent Development Team member in San Jose, CA or Irvine, CA for a full-time hybrid role reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, Patents.

You will conduct patent landscape analyses, assess portfolios, and support litigation, licensing, and M&A by applying technical and patent expertise and AI-based analysis tools.

Qualifications include 8+ years of technical and legal experience, a relevant bachelor's, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of relevant technical and legal work experience.
• Experience with patent process including prosecution and landscape analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication across technical and legal contexts.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patent landscape analyses responsive to client and business needs.
• Assess the Company’s patent portfolio against technical developments and industry landscape to assist with maintenance/annuity fee review, high-value asset identification, and determination of new patent filing strategies.
• Assess third party patents and portfolios to support litigation, licensing and M&A activities.
• Assist the invention review process by assessing invention disclosures and gathering the necessary technical expert input.
• Use AI-based patent analysis tools to support search, analysis, and portfolio evaluation work.
• Collaborate with patent attorneys and engineering teams to evaluate inventions and support the Company’s patent strategy.
• Prepare clear written analyses and communicate findings effectively to legal, technical, and business stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in legal patent work

Patent prosecution knowledge

AI patent analysis tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/physics/materials science

Tools

AI patent analysis tools

Job description

WD is seeking a Patent Development Team member in San Jose, CA or Irvine, CA for a full-time hybrid role reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, Patents.

You will conduct patent landscape analyses, assess portfolios, and support litigation, licensing, and M&A by applying technical and patent expertise and AI-based analysis tools.

Qualifications include 8+ years of technical and legal experience, a relevant bachelor's, and strong communication.