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Applied Materials Sr Business IP Transactions Counsel 
United States, California 
950100650

10.11.2025

What We Offer

Salary:

$206,000.00 - $283,500.00

Location:

Santa Clara,CA


:

  • Providing business and legal advice to business stakeholders.

  • Reviewing, drafting and negotiating broad range of IP, commercial, and complex transactions, including joint development and university research agreements, to achieve desired business objectives.

  • Counseling business/sales team and other stakeholders regarding contract provisions and implications and assessing and mitigating legal/business risks (e.g., indemnifications, liability, etc.).

  • Partnering effectively with other groups in the Law and Compliance Organization to deliver effective and comprehensive legal support to business stakeholders.

  • Actively participating in process and technology projects designed to improve service and efficiency within the Law and Compliance Organization.

Basic Qualifications

  • Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited and recognized law school.

  • 10+ years of legal experience with a focus on IP, commercial, and complex transactions.

  • Deep understanding of contract terms relating to creation and allocation of technology and IP rights.

  • Excellent negotiation skills including first-hand experience leading negotiations.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills necessary to support a global business.

  • Ability to spot compliance and regulatory implications of new businesses.

  • Ability to work collaboratively across organizational boundaries and with a diverse group of colleagues in multiple countries.

  • Ability to travel occasionally.

  • Licensed to practice law in California.

Preferred Qualifications, Skills and Attributes:

  • Work experience in both law firm and in-house corporate legal departments.

  • Degree in engineering or hard sciences, and/or experience in the engineering or semiconductor industry.

  • Experience with intellectual property litigation, invalidity proceedings, and settlements.

  • Experience with contract lifecycle management systems.

  • Interest in technology and AI implementation and adoption in the workplace.

  • Understand how to translate business needs into contract language and creatively resolve business issues.

  • Passionate, proactive, highly motivated self-starter.

  • Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to create specific action plans based on general guidance and deliver results.

  • Ability to see the big picture and identify and design-out problems from the outset; continuous improvement mindset.

Full time

Assignee / Regular