Meta(Meta Platforms)岗位:Associate General Counsel, Product (Reality Labs Research) About the Team
Reality Labs Researchpursues the fundamental technology breakthroughs required to enable Meta's long-term hardware, AI, and robotics ambitions, across research pillars spanning sensing, human-computer interface, display, audio, materials science, robotics, and machine perception.
Its research feeds into future product development, requiring close coordination with Meta's AI wearables, robotics, and XR product organizations.
You will join a small legal team supporting Research.
Associate General Counsel, Product (Reality Labs Research) Responsibilities
Serve as the primary legal partner to one or more research pillars, advising research leadership and technical teams directly on legal and regulatory risk across a broad set of technologies
Advise on privacy and regulatory compliance for large-scale research data collection programs, including the data flows supporting all-day contextualized AI and robotics
Structure, negotiate, and close research and development agreements with commercial and academic partners, including collaboration, data, and technology arrangements
Provide intellectual property counseling in support of early-stage research across novel hardware and software technologies
Advise on prototype and research hardware requirements, working with cross-functional stakeholders on issues such as product safety, regulatory approvals, and global trade and export compliance
Partner with wearables and robotics product teams to align research programs with downstream product and regulatory requirements, and position research outputs for handoff to the product organization
Coordinate across research pillars to identify recurring and emerging legal issues early, and develop scalable guidance, frameworks, and processes
Collaborate with colleagues across Legal, Privacy, Public Policy, Partnerships, Regulatory, and Compliance, and manage outside counsel where specialist support is required
Apply AI tools to drive efficiency in legal support of research team initiatives
Minimum Qualifications
Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
Active bar license in good standing in at least one U.S. state, or equivalent foreign bar license.
Where the jurisdiction of licensure differs from the role's location, 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
Experience providing product, program, or technology counseling on privacy and data protection matters, including global privacy laws and regulatory frameworks
Experience advising on legal and regulatory issues relating to new and emerging technologies where legal frameworks are unsettled
Experience drafting and negotiating technology transactions, such as research collaboration, data, licensing, or joint development agreements
Experience managing legal risk across multiple jurisdictions
Experience advising research or engineering stakeholders directly
Effective communication, legal writing, and client counseling skills, with demonstrated business judgment and a track record of delivering results on large-scale, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting a research or advanced development organization, including work with scientists, engineers, or academic collaborators
Experience with research data collection programs involving physiological, sensor, audio, video, or location data
Experience advising on hardware products or prototypes, including product safety, regulatory approval, or global trade and export compliance
Experience providing intellectual property counseling, including invention capture, publication or open-source release review, or IP positioning for early-stage technology
Experience advising on AI-related laws, regulations, and industry guidelines, including as applied to wearable or sensing technologies
Experience with academic or sponsored research agreements
Experience advising on robotics, computer vision, or spatial computing technologies
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into legal workflows to drive measurable impact, including responsible and ethical AI practices
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