Head of Intellectual Property
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA
CHECKED 15H AGO
Roboticsonsitesenior$270k–$330k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build 1X’s IP strategy from zero to protect flagship home robot NEO.
- Turn robotics and embodied AI breakthroughs into defensible patent portfolio.
- Embed with engineering teams to capture inventions and drive filings.
What they offer
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Ideal candidate
A builder-operator IP leader who thrives in ambiguity and loves sitting with engineers. You care about turning deep-tech breakthroughs into lasting competitive moats for home humanoids.
Requirements
- Demonstrated track record of building and managing patent portfolios in hardware, robotics, AI, or another deep-tech domain (typically 10+ years in IP)
- Hands-on patent expertise in drafting, prosecution strategy, and portfolio management for complex technical inventions
- Experience partnering directly with engineering and product teams to capture inventions at the source
Lab profile
About 1X Technologies
Building safe humanoid robots for home chores backed by embodied AI research.
What they build
- Humanoid robots for home use
- Foundation models for embodied intelligence
Known for
- Safe humanoid hardware design
- Embodied AI and robot learning
- World model pretraining
- Physics simulation and dynamics
Key facts
- Founded in 2014