General/Corporate Counsel

MatX is hiring an attorney to be our go-to legal partner. You’ll work directly with leadership to handle contracts, manage risk, and build the legal infrastructure we need as we scale. The role involves liaising with outside counsel, owning vendor management, and providing practical legal guidance across governance, IP, employment, and regulatory matters. This is not a specialist role – breadth and business judgement are what MatX needs most. The role will develop strong and collaborative working relationships with internal Finance, HR, and Talent partners. The ideal candidate balances protecting the company with maintaining an employee‑friendly, commercially practical approach – collaborating and finding ways to work within the rules rather than simply wielding the hammer.

What You’ll Do Here

• Draft, prepare, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including customer contracts, vendor deals, NDAs, and partnerships.
• Advise leadership on corporate governance, employment law, privacy, and regulatory compliance to achieve business objectives while protecting MatX’s confidential information and intellectual property rights.
• Provide strategic and transaction support and partnership to management and operations in support of the company vision and other objectives.
• Contribute to and assist in developing and delivering training, communications, playbooks, contract templates, and processes and procedures for providing effective and efficient legal support.
• Provide timely and effective legal advice on a wide variety of corporate and commercial legal issues, including but not limited to commercial law, intellectual property, data security, data privacy, antitrust law, ethics and compliance, environmental, health and safety, and product safety.
• Support fundraising and diligence, and other high‑stakes moments as they come up.
• Monitor and communicate legal developments and follow up or elevate as applicable to ensure the business has processes to comply.
• Serve the business and our employees, and possess the nuance to understand that these are not mutually exclusive.

Who You Are

• JD from an accredited law school, active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction, and 10+ years of legal experience.
• Background as a general counsel.
• Strong commercial contracts and corporate governance experience.
• Clear communicator who can translate legal complexity into plain language.
• Self‑directed and comfortable managing competing priorities independently.
• Experience advising early‑to‑mid‑stage startups is a plus, but not required.
• This is a hybrid role that will require you to work from our Mountain View, CA office 3 days a week, on Tuesday through Thursday.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Background or experience in the semiconductor equipment and/or semiconductor industry is a plus.
• A technical or engineering background is a plus.

Compensation

The US base salary for this full‑time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job‑related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation.

• 10 years of experience – $200,000 – $350,000 + equity.
• 10+ years experience – $390,000 – $400,000 + equity.

What We Offer

• A Stake in our success : a cash/equity mix that fits your needs and option to do early exercise.
• Health & Wellness : company‑subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; pre‑tax Health Savings Accounts with generous company contribution (even if you don’t).
• Time To Recharge : 4 weeks paid time off (accrued), 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year.
• Support to Parents : up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of your path to parenthood.
• Learning & Development : $1,500 yearly toward your professional development (conferences, courses, and other learning opportunities).
• Team Connection : team lunches, quarterly off‑sites, and regular town halls.
• Financial Wellbeing : 401K and/or Roth IRA, with 5% company contribution, even if you don’t.
• Flexible Spending Accounts : pre‑tax spend accounts for medical, dental/vision, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses.
• Commute On Us : for those commuting up to 1 hour, put your rideshare cost on our company card and reclaim the drive‑time to get work done.
• MatX E[x]tras : $50 per month to use on the perks you care about most.
• Remote Perks : we work remotely Monday & Friday, supported by home‑tech setup, and remote wifi expense reimbursement.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays‑Thursdays.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.

MatX does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third‑party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People team and any resumes submitted are deemed to be the property of MatX.