Product Counsel at Agility Robotics

You're a seasoned legal professional with 6-10+ years of experience, holding a JD and an active bar membership, looking to focus on cutting-edge privacy, data g

Work type: hybrid

Location: Hybrid- Fremont, CA

Salary: $198,000 – $258,000/yr

Type: Full-time

Summary

You're a seasoned legal professional with 6-10+ years of experience, holding a JD and an active bar membership, looking to focus on cutting-edge privacy, data governance, and responsible AI for robotics. **What makes it worth a look...** This full-time, hybrid role at Agility Robotics in Fremont, CA offers a competitive salary of $198,000 - $258,000 per year, with excellent benefits like 100% company-paid insurance and a 6% 401(k) match from day one. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have experience advising on privacy and data security for AI-powered products, particularly those deployed at customer sites. * Are adept at navigating global privacy regimes like GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and emerging regulations such as the EU AI Act. * Possess strong product counseling experience, including supporting 0→1 product launches. * Are familiar with AI transactions, licensing, and strategic partnerships.

Job Description

Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.

As Product Counsel, you will own privacy, data governance, and responsible AI legal strategy across the full lifecycle of our humanoid robotics systems from training data ingestion to real-world deployment feedback loops. You will work closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, Safety, Data Security, IT, Product, and GTM teams to embed privacy-by-design principles directly into our hardware, firmware, edge computing systems, and cloud architecture. This is a highly cross-functional, high-impact role for someone excited about solving novel privacy challenges raised by the real-world deployment of bleeding-edge autonomous robotic systems deployed in human spaces

Responsibilities:

### Privacy-by-Design & Product Counseling

• Advise on privacy and data security implications of robot sensor systems (vision, audio, depth sensing, spatial mapping, biometrics, telemetry).

• Partner with engineering teams to implement privacy-by-design and data minimization strategies both on--prem and in the cloud.

• Conduct and oversee DPIAs, OSS process, and AI risk assessments for new product features and deployments.

• Guide de-identification, anonymization, and synthetic data strategies.

• Advise on training data sourcing, licensing, and usage restrictions.

• Develop governance frameworks for model retraining, human-in-the-loop systems, and continuous learning architectures.

• Counsel on automated decision-making and profiling considerations.

• Create internal responsible AI policies and review processes.

• Lead compliance strategy under global privacy regimes (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other emerging regulations such as the EU AI, Data, and Data Governance Acts and the NIS2 Directive).

• Support international product launches with localized data handling frameworks.

• Advise on cross-border data transfers and data localization risks.

• Counsel on robotics deployment in workplaces and public-facing environments.

• Assess risks related to employee monitoring, bystander data capture, and surveillance laws.

### Security & Incident Response

• Partner with Security to develop defensible security and breach response frameworks.

• Support regulatory notifications and communications in the event of data incidents.

• Advise on vulnerability disclosure programs and coordinated response processes.

• Negotiate DPAs, data processing addenda, and vendor agreements.

• Assess third-party tools, cloud infrastructure providers, and data processors.

• Develop scalable privacy terms for customers and partners.

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution.

• Active and in good standing bar membership in at least one U.S. state or equivalent foreign jurisdiction, with the ability to obtain authorization to practice where required.

• 6–10+ years of post-qualification legal experience as a practicing attorney, including law firm, in-house, and/or government experience.

• Demonstrated experience advising on technology, internet, media, or AI-powered products and services delivered at a customer site.

• Strong product counseling experience, including support for advanced product teams and 0→1 product launches.

• Experience with AI transactions, including licensing, joint development, and strategic partnerships.

• Familiarity with advertising, privacy, data protection, consumer protection, competition, and intellectual property laws and regulations.

• Proven business judgment and ability to provide solution-oriented legal advice that facilitates business objectives.

• Ability to manage ambiguity, prioritize competing demands, and create structure in fast-moving environments.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including influencing executive-level partners.

• Commitment to team success, with a collaborative mindset and willingness to support colleagues as needed.

• High tolerance for pressure, strong crisis-management capabilities, and comfort working under tight deadlines.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Anticipated Base Salary Range
$198,000—$258,000 USD

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.

• Equity: Company stock options.

• Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.

• Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.

• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Time Off:

• Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.

• Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.

• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.

• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.

• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.

• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.

• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.

• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.

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