IP/Patent Counsel (f/m/d)

What You'll Do

• (IP Counseling): IP Legal support for European and German subsidy and funding programs, including (A) working closely with NXP’s subsidy and funding teams and advising on IP matters, (B) providing contracting work for NDA, MoU, Grant Agreement, Project Cooperation Agreement, including drafting contract terms and negotiating with other partners, and (C) IP generation monitoring within such projects.
• IP Legal support for contracting matters, including drafting and negotiating of Nondisclosure Agreements, development and collaboration agreements with universities and other cooperation partners Supporting IP Defense Matters in Europe, including supporting patent and technology licensing and litigation activities in Europe in close cooperation with in-house colleagues and/or outside counsel Providing DayToDay IP Counseling, including partnering with and advising NXP Business, R&D and CTO teams on all matters concerning intellectual property Your secondary Responsibilities (IP Creation): Drafting Patent Applications for global protection Prosecuting European (EP) patent applications Contributing to the selection of Inventions for patent protection Managing outside counsel drafting and prosecuting applications in EP and elsewhere Providing advice to inventors Your Experience: You have graduated in Physics, Electrical Engineering or Materials science, with a good knowledge of electronics/semiconductors You are a fully or partial qualified European and/or German Patent Attorney You either have worked in an industrial IP department or a law firm Experience in drafting contracts with the focus of development, and intellectual property terms and conditions.
• Experience in European and German subsidy and funding programs is a plus, but not essential Your Profile: You are a self-starter with proven ability to organize your own work with a high level of autonomy and have excellent time-management skills, and are comfortable as both client and service-provider You have solid written and verbal communication skills both in German and in the corporate language of English (skills in French would be a plus) You are comfortable working in interdisciplinary global teams encompassing a broad range of cultural norms You are open-minded with the ability to collaborate, adapt and thrive in a fast-paced multinational corporate environment More information about NXP in Germany... #LI-38ff