Senior Corporate Counsel, Saronic
+ Bonus and Equity
Unmanned vehicles for maritime security
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Unmanned vehicles for maritime security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus and Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To redefine maritime superiority.
Role
Who you are
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
- 8+ years of corporate and transactional experience, including meaningful time in the M&A practice of a top-tier law firm
- A track record of leading M&A deals end to end as the primary day-to-day lawyer, from LOI through closing and integration, not only supporting diligence
- Strong grounding in private company equity, venture financings and corporate governance
- Sound commercial judgment: you know which issues are worth fighting over and can give clear calls under time pressure with incomplete information
- Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills, with comfort advising executives and working across functions
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel to lead M&A and strategic transactions for Saronic
- You will be the legal point of contact for every acquisition, strategic investment and joint venture, working day to day with our Corporate Development team from first conversation through integration
- You will own deals end to end: setting structure and strategy, running diligence, negotiating definitive agreements, and making sure acquired businesses are fully absorbed after closing
- You will also be a core member of the Corporate & Securities team, supporting the Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Securities on financings, equity, governance and entity management
- This is a builder role: we need someone who can close a deal on a compressed timeline and also write the playbook so the next one closes faster
- Serve as the lead lawyer and legal point of contact for Corporate Development on acquisitions, strategic and minority investments, joint ventures and acqui-hires
- Triage the deal pipeline with Corp Dev: give early, practical views on structure, legal risk and deal-breakers so the business can move quickly
- Draft and negotiate NDAs, LOIs and term sheets, purchase and merger agreements, disclosure schedules, transition services agreements and ancillary documents
- Advise on deal structure and economics, including stock vs. asset deals, earnouts, escrows and holdbacks, rollover equity, and retention and key-employee arrangements
- Run diligence end to end: build scoping memos, manage the data room, coordinate subject-matter experts (IP, employment, tax, environmental, real estate, government contracts) and turn findings into deal protections and integration actions
- Lead acquisitions of industrial and manufacturing assets (shipyards, production facilities and suppliers), coordinating real estate, environmental, permitting and workforce issues
- Partner with Corp Dev, Finance and People on integration: Day 1 readiness, contract assignments and consents, entity cleanup, policy rollout, and 30/60/100-day legal integration plans
- Build Saronic’s M&A infrastructure: template LOIs and purchase agreements, a diligence request list and playbook, an approval and signing matrix, deal checklists, and post-mortems after each deal
- Support equity and debt financings, including preferred stock rounds, convertible instruments, venture debt and credit facilities
- Support board and committee operations: materials, minutes, written consents and approvals for transactions and equity issuances
- Help manage securities compliance for a late-stage private company, including Reg D and Rule 701 exemptions, secondary sales and tender offers, and insider-trading policy
- Support equity administration with Finance and People (Carta, 409A process, grant approvals) and subsidiary and entity management across jurisdictions
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Be a trusted, embedded partner to Corporate Development, Finance, Tax and People and to senior leadership on high-stakes decisions
- Translate legal risk into clear business recommendations, giving answers and options rather than memos
Our take
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are vehicles which operate at the surface of the water without a crew and can be used in oceanography and environmental monitoring, as well as for cargo transport or military applications. Saronic is a company developing USVs to have enhanced awareness and improved survivability, to be employed in maritime security.
Saronic's vehicles are designed to be smarter than previous models, with capabilities including adaptive path planning, multichannel communication, and the ability to better identify and track targets through a combination of passive sensors and advanced algorithms.
Saronic is clearly charting an ambitious course for the future of maritime innovation too. Through its strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the company has embedded cutting-edge AI and edge computing directly onto its autonomous vessels. By combining Saronic's shipbuilding and autonomy expertise with NVIDIA's advanced computing, the company is delivering smarter platform while modernizing US shipbuilding for the era of autonomy. With this momentum, Saronic should be able to scale its next-generation maritime solutions and lead the transformation of a critical industry.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2026
$1.8bn
SERIES D
Feb 2025
$600m
SERIES C
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company HQ
South Manchaca, Austin, TX
Leadership
Dino Mavrookas
(Co-Founder & CEO)Board Member of the Navy SEAL Foundation, and former Entrepreneur In Residence at 8VC. Spent 11 years as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy, from 2004 to 2015.
Rob Lehman
(Co-Founder & CCO)Founder of 9 Line Solutions, who is also a Communications Officer in the US Marine Corps. Previously the Chair and CEO of Temeku Technologies.
Vibhav Altekar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Advisor and Angel Investor for Standard Metrics and Chef Robotics. Spent 4 years working in Machine Learning at Anduril Industries.
Doug Lambert
(Co-Founder & COO)Former VP of Engineering at Terradepth. Before that, worked at Liquid Robotics for a total 8 years, ultimately as Head of Engineering.
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