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Altair Engineering - Staff Attorney

Do you like a challenge, are you a complex thinker who likes to solve problems? If so, then you might be the new Altairian we are searching for. At Altair, your curiosity matters. We pride ourselves on a business culture that enables open, creative thinking, and we deeply value our employees and their contributions towards our clients' success, as well as our own.

We are looking for a fully qualified attorney to join our in-house legal team who will apply a pragmatic, creative, proactive and thoughtful approach negotiating customer contracts and providing legal advice to business teams.As a member of this close-knit, highly collaborative team, you will be encouraged to take projects from start to completion, while aligning with Altair’s policies and coordinating with internal stakeholders worldwide.

Under the direction of a senior level attorney, you will provide legal counsel, advice, and guidance for Altair’s software licensing, distribution, and development, and for other commercial matters as requested from time to time.

What You Will Do

• Negotiate, draft, and advise on software license agreements related to the outbound licensing of Altair’s software, including cloud based and on-premise solutions and related professional services.
• Negotiate, draft and advise on reseller, channel partner, and distribution agreements for the indirect sale of Altair’s software and related services.
• Manage the flow of requests for specific legal agreement review and secure necessary approvals from the applicable business, finance, and operations leads.
• Collaborate closely with internal clients and stakeholders including Altair’s sales, finance, and operations teams.
• Assist with merger and acquisition due diligence review in coordination with other members of the legal team and coordinate with other departments.
• Opportunity to work in office (Troy, MI), hybrid, or remotely.

Requirements

• 1-5 years’ experience reviewing, negotiating, and drafting various technology related agreements, including software license and professional services agreements, within a global organization.
• Hands-on transactional experience handling intellectual property and commercial legal issues, with an ability to advise on liabilities, legal rights, and remedies available to Altair.
• Member in good standing of a State Bar (may require eligibility for registered in house counsel), with no prior adverse disciplinary action.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and respond promptly to shifting priorities.
• Ability to work and communicate well in an international, multi-layered organization with a global team while providing pragmatic, business-oriented advice for problem solving.
• Respectful and highly collaborative, but with ability to work independently.

Position will be full-time

Hybrid position (min. 3 days in the office)

How You Will Be Successful

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “Firsts”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• Outstanding Work/Life Balance
• Flex Time
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Unlimited vacation and Unlimited sick days
• Paid holidays
• Paid Time Off for Community Service
• Collaborative environment
• Charitable Matching Program

Why Work With Us

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation, and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com .

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At our core we are explorers; adventurers; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and uncharted waters, we dive in headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.

Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair's history demonstrates a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.