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THE ROLE:

You will report to a Corporate, Vice President of Legal. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide timely legal services to support the Software Organization. You will work with the SVP that leads Software and his team to help drive software policies and processes.  You will also collaborate with the attorneys supporting the AMD businesses on software policies and processes.  Job duties are expected to include:

THE PERSON:

• Ability to work with client and colleagues in legal at all levels to achieve a common goal while taking into consideration both legal and business issues.
• Ability to work independently on complex issues requiring in-depth analysis and evaluation of intangibles.
• Self-starter who can work as a team with the clients, paralegals, and other attorneys to institute processes and can find creative ways to solve problems to achieve a goal for the company.
• Understands when it is appropriate to escalate issues.
• Make sound judgments and recommendations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively within the Legal team and outside of the Legal organization.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize workload and competing priorities.
• Efficient, effective, and well organized and enjoys learning about cutting-edge technology.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drafting, negotiating and client counseling related to software contracts and software legal issues.
• Work closely with software scanning teams to lead legal initiatives to improve software processes within legal and across the company, especially as related to software intake, scanning processes, and open source release of code.

• Review legal issues related to license compatibility flagged by software scans and determine mitigation plan and appropriate license.

• Oversee and lead training initiatives for software best practices.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Progressive experience as a practicing attorney with relevant in-house experience. 
• Industry specific experience strongly preferred
• Experience working with various levels from SVP to individual contributors in an engineering function
• Understanding and familiarity with common open source licenses, such as MIT, BSD, GPL, and LGPL

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Law degree and good standing with the appropriate State Bar is required, additional to Texas, California or Ontario bar, as applicable, is preferred.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent experience in the semiconductor industry is preferred.

LOCATION:

Austin, TX

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At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

At AMD, your base pay is one part of your total rewards package.  Your base pay will depend on where your skills, qualifications, experience, and location fit into the hiring range for the position. You may be eligible for incentives based upon your role such as either an annual bonus or sales incentive. Many AMD employees have the opportunity to own shares of AMD stock, as well as a discount when purchasing AMD stock if voluntarily participating in AMD’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also be eligible for competitive benefits described in more detail here.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.   We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

THE ROLE:

You will report to a Corporate, Vice President of Legal. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide timely legal services to support the Software Organization. You will work with the SVP that leads Software and his team to help drive software policies and processes.  You will also collaborate with the attorneys supporting the AMD businesses on software policies and processes.  Job duties are expected to include:

THE PERSON:

• Ability to work with client and colleagues in legal at all levels to achieve a common goal while taking into consideration both legal and business issues.
• Ability to work independently on complex issues requiring in-depth analysis and evaluation of intangibles.
• Self-starter who can work as a team with the clients, paralegals, and other attorneys to institute processes and can find creative ways to solve problems to achieve a goal for the company.
• Understands when it is appropriate to escalate issues.
• Make sound judgments and recommendations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to communicate effectively within the Legal team and outside of the Legal organization.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize workload and competing priorities.
• Efficient, effective, and well organized and enjoys learning about cutting-edge technology.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drafting, negotiating and client counseling related to software contracts and software legal issues.
• Work closely with software scanning teams to lead legal initiatives to improve software processes within legal and across the company, especially as related to software intake, scanning processes, and open source release of code.

• Review legal issues related to license compatibility flagged by software scans and determine mitigation plan and appropriate license.

• Oversee and lead training initiatives for software best practices.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Progressive experience as a practicing attorney with relevant in-house experience. 
• Industry specific experience strongly preferred
• Experience working with various levels from SVP to individual contributors in an engineering function
• Understanding and familiarity with common open source licenses, such as MIT, BSD, GPL, and LGPL

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Law degree and good standing with the appropriate State Bar is required, additional to Texas, California or Ontario bar, as applicable, is preferred.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent experience in the semiconductor industry is preferred.

LOCATION:

Austin, TX

#LI-PM3

#Hybrid