Legal Operations Specialist

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.

Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Legal Operations Specialist

You will be a star contributor to Astranis’s growing in-house legal team and to the company as a whole, working as a legal operations specialist on the wide range of legal, contractual, and compliance processes that enable us to operate at speed and scale. You’ll take ownership of contract workflows, documentation systems, and legal execution supporting everything from commercial agreements, government contracting, corporate governance, compliance, and process improvements. You’ll help drive internal coordination across legal, finance, engineering, regulatory, and operations, ensuring we stay fast, precise, and compliant.

You are organized, proactive, and able to bring clarity to ambiguity. You take pride in making complex legal workflows run smoothly, keeping stakeholders aligned and systems tightly managed. You’re excited by Astranis’ mission, not its valuation, and energized by the opportunity to build the legal infrastructure that supports global connectivity through space-based technology. You thrive in high-velocity environments where the stakes are high and the margin for error is low.

Role:

• Build and implement scalable operations, systems, and workflows of the legal team in partnership with existing legal team members and internal stakeholders.  
• Manage the lifecycle of commercial contracts, government contracts, NDAs, and subcontracts, from intake through negotiation, execution and storage.
• Maintain and improve legal documentation systems, templates, workflows, playbooks, and internal process tools.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across legal, finance, regulatory, engineering and operations teams.
• Track deadlines, maintain audit trails, and support compliance with internal policies.

Requirements:

• 2–6+ years of experience in legal operations, paralegal work, or legal support roles in a high-performing organization.
• Experience identifying and acting upon opportunities to improve processes and tools to enhance efficiency and drive results.
• Experience building cross-functional relationships with key resources and business partners across an organization.
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and project management instincts.
• Careful attention to detail with a proven ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Available during nights and weekends as needed.
• Passion for technology.
• Intellectual curiosity and a sense of humor.

Bonus:

• Aerospace or hardware industry experience.
• Startup and/or in-house legal ops experience.
• Experience with legal tech tools (e.g., Ironclad, CLM systems, Dropbox Sign, DocuSign).
• Experience implementing and scaling legal technology solutions (e.g. contract and document management, workflow automation, e-signature processes, amongst others).

What we offer:    All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.   Base pay is a single component of Astranis's total rewards package, which may also include equity in the form of incentive stock options, high quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance benefits, flexible PTO, 401(K) retirement, and free on-site catered meals.   Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position. Base Salary$90,000—$115,000 USDU.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))   Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.