Trainee Patent Attorney

**Trainee Patent Attorney**
- 00105938

**Job title**:Trainee Patent Attorney

**Location**:Farnborough

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

**Salary**: 35k or above depending on experience

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Supporting the Patent Attorneys / Heads of Patents and wider Patent team, working under some supervision where necessary, on patent matters including drafting, prosecution and portfolio management actions
- Promoting IP awareness within selected areas of the business, and particularly amongst those in the business responsible for research and development work
- Building effective relationships at all levels within the business so as to become an integral and essential part of the business’ value proposition
- Working alongside members of the Patent Team to develop wide experience of patent work to build core patent attorney skills
- Progressing towards dual-qualification as both a Chartered-UK and European Patent Attorney
- Rapidly progressing development of relevant core legal skills

**Your skills and experiences**:

- Possess a good technical degree or have equivalent science or engineering experience, and demonstrate technical skill across the range of technology relevant to BAE Systems’ patent portfolio.
- Enthusiastic to progress to qualification as a patent attorney
- Good communication skills to convey relevant patent concepts to the business and to enthuse the technical community to drive collaboration
- Proactive approach to solving problems, working with the wider team to develop solutions
- Good negotiation and influencing skills

**Benefits**:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

**The Legal team**:
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a range of innovators, supporting the development of the company in the future, working with a number of key stakeholders across the business. This will be achieved through becoming qualified in a niche legal area, through securing training to become an IP advisor. The role will provide you with an opportunity to progress your career within the organisation with dependence on qualification

**Why BAE Systems?**

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

**Closing Date**:25th July 2023

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Primary LocationGB-ENG-HAM-Farnborough

Closing Date 25/Jul/23, 5:59:00 PM