Head of Legal
About FuriosaAI
FuriosaAI builds high-performance, high-efficiency AI compute for the Inference Era. Founded in 2017 by veteran semiconductor and AI algorithm engineers, Furiosa operates globally with offices in Korea and Silicon Valley, along with a compiler-focused R&D lab in Lisbon.
Our vision is to make AI computing sustainable, enabling access to powerful AI for everyone on Earth. We solve the AI hardware energy and operational cost crisis at the architectural level, rather than through brute force, building the world's first truly AI-native compute platform to unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence for every enterprise.
About the Role
FuriosaAI is seeking a Head of Legal to lead its legal strategy as the company scales its AI semiconductor business globally. Reporting to executive leadership, this role will shape decisions across technology development, semiconductor manufacturing, international commercialization, fundraising, and public-market readiness.
We are looking for a senior legal leader with 15+ years of experience who combines top-tier law firm training with substantial in-house leadership. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in semiconductor transactions, cross-border regulation, and growth-stage financing, alongside the ability to build a global legal team and advise management and the board.
Responsibilities
- Establish a legal roadmap aligned with FuriosaAI’s growth, and develop a global legal team, and oversee legal budgets, outside counsel, and company-wide contracting and approval processes.
- Lead negotiations for foundry, advanced packaging, testing, and high-bandwidth memory supply agreements, addressing capacity commitments, yield, quality, delivery, technology ownership, and supply continuity.
- Oversee RNGD accelerator sales, software licensing, distribution, strategic partnerships, and joint development agreements across Taiwan, North America, the Middle East, and other markets.
- Assess and manage Korean strategic goods controls, National Core Technology designations, applicable U.S. and other international export controls (e.g. EAR), sanctions, and cross-border technology transfer restrictions. Support engagement with MOTIR and other relevant authorities.
- Own legal execution for late-stage venture financing, strategic investments, and M&A. Advise on preferred share structures, liquidation preferences, anti-dilution provisions, investor rights, governance terms, and foreign investment requirements.
- Lead legal preparation for potential listing pathways, including capital structure, due diligence, disclosure, and coordination with underwriters, auditors, and regulators. Establish board and committee processes, internal policies, and subsidiary governance appropriate for a publicly listed company.
Minimum Qualifications
- Licensed attorney in Korea with 15+ years of legal experience, including substantial experience in senior in-house leadership roles.
- Combined experience at a top-tier law firm and a global technology, semiconductor, or deep tech manufacturing company.
- Demonstrated accountability for company-wide legal strategy and experience advising executive leadership and boards on complex commercial, regulatory, and corporate matters.
- Significant experience leading cross-border technology and manufacturing transactions, with an understanding of semiconductor supply chains and associated commercial risks.
- Proven experience leading major venture capital or growth equity financings, including negotiation of investment documentation, investor protections, and governance arrangements.
- Experience building and leading legal teams, establishing legal processes in fast-growing organizations, and managing international outside counsel and legal budgets.
- Strong commercial judgment, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into actionable recommendations and make decisions under uncertainty.
- Professional fluency in Korean and English, including the ability to negotiate complex agreements and advise international investors and counterparties.
Preferred Qualifications
- Legal leadership experience at a semiconductor or other deep-tech company scaling from product development to volume production and global sales.
- Direct experience with foundry, advanced packaging, semiconductor IP licensing, and hardware–software commercialization agreements.
- Expertise in Korean and international export controls, sanctions, technology protection regulations, and engagement with MOTIE or comparable authorities.
- Experience across the IPO lifecycle, from pre-IPO restructuring and readiness through listing execution and post-listing governance.
- Track record leading late-stage or pre-IPO fundraising involving Korean and international institutional or strategic investors.
Why Join FuriosaAI
The defining bottleneck of the AI era is building the right hardware and software stack to run it at global scale. Furiosa is solving this challenge holistically from the ground up.
With our flagship chip, RNGD, in mass production today and our next-generation platform in development with Broadcom, we are proving that full-stack, tensor-native compute is the future of AI infrastructure. This is a pivotal moment to join our team, right as we accelerate our global expansion.
At Furiosa, you will:
Solve AI’s Most Urgent Challenge. Help build the high-performance, energy-efficient inference hardware and software required to fulfill the promise of advanced AI.
Pioneer Full-Stack Co-Design. Work with teams that are architecting solutions from silicon up through the compiler (featuring innovations like Tensor Contraction Language and Virtual ISA) and serving frameworks.
Ship Real-World Silicon, Software, and Solutions. Turn breakthrough technology into commercial deployment. RNGD is in mass production with TSMC and running live enterprise workloads for global leaders like LG AI Research and Samsung SDS.
Partner With the Industry's Best. Collaborate across an elite global ecosystem that includes TSMC, Broadcom, SK Hynix, and GUC.
Do Your Life’s Best Work. Join a brilliant, low-ego, mission-driven team in a high-trust environment that values autonomy, intellectual curiosity, and shared ambition.