Senior Intellectual Property Engineer

• Identify, document, and develop know-how, inventions, and trade secrets generated across the company’s functions. 

• Manage and assist IP counsel in preparing and filing patent applications. 

• Manage the technical responses to office actions during patent prosecution. 

• Conduct prior art searches to assess patentability, freedom-to-operate, and patent landscapes. 

• Build and improve internal systems to manage and streamline IP processes. 

• Review draft contracts and R&D agreements to ensure IP is protected. 

• Work with the Head of IP to execute strategies and key actions to build and strengthen the company’s IP portfolio. 

• Educate and advise stakeholders on all IP matters, including preparing and delivering IP training. 

Requirements

• A degree qualified Chemical Engineer (preferred), Chemist, or Mechanical Engineer. 

• Strong experience working with inventors to capture know-how, inventions, and trade secrets. 

• 3-5 years experience in the preparation, filing, and prosecution of patent applications, especially in addressing office actions. 

• Proven experience in patent searching, patentability and freedom-to-operate assessments, and patent landscaping. 

• Experience with effectively managing external IP counsel. 

• Experience safeguarding IP protection measures in commercial contracts and negotiating IP arrangements. 

• Proactive approach, with the ability to independently manage tasks and contribute to team objectives. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Strong organizational skills. 

Benefits

• The opportunity to continue to develop both personally and professionally, in our rapidly growing company 

• A brilliant company culture that encourages initiative, collaboration, and positivity at work 

• Hybrid working – with the flexibility to work from home for up to 3 days a week 
  
  
• 24 days holiday per year plus 10 gazette public holidays 
  
  Everyone belongs at Carbon Clean 
  
  
• We are passionate and committed to our people. Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of forward-thinking people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences.  It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can’t wait to meet you.  
  
  
• We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!