IP Officer
Part-Time 2.5 Days p/week
Bristol HQ
Help protect, grow, and unlock the value of cutting-edge engineering innovation
Intellectual property isn’t a box-ticking exercise here it’s a core business asset. We’re looking for a part-time IP Officer to deliver an established IP strategy and ensure innovation is protected, scalable, and investor ready.
The Opportunity
This is a hands-on, in-house role focused on execution. The IP strategy is already defined your mission is to bring it to life. You’ll work closely with the CTO and R&D leadership, embedded with the engineering team, identifying new IP, managing the patent process, and ensuring every filing adds real business value.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Delivering and maintaining an agreed IP strategy
* Working with engineers to identify new IP ideas and opportunities
* Managing invention disclosures, IP logs, and patent workflows
* Coordinating patent filings with external IP partners
* Supporting multi-country IP activity for a globally scalable product
* Running prior art and Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) searches
* Keeping IP records investor-ready
What We’re Looking For
* Experience or strong interest in intellectual property
* A technical or engineering background (mechanical systems / 3D / manufacturing a big plus)
* Comfort working in a start-up or scale-up environment where products are actively being built
* Ability to collaborate with engineers and translate ideas into protectable IP
* Organised, proactive, and comfortable owning processes end-to-end
Why This Role?
* Part-time, flexible position
* Direct collaboration with the CTO
* High-impact role shaping IP around real engineering innovation
* Exposure to global IP strategy and filings
* Opportunity to grow the role as the business scales
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