Contracting Specialist

Contracting Specialist

TRL11, Inc. · Irvine, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-05

Salary: USD 90,000–120,000

Workplace: on_site

Department: Sales & Business Development

Description

TRL11, Inc. is a venture-backed space technology startup developing advanced video systems for the space economy. Working at the intersection of aerospace innovation and complex customer programs, the team is building technology that supports the next generation of space applications.

This role is an opportunity to help shape how critical commercial and government agreements are structured, negotiated, and executed in a fast-moving environment. As Contracting Specialist, you will work across internal teams and external partners to support deals, manage risk, and build scalable contracting practices that enable the business to grow.

Responsibilities

• Own the contracting lifecycle for government and commercial sales from proposal through closeout.
• Lead or support negotiations for prime contracts, subcontracts, Other Transaction Agreements, and commercial agreements, including MSAs, purchase agreements, licenses, and statements of work.
• Review and redline terms covering pricing, payment, warranties, liability, indemnification, intellectual property, and termination, and recommend fallback positions.
• Draft and manage NDAs, teaming agreements, and supplier and vendor agreements.
• Partner with sales and program leaders to shape deal structures early.
• Interpret and apply FAR, DFARS, and agency supplements across solicitations, proposals, and awards.
• Review RFPs, RFIs, and solicitations; identify clause risks; and prepare compliance matrices and exceptions.
• Support commercial item and commercial product determinations under FAR Part 12, including commerciality justifications and price-reasonableness support.
• Manage contractual clause flow-downs to subcontractors and suppliers and review incoming flow-downs.
• Support FFP, T&M, cost-reimbursement, IDIQ, SBIR/STTR, and OTA contract structures.
• Track obligations involving reporting, DFARS cybersecurity requirements, CMMC, and ITAR/EAR coordination.
• Prepare and negotiate data-rights assertions for technical data and computer software under DFARS 252.227-7017, and identify and protect privately funded intellectual property.
• Work directly with leadership, engineering, finance, and program teams while developing scalable contracting processes and templates.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of contracting experience, with the ability to independently own work and drive tasks forward.
• Experience working with prime contracts, subcontracts, Other Transaction Agreements, or commercial agreements such as MSAs, statements of work, and purchase agreements.
• Strong working knowledge of FAR, DFARS, Other Transaction Agreements, and commercial contracting.
• Experience working with customers or prime contractors.
• Meets U.S. person status requirements and is eligible to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, legal studies, public administration, or a related field.
• Experience negotiating intellectual property, technical data rights, and software rights provisions.
• Knowledge of CMMC and ITAR/EAR.

Benefits

• Fast paced, energetic startup culture, where you'll learn a lot, have great impact, and have fun doing it
• Base salary $90-120k, depending on experience
• Bonus, 401k, Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (with prior approval), for Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays, Maternity, Paternity
• Possible Stock Option Plan participation, based on performance and tenure.

Apply

Apply at TRL11, Inc.

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