Government Contracts and Compliance Counsel

About Us

Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.

Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy .

About the Role

HavocAI is seeking a Government Contracts & Compliance Counsel to support our rapidly growing portfolio of U.S. Government and defense business. This role will serve as a key legal and compliance partner to leadership and teams across contracts, finance, strategy, business development, programs, engineering, and operations.

This is a highly cross-functional role for an attorney who understands the realities of operating in the Defense Industrial Base and can translate complex government contracting requirements into practical, business-oriented guidance. You will advise across the full government contract lifecycle—from capture and proposal activities through negotiation, performance, compliance, and closeout—while helping HavocAI build scalable compliance infrastructure as the company grows.

The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities shift quickly and novel questions do not always have a playbook. You should be equally comfortable analyzing a FAR/DFARS clause, negotiating contract terms, developing a compliance framework, and advising executives on risk.

Key Responsibilities

Government Contracts

Provide legal counsel across the lifecycle of U.S. Government contracts, subcontracts, grants, OTAs, and other government agreements.

Review, draft, and negotiate prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, NDAs, vendor agreements, and other commercial and government-facing agreements.

Advise on FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, flow-down requirements, representations and certifications, and government contracting obligations.

Partner with Contracts, Finance, Strategy, and program teams on solicitations, proposals, negotiations, contract modifications, and performance issues.

Advise on contract interpretation, changes, disputes, terminations, intellectual property rights, technical data rights, and government rights in software.

Support diligence and risk analysis associated with new programs, customers, partners, and contracting vehicles.

Compliance & Risk

Develop, implement, and continuously improve HavocAI’s government contracting compliance program as the company scales.

Provide practical guidance on procurement integrity, organizational conflicts of interest, ethics, mandatory disclosures, lobbying restrictions, gifts and gratuities, and other federal contracting requirements.

Advise on business systems and compliance requirements applicable to government contractors, including accounting, purchasing, estimating, property management, and related controls.

Partner with Finance and Contracts on cost and pricing requirements, timekeeping, allowable costs, indirect costs, and audit readiness.

Support internal compliance reviews, risk assessments, investigations, and corrective actions.

Monitor regulatory developments affecting defense contractors and translate new requirements into actionable guidance for internal teams.

Develop policies, procedures, training, and internal controls that enable the business to move quickly while maintaining appropriate compliance standards.

Defense Trade & Regulatory Support

Partner with relevant internal and external stakeholders on ITAR, EAR, export controls, sanctions, and foreign-person access considerations.

Advise teams on regulatory considerations associated with international business, foreign partners, technical data, and defense-related products and services.