Senior Patent Attorney

Help us simplify the world – beyond keys and pins!

We make things better – replacing keys and pins with biometrics – improving security, saving time and making life more convenient. With your curiosity, engagement, brilliant ideas and our knowledge of biometric technology, we can make genius things together!

For over 20 years Fingerprints have been working to make you the key to everything. We have played a significant role in bringing biometrics to smartphones, changing the way millions of users access and authenticate themselves. And, with two decades of innovation and more than 1.5 billion sensors shipped, we can certainly say that we are here for the long run. Our mission remains the same: to make you the "key to everything”.

To further strengthen our team in Malmö or Gothenburg, we are seeking a Senior Patent Attorney! Are you the one we are looking for?

What will you do?

We are looking for an experienced Senior Patent Attorney to join our IPR team! Intellectual property is an important aspect of the Fingerprints' business plan and patent applications are continuously filed for a wide variety of strategically important technologies within the field of biometrics. You will be working in close collaboration with very competent R&D teams, product managers and other parts of the organization to identify and develop inventions into Intellectual Property.

You will be close to our products and to the company strategy, and become an important player in a small team. The working environment is truly international, with our teams being distributed over the world and the products being sold to a wide variety of customers world-wide.

The reporting for this position is to the company Head of IPR.

Your key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Identifying innovation and patent opportunities based on good understanding of technical solutions, competitive situation, and company strategy
• Drafting new patent applications and taking them through the prosecution phase
• Performing Patentability and Freedom to Operate (FTO) searches
• Performing FTO analysis, including strategic analysis of how to maximize own possibilities and manage risks effectively
• Encourage and facilitate idea generation within the engineering teams
• Provide advice on handling of patent disputes and litigation
• Participating in the formulation of patent strategies to match the company and product strategies

Your professional and academic background

• Technical understanding of microelectronics, and preferably also optics or algorithms, and an academic background, with a Master in relevant technology areas, such as Microelectronics, Optics, Computer Science, Physics, or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in patent drafting and prosecution
• Proven experience in working closely with engineers to distill patentable features in new technical solutions
• Qualified as European Patent Attorney
• Extensive knowledge about patent law and how to practice in the major jurisdictions
• You speak, read, and write English fluently

To thrive in this role, it is important that you …

• identify yourself with our values: SMART, BRAVE, OPEN, UNITED
• have a positive, problem-solving attitude and ability to connect products with innovation
• cooperate well with others and are seen as a true team player
• have strong drive to get things done, but also being detail-oriented and very analytical
• quickly learn, understand, and able to communicate new concepts and technologies in a clear way
• are able to drive assignments independently and self-manage priorities
• are structured, ambitious and capable of handling uncertainty in complex technologies
• are willing and able to travel, both within Scandinavia and abroad (post Covid-19)

What Fingerprints can offer you:

• Interesting challenges at the cutting-edge of technology, together with skilled and friendly colleagues in an international setting
• Competitive benefits including health insurance, parental compensation, etc.
• Modern work environment and flexible and dynamic work situation
• A learning culture with a possibility to grow and develop

Sounds interesting?

Send in your application as soon as possible, but no later than October 31, 2022, at www.fingerprints.com/career. The selection process will start as soon as we receive applications. Please note that due to GDPR, applications by email will not be accepted. We reserve the right to perform applicable background checks on final candidate(s).

For questions about this position, contact recruiting manager, Mats Tuneld,
Mats.Tuneld at fingerprints.com.