Job Description

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. 

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. 

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. 

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

Working with Metrea’s General Counsel and Legal Contracts and Compliance (“LCC”) Team, you will be tasked with conducting background and legal research, drafting, reviewing, and managing documents for Metrea’s various business entities, and supporting the General Counsel and various members of the LCC team in the administration of a multinational corporation.

What You’ll Do

• Team with the Legal, Compliance and Contracts Team and business leaders to achieve business goals and objectives.
• Effectively build strong relationships with internal and external customers.
• Perform legal research on issues relevant to the aerospace, defense, and national security sectors, including procurement regulations, cybersecurity requirements, and federal contracting obligations.
• Assist in drafting internal policies, compliance checklists, and training tools for employees across global operations.
• Participate in compliance audits, data collection, and reporting activities.
• Support special projects involving regulatory changes, process improvements, and risk‑mitigation initiatives.
• Assist in screening third parties, customers, and supply‑chain partners against U.S. and international restricted‑party lists.
• Support export classification efforts under the ITAR and EAR, including gathering technical data from engineering teams.
• Help prepare documentation for export licenses, Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs), and other authorizations.
• Monitor updates to trade‑control regulations and assist in updating internal guidance documents and training materials.

What You’ll Bring

The ideal candidate will have a broad interest in defense and security matters and the complicated legal and compliance issues that arise therefrom. A strong interest in contracts, compliance, corporate law, and engaging with a committed, dynamic LCC team will result in success in this role. The candidate can expect a wide range of assignments supporting the legal, contracts, and compliance functions of Metrea’s business entities. As the need arises, interns may expect to be exposed to a wide range of the LCC team and the issues they deal with every day including commercial contract disputes, negotiations, trade compliance, employee relations issues, and commercial finance and investment (mergers and acquisitions (M&A)). The Metrea LCC summer intern will engage regularly with the team’s members who are spread out all over the world presenting global legal and compliance challenges.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications 

Education: Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Political Science, Legal or other related fields; active pursuit of Masters’ Degree or JD

Experience: Some relevant experience within Government, private industry, or a combination of both.

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical plan options

HSA/FSA accounts

Dental and vision coverage

6% employer 401(k) match

Fully paid parental leave for all new parents

Generous PTO

Life and disability insurance
Long-term and Short-term disability coverage

AD&D Coverage

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Subsided gym membership / plans through  Wellhub   

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

AAP / EEO Statement

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager.  

Work Location

Washington D.C.

Travel

None