Strategist / Senior Strategist AI & IP Innovation - Mech

About TT Consultants

TT Consultants is a global leader in intellectual property (IP), technology intelligence, and business research services. We combine advanced AI capabilities with deep human expertise to deliver high-quality, actionable insights to clients worldwide, with a team of 400+ engineers and subject-matter experts across the U.S., Europe, Japan, and India.

Purpose

Own patent research projects end to end across all our service lines, combining agentic AI with targeted manual searching to deliver client-ready, reproducible results.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan the research approach; design and iterate AI prompts; run agentic search chains; fill gaps through targeted manual searching.
• Build claim-element mappings and Evidence-of-Use (EoU) charts with precise citations; ensure every result is reproducible and backed by traceable evidence.
• Write client-ready sections (method, sources, conclusions) and flag risks and assumptions clearly.
• Improve prompt libraries, search patterns, and QA (quality-assurance) checklists; guide junior colleagues through review feedback.

Must-have

• 2–6+ years in patent research (novelty, invalidation, claim charts, drafting support).
• Strong grasp of claims, patent families, citations, and CPC/IPC classifications, with clear technical writing.

Patent & IP Expertise

• Solid background in patent research and analytics: novelty, invalidation, landscape, claim charts, and drafting support.
• Experience interpreting claims, patent families, CPC/IPC classifications, citations, and essentiality analysis.
• Familiarity with standard-essential patents (SEP) and exposure to global patent databases (USPTO, EPO, WIPO, Google Patents, Espacenet).
• Ability to draft claim-element mapping (EoU) and technical documentation aligned with patent standards.

Education Background

• Bachelor's/master's degree in mechanical engineering or related fields.
• Strong understanding of the fundamentals relevant to your discipline - mechanical systems and design fundamentals (Mechanical).
• Exposure to AI/ML applications in your domain (e.g., computer vision, IoT, 5G/6G communications, predictive maintenance, CAD/CAE automation).
• Knowledge of IP law basics, the patent life cycle, and patent analytics.

Tools (examples)

• AI & agentic: ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini; orchestration/agent tools; prompt libraries; evaluation sets.
• Patent / non-patent literature (NPL): Google Patents, Espacenet, Patentscope, USPTO/PAIR; commercial analytics tools as assigned.
• Other: translators, spreadsheets, basic data/visual aids.

KPIs

• First-Time-Right (FTR) and audit pass-rate; turnaround-time (TAT) adherence.
• Low defect leakage; contributions to team playbooks.
• Adoption of AI-assisted workflows.

Leveling Notes

• Strategist: Independent on standard/medium-complexity work; occasional reviews.
• Senior Strategist: Anchors complex scopes; optimizes prompt patterns; conducts peer reviews and root-cause analysis.

Service Scope

Covers Novelty/Patentability, Invalidation/Opposition, Claim Charts/EoU, Drafting Support, and SEP essentiality. All tools are used with human verification.