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title: Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Clera
description: Clera is hiring for the Senior Robotics Software Engineer role in San Francisco,
  CA. Full-time, on-site role. See the full description and apply.
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date: 2026-11-14T20:34:48Z
og_description: Join Clera as Senior Robotics Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. Pays $185K–$235K
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| **Company** | Clera |
| **Location** | San Francisco, CA |
| **Salary** | $185K/yr - $235K/yr |
| **Type** | Full Time |
| **Posted** | Nov 14, 2026 |

## Is this job real?

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## Visa sponsorship

- **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for Clera.
- **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Clera.

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## Description

### About the Role

Join a defense technology team building autonomous robotic systems for countering unmanned aircraft. You will develop and ship production C++ software that connects sensor data, tracking, control, and autonomy on physical hardware.

### What You'll Do

- Own production C++ features across sensor data processing, tracking, control, and autonomy.

- Profile and resolve threading, process structure, latency, and timing issues in the software you own.

- Build and maintain tests, CI/CD, and hardware-in-the-loop testing alongside feature development.

- Debug failures that occur on real hardware, including in field conditions.

- Take part in regular field tests.

### What We're Looking For

- At least 4 years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience.

- Demonstrated production C++ experience on a physical robotic system, with software that reached repeated use in the field or operational environments.

- Experience owning software features across sensor data, tracking, control, or autonomy.

- Fluency with real-time systems, including threading, latency, and timing analysis.

- Experience with CI/CD or hardware-in-the-loop testing for hardware-facing software.

- Experience with sensor synchronization, timestamps, coordinate frames, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, or target tracking is useful.

- ROS or ROS2, cameras, IMUs, encoders, gimbal or turret systems, and defense, aerospace, or safety-critical software experience are helpful.

- Must be a U.S. Person due to export control requirements.

### Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $185,000 to $235,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.

### Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, five days per week, with field test days included.
## Skills

- Inertial Measurement Unit (Imu)
- Debugging
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (Hil) Testing
- Optical Components
- Robot Operating Systems
- Robotics
- Sensor Data Processing
- Sensor Fusion
- Threading (Machining)
- CI/CD
- Cameras
- C++
- Safety-Critical Systems Engineering
- Export Control Compliance
- Robotic Components
- Kalman Filter
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