Clera

Founding Hardware Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$70,000 - $80,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 27 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage consumer AI hardware team as its founding hardware engineer. You will own the device hardware from the next board revision through production, helping create a compact wearable for private interaction with computers.

What You'll Do

  • Improve PCB layout, power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.
  • Advance the device from prototype toward production, including design for manufacture, testing, supplier coordination, and assembly.
  • Identify and resolve risks during hardware bring-up, real-world testing, and manufacturing.
  • Own hardware decisions and the quality of finished devices.

What We're Looking For

  • Typically 2 to 7 years of hardware engineering experience, including individual-contributor experience or a strong early-career foundation.
  • Personal experience designing PCBs that shipped in a real product, ideally a compact wearable, IoT device, or consumer electronic product.
  • Prototype-to-production experience, or strong fundamentals and demonstrated ability to work quickly with AI tools.
  • Hands-on capability across PCB layout, power, RF, testing, suppliers, and assembly.
  • Interest in taking ownership across design, validation, and manufacturing; experience in the specific product domain is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $70,000 to $80,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, United States. Candidates willing to relocate are welcome.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

PCB Design

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 421 open in Engineering. 355 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (185 of 421), LLM (178 of 421), TypeScript (162 of 421), React (132 of 421), Machine Learning (109 of 421), PostgreSQL (76 of 421), JavaScript (70 of 421)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.

Posting history

Reposted once since 2 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

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