Clera

Senior Robotics Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$185,000 - $235,000 annually
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 31 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join a defense technology team building autonomous robotics systems. You will develop and debug production C++ software on physical hardware, working across sensor data, tracking, controls, and autonomy to support reliable field operation.

What You'll Do

  • Build and own end-to-end production C++ features across sensor processing, tracking, control, or autonomy.
  • Profile and improve software you own, including threading, process structure, latency, and timing.
  • Develop and maintain tests, CI/CD, and hardware-in-the-loop testing for robotics software.
  • Debug issues that arise on physical hardware, including during field use and testing.
  • Take part in regular field tests.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 4 years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience.
  • Production C++ experience on a physical robotic system, with software shipped for repeated use on hardware.
  • Experience owning features involving sensor data, tracking, control, or autonomy.
  • Fluency with real-time systems, including threading, latency, and timing analysis.
  • Experience building or maintaining CI/CD or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
  • Useful background includes ROS or ROS2, cameras, IMUs, encoders, gimbal or turret systems, sensor fusion, target tracking, and field failure debugging.
  • Defense, aerospace, or safety-critical software experience, or an active security clearance, is beneficial.
  • Must qualify as a U.S. Person for export control purposes.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

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

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

CI/CD · ROS

Rare in Clera's other 207 open postings.

Standard for embedded / hardware roles

C++

Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 206 open in Engineering. 140 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

LLM (99 of 206), TypeScript (90 of 206), Python (87 of 206), React (76 of 206), Machine Learning (48 of 206), JavaScript (37 of 206), PostgreSQL (36 of 206)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted once since 21 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

  • 31 October 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 21 October 2026 – closed 29 October 2026

Salary context

8 other open postings titled Senior Robotics Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 187,350 to USD 251,500 a year.

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