Clera

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$180,000 - $220,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 4 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join a physical AI and robotics team deploying robotics systems in customer facilities. You will own deployments from data collection and model tuning through production troubleshooting, helping operational insights improve the underlying models.

What You'll Do

  • Drive deployment cycles, including data collection, model fine-tuning, physical system setup, and production monitoring.
  • Diagnose and patch hardware, software, and perception failures in field and production environments.
  • Collect operational data and failure modes to inform foundation model training and architecture.
  • Troubleshoot integrations across perception hardware, compute stacks, and edge deployment environments.
  • Travel to customer sites across the United States, adapting to changing deployment schedules.

What We're Looking For

  • Two to eight years of hands-on experience deploying robotics or automation systems in factory, warehouse, or logistics settings.
  • Experience in forward deployed engineering, field engineering, ML or AI operations, robotics deployment, or customer-facing technical work.
  • Practical debugging experience with perception hardware such as optical cameras, depth sensors, tactile sensors, or pressure sensors.
  • Some exposure to Vision-Language-Action models or learned robot policies; academic or lab experience is relevant.
  • Comfort debugging hardware and software integrations, collecting data, and owning production fixes in a fast-moving environment.
  • Experience with GPU compute stacks and edge deployment is useful. Korean language proficiency is also helpful.
  • Willingness to travel 50% to 75% and work from the San Francisco office about three days per week.
  • Must have US work authorization or be eligible for an H-1B transfer. New visa sponsorship is not available.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $180,000 to $220,000 annually, with an early-stage equity grant and medical, dental, and vision coverage.

Location

Hybrid in San Francisco, California, with frequent travel to customer deployment sites across the United States.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 181 open in Engineering. 115 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 (87 of 181), TypeScript (86 of 181), React (74 of 181), Python (70 of 181), Machine Learning (43 of 181), Supabase (37 of 181), PostgreSQL (35 of 181)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted 2 times since 27 September 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

Salary context

216 other open postings titled Forward Deployed Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 220,000 a year.

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