# Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Clera

Senior Robotics Software Engineer at Clera in San Francisco. On-site, full-time, paying $185k–$235k. Posted October 31, 2026.

- Company: Clera
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $185k–$235k
- Posted: 2026-10-31
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/9d53d2a2-2c10-40a6-bf4e-775020506da6/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/senior-robotics-software-engineer-clera-y6g2wf

## Requirements

- 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.

## Description

### 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.