Clera
Senior Robotics Software Engineer
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- Arrangement
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- 14 November 2026 (yesterday)
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About this role
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.
Work location
- San Francisco, CA, US
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Published 14 November 2026, last checked today. A posting stops being advertised here 90 days after the employer published it, and one the employer takes down is marked closed rather than quietly removed.