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Senior Robotics Software Engineer

CleraSan Francisco, CA

$185K – $235Kfrom listing textEngineeringSeniorFull time4+ yrs
Source-verified: read directly from this employer's own ashby job board, not a repost.On-sitePosted (2 days ago)Last verified (today)

At a glance

Location
San Francisco, CA
Workplace
On-site
Pay
$185K – $235K (from listing text)
Employment type
Full time
Experience
4+ years
Education
No degree requirement stated
Job family
Engineering
Seniority
Senior
Posted by employer
21 October 2026
Last verified open
23 October 2026
Region and country
CA, US
Team
Engineering
Listed via
Ashby

What the employer wrote

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a defense technology team developing autonomous robotic systems. You will build and debug production C++ software on physical hardware, working across sensor data, tracking, control, and autonomy.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Own production C++ features end to end across sensor data, tracking, control, or autonomy.

- Profile and improve software you own, including threading, process structure, latency, and timing.

- Write tests alongside features and maintain CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

- Debug issues that arise on physical hardware, including during field testing.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- At least 4 years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience.

- Experience writing production C++ that ran on a physical robotic system and was used repeatedly in the field or in operation.

- Experience owning hardware-facing features and working with 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 for robotics software.

- Familiarity with sensor synchronization, coordinate-frame transforms, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, or target tracking is helpful.

- ROS or ROS2, cameras, IMUs, encoders, gimbal or turret systems, and defense, aerospace, or safety-critical software experience are useful.

- Must meet US Person requirements 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 in San Francisco, California, five days per week, with field test days included.

Where this record came from

Read from Clera's own Ashby job board on , and last confirmed still open on . The employer published it on 21 October 2026. Jobsearch.ing did not write, edit or rank this posting, and does not vet the employer. View the original posting.

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