Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Robotics Software Engineer role is onsite in San Francisco, CA, five days per week, including field test days. The base salary is $185,000–$235,000 annually, plus equity. The role supports a defense technology team developing autonomous robotic systems. The engineer builds and maintains production C++ software running on physical robotic hardware, contributing across sensor data, tracking, control, and autonomy. The work advances reliable system performance through testing, profiling, and hardware debugging, including during field tests.

What you'll do

• Own production C++ features across sensor data, tracking, control, or autonomy
• profile and improve threading, process structure, latency, and timing
• write tests alongside features
• maintain CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop testing
• debug issues on physical hardware, including during field testing.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior robotics software engineer

san francisco ca

clera

$185k–$235k

c++

autonomous robotics

sensor data

tracking

control systems

real-time systems

hardware-in-the-loop testing

onsite five days per week

us person required

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

At least four years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience is required. Must meet US Person requirements for export control; visa sponsorship is unavailable.

About the employer

Clera is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.