Clera

Mid-Level Forward Deployed Engineer

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San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
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Base Salary

$180k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead deployment cycles from data collection and model fine-tuning through physical system setup and production monitoring.
  • Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and perception failures during demonstrations and live deployments.
  • Collect operational data and document failure modes to inform model training and system architecture.
  • Troubleshoot integrations across perception hardware, compute stacks, and edge deployment environments.
  • Travel extensively to customer sites across the United States and work around changing field schedules.

Requirements

  • Two to eight years of experience deploying robotics or automation systems in factory, warehouse, or logistics environments.
  • Hands-on experience debugging hardware and software integrations in the field, including cameras, depth sensors, or tactile sensors.
  • Basic familiarity with Vision-Language-Action models, including through academic or laboratory projects.
  • Practical interest in physical AI and robotics with a proactive approach to troubleshooting and learning.
  • Experience with GPU compute stacks or edge deployment environments is helpful.
  • Korean language skills are helpful but not required.
  • Willingness to travel extensively and work from the San Francisco office about three days per week.

Benefits

  • Early-stage equity grant.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • Hybrid role based in San Francisco, with approximately three office days per week and 50–75% travel to customer sites.

Tech Stack

Robot Framework

Categories

Forward Deployed
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