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Forward Deployed Engineer

Clera

Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)

Base salary $180K  to $220K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA

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  • LocationSan Francisco, CA
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
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About this job

About the Role

Join a physical AI and robotics team deploying robotics systems in customer facilities. You will own deployments from data collection and model tuning through production troubleshooting, helping operational insights improve the underlying models.

What You'll Do

  • Drive deployment cycles, including data collection, model fine-tuning, physical system setup, and production monitoring.

  • Diagnose and patch hardware, software, and perception failures in field and production environments.

  • Collect operational data and failure modes to inform foundation model training and architecture.

  • Troubleshoot integrations across perception hardware, compute stacks, and edge deployment environments.

  • Travel to customer sites across the United States, adapting to changing deployment schedules.

What We're Looking For

  • Two to eight years of hands-on experience deploying robotics or automation systems in factory, warehouse, or logistics settings.

  • Experience in forward deployed engineering, field engineering, ML or AI operations, robotics deployment, or customer-facing technical work.

  • Practical debugging experience with perception hardware such as optical cameras, depth sensors, tactile sensors, or pressure sensors.

  • Some exposure to Vision-Language-Action models or learned robot policies; academic or lab experience is relevant.

  • Comfort debugging hardware and software integrations, collecting data, and owning production fixes in a fast-moving environment.

  • Experience with GPU compute stacks and edge deployment is useful. Korean language proficiency is also helpful.

  • Willingness to travel 50% to 75% and work from the San Francisco office about three days per week.

  • Must have US work authorization or be eligible for an H-1B transfer. New visa sponsorship is not available.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $180,000 to $220,000 annually, with an early-stage equity grant and medical, dental, and vision coverage.

Location

Hybrid in San Francisco, California, with frequent travel to customer deployment sites across the United States.

Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)

This range next to 6 other live Clera roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Clera roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Forward Deployed Engineer (this listing)$180K - $220K
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer$180K - $250K
Head of Engineering$180K - $220K
Founding Applied AI Engineer$180K - $230K
QA Engineer$180K - $200K
Founding Full Stack Engineer$180K - $230K
Founding Design Engineer$180K - $220K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Clera roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-11-04
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Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco

Base salary is $180,000 to $220,000 annually, with an early-stage equity grant and medical, den

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