Senior Robotics Software Engineer
Company websitegetclera.com (Clera, opens in new tab)
Base salary $185K to $235K
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
- Last checked (55 min ago) · observed since
About this job
About the Role
Join a defense technology team building autonomous systems that combine robotics, perception, and directed energy. You will develop and validate software on physical hardware, supporting reliable sensing, tracking, control, and autonomy in field environments.
What You'll Do
Own production C++ features across sensor data processing, tracking, control, or autonomy.
Profile and resolve threading, process structure, latency, and timing issues in the software you own.
Develop tests alongside features and build or maintain CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Debug issues that occur on physical systems, including failures identified through recorded or replayed sensor data.
Take part in regular field testing.
What We're Looking For
At least 4 years of hands-on robotics software engineering experience.
Production C++ experience on a physical robotic system, with software that reached repeated use in the field or by operators, customers, or fleets.
End-to-end ownership of features involving sensor data, tracking, control, or autonomy.
Fluency with real-time systems, including threading, latency, and timing analysis.
Experience with sensor timestamps, time synchronization, coordinate-frame transforms, sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, or target tracking is valuable.
Familiarity with ROS or ROS2, cameras, IMUs, encoders, gimbal or turret systems, and robotics HIL testing is a plus.
Defense, aerospace, or safety-critical software experience and an active security clearance are valued. US Person status is required due to export controls.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $185,000 to $235,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site five days per week in San Francisco, California, United States. The role includes field test days.
Source: Clera on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($185,000) is above 59% of the 5,064 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 39 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,800; the middle half runs from $149,391 to $204,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingSenior Robotics Software Engineer$185K to $235K
Platform Engineer, Biotech$180K to $240K
Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)$180K to $210K
Head of Engineering$180K to $220K
Senior Robotics Engineer, Controls$180K to $200K
QA Engineer$180K to $200K
Forward Deployed Engineer$180K to $220K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Robotics Software Engineer (this listing) | $185K - $235K |
| Platform Engineer, Biotech | $180K - $240K |
| Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) | $180K - $210K |
| Head of Engineering | $180K - $220K |
| Senior Robotics Engineer, Controls | $180K - $200K |
| QA Engineer | $180K - $200K |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $180K - $220K |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- First observed on the employer's board
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-07
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
Base salary is $185,000 to $235,000 annually, plus equity. Visa sponsorship is not available.
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