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# Senior Robotics Software Engineer

- **Company:** CLERA, LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,000.0 - $235,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Robotic Automation Software, Sensor Fusion, Static Timing Analysis, Robot Operating System, Real Time Systems, Low Latency
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/3f7ad833-5791-4e65-bb23-64355d745d2a/senior-robotics-software-engineer

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

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.