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Clera

Founding Electrical Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$160,000 - $200,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 19 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an electrical and software engineering team building AI-enabled tools for circuit board design. You will own customer projects from requirements through manufacturing while helping improve how hardware is designed and delivered.

What You'll Do

  • Manage multiple client projects at a time, from gathering requirements through manufacturing.
  • Design circuit boards for applications such as motor control, computing, RF, battery management, and high-speed interfaces.
  • Work directly with customers to understand their constraints and deliver practical solutions.
  • Build internal tools and automation to improve the speed and reliability of hardware design.
  • Collaborate with layout specialists, firmware engineers, and manufacturing partners.

What We're Looking For

  • At least one year of electrical engineering experience, including shipping hardware to production.
  • Hands-on PCB design experience and familiarity with tools such as KiCad, Altium, Cadence, or LTspice.
  • Experience across multiple hardware domains, such as high-speed digital, power electronics, antennas, BGA fanout, or battery management.
  • A portfolio of personal PCB or hardware projects that demonstrates design complexity and execution.
  • Experience owning client projects through manufacturing, working with customers, improving design processes, and collaborating across hardware teams.
  • Experience with AI-assisted coding tools is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $160,000 to $200,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. Candidates must live in the area or relocate before starting.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Altium · Embedded Systems · PCB Design

Rare in Clera's other 299 open postings.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 313 open in Engineering. 247 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

LLM (145 of 313), TypeScript (136 of 313), Python (133 of 313), React (110 of 313), Machine Learning (74 of 313), PostgreSQL (59 of 313), JavaScript (56 of 313)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.

Other openings for this role

4 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 28 September 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

5 other open postings titled Founding Electrical Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 200,000 a year.

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