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Clera

Founding Hardware Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$70,000 - $80,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 20 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an early-stage consumer AI hardware team as its founding hardware engineer. You will own the device hardware from the next board revision through production, helping build a compact wearable designed for private, hands-free interaction with computers.

What You'll Do

  • Improve PCB layout and optimize power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.
  • Advance the device from prototype toward production, including design for manufacture, testing, supplier coordination, and assembly.
  • Identify and resolve risks during hardware bring-up, real-world testing, and manufacturing.
  • Make hardware decisions and maintain quality across the units produced.

What We're Looking For

  • Typically 2 to 7 years of hardware engineering experience, with hands-on individual contributor experience.
  • Personally designed PCBs that shipped in a real product, ideally a compact wearable, IoT device, or consumer electronic product.
  • Experience taking hardware from prototype to production, or strong engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to work quickly with AI tools.
  • Ability to take ownership across PCB layout, power, RF, testing, suppliers, and assembly.
  • A practical, hands-on approach to design, validation, and manufacturing. Experience in the specific product domain is not required.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $70,000 to $80,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, United States. Candidates willing to relocate are welcome.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

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 346 open in Engineering. 280 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 (154 of 346), Python (146 of 346), TypeScript (144 of 346), React (117 of 346), Machine Learning (85 of 346), PostgreSQL (61 of 346), JavaScript (59 of 346)

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 2 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

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