Clera

Senior ML Engineer, Perception

San Francisco
Salary
$190,000 - $222,000 annually
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Not offered

Open. First seen 29 October 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Lead the perception stack for an autonomous defense technology system, owning detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion. You will work closely with robotics software, controls, and hardware engineers to deliver perception that performs reliably in real-world conditions.

What You'll Do

  • Design and own perception architecture across detection, tracking, classification, and sensor fusion.
  • Develop ML models and training pipelines, then deploy them on embedded devices.
  • Fuse EO/IR and other sensor data across the targeting system.
  • Optimize perception software for real-time performance on embedded hardware and within tight latency budgets.
  • Partner with robotics, controls, and hardware teams to align perception capabilities with system constraints.
  • Mentor perception engineers as the team grows.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 5 years building and shipping perception systems on physical hardware.
  • Production ML engineering experience in Python and C++, including model development, training pipelines, and deployment.
  • Hands-on experience building real-time computer vision detection and tracking from live sensor data, and shipping systems for real-world targets.
  • Experience deploying models on-device with TensorRT, ONNX, or equivalent, and optimizing for embedded compute and latency constraints.
  • A recent background in computer vision, perception, robotics software, or related machine learning for physical systems.
  • Experience with multi-sensor fusion, EO/IR or thermal imagery, moving-camera compensation, or small and long-range targets is valuable.
  • Counter-UAS, aerial tracking, radar or RF perception, classified programs, and work in adversarial or denied environments are also relevant.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $190,000 to $222,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States, five days per week, with range days.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

C++ · Computer Vision

Rare in Clera's other 208 open postings.

Standard for data science / ML roles

Machine Learning · Python

Common in data science / ML postings at any company.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 207 open in Engineering. 141 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 (102 of 207), TypeScript (90 of 207), Python (82 of 207), React (77 of 207), Machine Learning (45 of 207), Supabase (37 of 207), JavaScript (36 of 207)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted once since 21 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

  • 29 October 2026 – open (this posting)
  • 21 October 2026 – closed 28 October 2026

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