Clera

Founding Hardware Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$70,000 - $100,000 annually
Level
Mid
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 4 November 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 manufacturing, helping build a compact wearable designed for private interaction with computers.

What You'll Do

  • Improve PCB layout and optimize power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost.
  • Move prototype hardware toward production by addressing design for manufacture, testing, suppliers, and assembly.
  • Identify and resolve issues during hardware bring-up, real-world testing, and manufacturing.
  • Make hardware decisions and maintain quality across shipped units.

What We're Looking For

  • Typically 2 to 7 years of hardware engineering experience, including hands-on individual-contributor work.
  • Personal experience designing PCBs that shipped in a real product.
  • Prototype-to-production experience, or strong early-career fundamentals and demonstrated ability to work quickly with AI tools.
  • Ability to take ownership across layout, power, RF, testing, suppliers, and assembly.
  • Experience with compact wearables, IoT devices, or consumer electronics is particularly relevant.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $70,000 to $100,000 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 182 open postings.

Compared with Clera's other open jobs.

The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 181 open in Engineering. 115 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 (87 of 181), TypeScript (86 of 181), React (74 of 181), Python (70 of 181), Machine Learning (43 of 181), Supabase (37 of 181), PostgreSQL (35 of 181)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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

Posting history

Reposted 2 times since 2 October 2026: a posting for this role in San Francisco was taken down and the role was posted again.

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