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Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco$120k–$200kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Join an early-stage hardware-software startup as a founding engineer to build AI-assisted PCB design tools and EDA automation. You'll own the core platform from day one, working across full-stack challenges from backend systems to manufacturing integration while shipping features directly to users.

What you'll do

  • Build and ship AI-assisted PCB design tools and EDA automation features
  • Integrate manufacturing pipelines and manage hardware-to-production workflows
  • Own full-stack platform problems across backend systems and user-facing tooling
  • Define product direction and technical strategy with the founding team
  • Iterate rapidly on user feedback and unblock development bottlenecks
  • Contribute to architecture decisions for embedded systems and firmware

What they're looking for

  • Software product development and shipping
  • PCB design, KiCad, or electronics hardware experience
  • Systems or low-level programming (C, C++, Rust, or Go)
  • Full-stack software engineering and systems design
  • Embedded systems or firmware development
  • AI/ML integration into design tools (preferred)
  • Manufacturing and supply chain processes (preferred)
  • EDA tools and workflows (preferred)

Benefits

  • Equity stake as a founding engineer
  • Direct influence on product and technical direction
  • Work on cutting-edge AI-assisted hardware design tooling
  • Full-stack ownership and rapid shipping culture
  • Intersection of software and hardware challenges
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Clera

Clera builds an agentic operating system that automates complex workflows and processes through AI agents, with a platform designed to simplify distributed infrastructure management for developers. The company is hiring Founding Engineers, Customer Engineers, and Product Engineers to develop both backend systems and user-facing interfaces across their AI automation products.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a physical or hardware product you shipped end-to-end—what were the biggest challenges?
  • Describe your hands-on experience with PCB design or KiCad. What have you built?
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