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Clera

Founding Engineer

San Francisco$120k–$200kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Founding engineer role at an early-stage startup building AI-assisted PCB design and EDA automation tools. You'll own core product development across the full hardware-to-production lifecycle, working directly with founders to shape technical strategy and ship features that accelerate electronics teams.

What you'll do

  • Build and ship AI-assisted PCB design tools and EDA automation features to users
  • Integrate manufacturing pipelines and manage end-to-end hardware production workflows
  • Own full-stack problems spanning backend systems and user-facing tooling
  • Collaborate with founding team to define product direction and technical strategy
  • Ship quickly, iterate on user feedback, and resolve engineering blockers

What they're looking for

  • PCB design, schematic review, or KiCad experience
  • Systems/low-level programming (C, C++, Rust, or Go)
  • Full-stack software engineering with strong fundamentals in algorithms and systems design
  • Embedded systems or firmware development
  • EDA tools or manufacturing pipeline experience
  • AI/machine learning integration into tools or design automation
  • Hardware supply chain knowledge

Benefits

  • Equity and founding engineer status at early-stage startup
  • Opportunity to shape product strategy directly
  • Work at intersection of software and hardware
  • San Francisco location
  • On-site collaboration with founding team
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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 hardware product you shipped end-to-end from conception to real users—what were the biggest challenges?
  • Describe your hands-on experience with PCB design or EDA tools. How deep does it go?
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