Founding Robotics Engineer

Clera

Job Overview

Location

New York

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• This is a founding engineering role at a pre-seed robotics company building low-cost, teleoperated humanoid platforms that turn physical jobs into remote work.
• As the Founding Robotics Engineer, you will own the end-to-end design and delivery of the robot — from hardware to software — and shape manufacturing and deployment strategy as the company scales.
• This is a rare opportunity to define the technical direction of a physical product from day one, with meaningful equity alongside a competitive salary.
• You will architect and build a low-cost teleoperated humanoid robot designed to replace or augment on-site physical roles.
• Deliver the initial wheel-based robot for patient check-in in urgent care clinics — including self-charging and safe navigation — within a Bill of Materials (BOM) under $1,000.
• Solve the human-robot interaction challenge: craft an experience that achieves a patient preference win-rate above 50% compared to in-person staff.
• Deploy and maintain a fleet of 50 robots in clinical environments, targeting a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) exceeding 500 hours.
• Ship a contextual AI copilot that provides real-time guidance to remote operators, compressing new-hire training from weeks down to 24 hours — and laying the groundwork for a future physical reasoning model.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on engineering experience with clear ownership of shipped projects.
• Mechatronics & Integration: proven experience building robots from scratch, integrating motors, sensors, actuators, and compute into cohesive, reliable systems.
• Embedded Software & AI: solid firmware development skills and experience deploying ML models on edge systems with real-time, low-latency constraints.

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary: $120,000 – $140,000 USD annually
• Equity: meaningful founding equity stake (~1%)
• Visa sponsorship: available

Skills & Technologies

Remote

$120k-140k

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About Clera

Clera, Inc. operates as an AI Talent Agent, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance and streamline various aspects of the talent acquisition and management process. The company's core offering appears to center on an AI-powered platform designed to connect skilled individuals with suitable opportunities or to assist organizations in efficiently sourcing and evaluating candidates. While comprehensive details regarding specific features, target industries, or the scale of its operations are not yet publicly available, the current online presence indicates that Clera's services are actively being prepared for launch. This suggests an upcoming introduction of innovative AI solutions aimed at optimizing the ecosystem where talent meets demand.

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