Forward Deployed Engineer

San Franciscofull timeOn Site

$180k–$220k

H1B: no

Clera Forward Deployed Engineer role on robotics AI team deploying physical automation systems. Own deployments from data collection through production monitoring and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Join a robotics AI team deploying physical automation systems in customer facilities. You will own deployments from data collection and model fine-tuning through production monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational feedback that improves the underlying models.
Lead deployment cycles, including data collection, model fine-tuning, physical system setup, and production monitoring.
Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, perception, and integration issues in field and production environments.
Collect operational data and failure modes to inform foundation model training and architecture.
Troubleshoot integrations across perception hardware, compute stacks, and edge deployment environments.
Travel to customer sites across the United States, adapting to changing deployment schedules.

Qualification

Experience in field engineeringKorean language proficiency

Required

Two to eight years of hands-on experience deploying robotics or automation systems in factory, warehouse, or logistics environments.
Experience in field engineering, forward deployed engineering, robotics deployment, ML or AI operations, or customer-facing technical work.
Practical debugging experience with perception hardware such as cameras, depth sensors, tactile sensors, or pressure sensors.
Some exposure to Vision-Language-Action models or learned robot policies; academic or lab experience is relevant.
Comfort working hands-on across hardware and software, owning work from data collection through production fixes.
Willingness to travel 50 to 75 percent and work from the San Francisco office about three days per week.
Experience with GPU compute stacks and edge deployment is helpful. Korean language proficiency is also helpful.