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title: "Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Robotics and Physical AI"
company: "Clera"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/clera"
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apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/64bad7cf-6b7d-491c-9b8a-21b6231ef192"
workplace: onsite
location: "San Francisco"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: mid
role: ai-machine-learning
region: united-states
skills: ["computer-vision", "cpp", "llm", "python"]
date_posted: 2026-09-17T17:24:53.551Z
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# Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Robotics and Physical AI

**Clera** · San Francisco

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/64bad7cf-6b7d-491c-9b8a-21b6231ef192

## About Clera

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## About the role

##### About the Role

This is a hands-on research and engineering role at an early-stage AI data company focused on robotics and physical AI. You will work across learning algorithms, simulation, and hardware to push robot capabilities from simulation into real-world deployment, shaping how robots perceive, plan, and act.

##### What You'll Do

- Develop learning systems for robots, including policies, world models, and vision-language-action models.

- Build and maintain simulation environments and evaluation frameworks for robotic tasks.

- Apply and advance computer vision and perception algorithms for autonomous robots.

- Build pipelines connecting simulation and real-world robot deployment across real-to-sim and sim-to-real workflows.

- Work with robot hardware, sensors, actuators, and embedded systems to prototype and test capabilities.

- Train and evaluate reinforcement-learning and imitation-learning systems for manipulation, locomotion, or mobile platforms.

- Integrate robot platforms to validate algorithms in the physical world.

- Create tools and infrastructure that accelerate robotics research and development.

- Collaborate with external robotics companies and research labs on technical challenges.

##### What We're Looking For

- Strong software skills in C++ and Python.

- Practical experience with deep learning, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.

- Demonstrated hands-on robotics research and engineering experience beyond academic prototypes alone.

- Real-to-sim and sim-to-real workflow experience; familiarity with simulation platforms such as Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, MJX, or Genesis is a plus.

- Hands-on mechanical and hardware engineering experience, including sensors, actuators, CAD, and embedded systems.

- Relevant industry experience in a company environment, not solely university research.

- Comfort operating as an individual contributor with end-to-end ownership in a small, fast-moving team.

- Exposure to modern multimodal AI approaches such as transformers, diffusion models, world models, LLMs, or AI agents is a bonus.

- Background from a recognized company or strong university is preferred; genuine robotics depth is required over adjacent ML experience alone.

- All experience levels welcome, from new graduates to seasoned researchers.

##### Compensation & Benefits

- Salary: $100,000 to $300,000 annually (USD), depending on experience.

- Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be eligible to work in the US.

##### Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. This role is not remote.

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