# Founding Hardware Engineer

About the Role Join an early-stage AI hardware team building a compact wearable for private interaction with computers. As the founding hardware engineer, you will own the device from its next board revision through production, helping turn prototypes into reliable hardware for everyday use. What You'll Do Improve PCB layout and optimize power, RF performance, size, reliability, and cost. Lead the transition from prototype to production, including design for manufacture, testing, supplier coordination, and assembly. Identify and resolve hardware risks during bring-up, real-world testing, and manufacturing. Own hardware design decisions and the quality of finished devices. What We're Looking For Typically 2 to 7 years of experience in hands-on hardware engineering, with an individual contributor focus. Experience personally designing PCBs that shipped in a real product, ideally a compact wearable, IoT device, or consumer electronic product. Experience taking hardware from prototype to production, or strong early-career fundamentals and demonstrated speed using AI tools. Ability to take ownership across board layout, power, RF, testing, suppliers, and assembly. Compensation &

- **Id**: 4083725
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/clera-founding-hardware-engineer-7>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T17:07:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T18:18:20Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1383
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes

## Company

- **Id**: 2706
- **Name**: Clera
- **Domain**: getclera.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/clera>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 40
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 6
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 70000
- **Max**: 100000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 100000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T18:18:20Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 45; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 45 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 6
- **Reasons**: conf:2, agency, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T20:45:28Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 100000
- **Is top pay**: no

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