About the Role
We are hiring a Software Integration Engineer for our Platform Integration team. This is a critical role with impact across the robot lifecycle, from manufacturing to daily operation. The Platform Integration team owns making sure the robot works as one cohesive system. The focus is on the interfaces between subsystems; this role in particular is focused on the software side handling interaction between: OS & software stack; firmware; networking; timing; and calibration. In this role, you will work cross functionally with our electrical, hardware, firmware, and autonomy engineers to support new functionality both in both hardware and software. This includes creating provisioning tools, functional tests, and supporting integration into the autonomy software stack. You will report to the Autonomy Platform Lead on our Autonomy Platform Team at DoorDash Labs.
Responsibilities
- Lead system-level debug when an issue crosses subsystem boundaries or no single team can isolate it.
- Support early integration of new sensor and software component designs by identifying interface requirements, risks, dependencies and required checks.
- Design and maintain integration tests, test setups, and procedures to ensure subsystems, once combined, satisfy requirements and design intent.
- Build and maintain the mission-readiness checks used before manufacturing signoff, validation, field testing, or mission use for different robot platforms.
- Create the tools, checks, and debug guidance that Manufacturing Integration, Validation, Field Service, and Fleet Operations need to use consistently and independently.
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in software for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other complex mechatronics systems.
- Python and C++ experience, writing building reliable and performant code.
- Experience with grokking source code and working with a large codebase.
- Solid understanding of OS concepts, software performance, networking
- Comfortable using source control and build automation tools like Git, Jenkins, Buildkite, etc.
- Experience collaborating in multi-disciplinary teams spanning software, controls, and hardware, and can communicate technical details across domains effectively.
Skills
- ROS/ROS2 or other robotics middleware experience is a plus.
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
Education Level
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
Salary/Compensations
- $168,000—$247,000 USD
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Commuter benefits match
- Paid time off
- Paid sick leave
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- Disability and basic life insurance
- Family-forming assistance
- Mental health program
About the Company
- At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers.
- We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
- DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers.
- We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Equal Opportunity
- We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
- Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status.
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- Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash.
- We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
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