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About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior or Staff System Safety Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will play a critical part in the development and validation of safety-critical systems for our unmanned delivery platforms. You will lead efforts to define, analyze, and document safety across system and component levels, ensuring compliance with standards. The ideal candidate has a strong background in safety case development, functional decomposition, hazard assessment, and FMEA, with a proven ability to manage and communicate risk throughout a fast-paced, iterative development process.

Responsibilities

Develop and own the overarching system safety case for autonomous delivery operations, aligning it with operational concepts, regulatory expectations, and design intent.
Derive and maintain system-level safety and functional requirements that support the safety case and ensure traceability through design and verification.
Collaborate across disciplines (systems, software, mechanical, electrical, and operations) to identify, assess, and design for safety early in the development lifecycle.
Perform detailed safety analyses such as Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA), Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA), and Fault Tree Analyses (FTA) to evaluate potential hazards and mitigation strategies.
Support risk management and leadership alignment by quantifying risks, defining acceptable risk thresholds, and communicating safety impacts clearly and effectively.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Aerospace, Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.
Experience developing safety cases and safety requirements for self-driving, aerospace, or other safety-critical systems.
Proficiency in functional decomposition and system requirements definition, with familiarity in model-based or structured systems engineering tools.
Hands-on experience conducting Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA) and contributing to FMEA/FTA processes for complex hardware and software systems.
Ability to align organizational risk tolerance with quantitative risk assessments, translating technical analyses into program-level decisions.
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills, with a collaborative mindset suited to a cross-functional development environment.
Must be comfortable regularly exercising discretion and independent judgment in performing job duties, including evaluating options, making informed decisions, and determining appropriate courses of action within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

Skills

Safety case development
Functional decomposition
Hazard assessment
FMEA
Risk management
Functional Hazard Assessments (FHA)
Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEA)
Fault Tree Analyses (FTA)
Quantitative risk assessments
Analytical skills
Communication skills
Organizational skills
Collaborative mindset

Experience Level

Senior
Staff

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Advanced degree

Salary/Compensations

$159,800—$235,000 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 benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
11 paid holidays
Disability insurance
Basic life insurance
Family-forming assistance
Mental health program
Flexible paid time off/vacation (for salaried roles)
80 hours of paid sick time per year (for salaried roles)

About the Company

DoorDash Labs, established in 2018, serves as the innovation hub for DoorDash, focusing on developing automation and robotics solutions to enhance last-mile logistics.
The team's mission is to create technologies that support and augment human networks, aiming to improve efficiency for Dashers, merchants, and consumers alike.
We’re ruthlessly focused on business impact.
We are a highly senior team composed of former pioneers from a variety of different robotics industries.
As of 2025, DoorDash has completed 10B lifetime deliveries.
We’re focused on how to do the next 10B even better.
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.
Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office.
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.
Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.