About this role
About the Team
DoorDash Labs is a team within DoorDash building autonomous delivery robots and other autonomy solutions from the ground up for DoorDash's core delivery platform. If you have a passion for applying autonomy and robotics in a service used by millions of people daily, then we want to talk to you.
About the Role
As an Autonomy software TPM at DoorDash Labs you will play a central role within the robotics team at DoorDash Labs as we scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomy.
You will report to the manager of our growing Technical Program Management team and will interface with autonomy teams, software, safety, and operations teams on a daily basis to drivie our autonomy stack capabilities forward. This role can be remote, with some amount of travel to our different deployment areas.
You're excited about this opportunity because you will…
• Be part of an exciting effort to develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot
• Work with our autonomy software teams to deliver meaningful, new autonomy features
• Program manage and help lead development for our software stack within Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation and Remote Assistance
• Drive completion of autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving
• Work with leaders and engineers across Autonomy, Software, Product, QA, and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues
We're excited about you because you have…
• In-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing, and on public roads
• 8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and/or program management
• In-depth experience with the software development life cycle
• Demonstrated success taking software products or features from concept to production
• A track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with significant ambiguity
• The ability to operate from a deep technical level all the way up to providing comprehensive program status to executive leadership
• A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in STEM
• Working experience with program management tools, such as
• Jira
• Confluence
• Smartsheet/MS Project
• Google Workspace applications
Compensation
The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan wi