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About DoorDash, Inc
DoorDash, Inc. is an American company operating online food ordering and food delivery. It trades under the symbol DASH. With a 56% market share, DoorDash is the largest food delivery platform in the United States.
DoorDash, Inc currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$163,800–$240,900
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The Product Manager Airspace & Autonomy joins the DoorDash Air team to lead the end-to-end product strategy for autonomous drone delivery. You will own the roadmap for safety-critical software, perception, human interfaces, and mission-planning services required to scale drone operations. Daily responsibilities include connecting logistics platforms with aircraft autonomy stacks, defining data strategies for geospatial and weather layers, and managing UTM capabilities for airspace authorization. You will utilize technical knowledge of ASTM F3201, F3548, and F3411 standards to ensure regulatory compliance. Key competencies include experience with path planning, localization, and fleet orchestration within FAA-regulated environments. You will make build-versus-partner decisions, mentor engineers, and translate Part 135 and Part 108 requirements into reusable software to enable reliable, large-scale autonomous aviation and last-mile logistics.
What does a Product Manager earn in California?
Median $222500 from 329 postings across 57 companies.
Own the end-to-end product strategy for safety-critical software, services, and platform infrastructure for autonomous drone delivery.
Integrate drone delivery capabilities into the DoorDash marketplace, including order readiness, dispatch, and fulfillment logic.
Lead the autonomy product roadmap for mission planning, path planning, detect-and-avoid, and vehicle health.
Define the technical requirements for moving from 1:1 to m:N multi-aircraft operations and fleet orchestration.
Establish the data strategy for geospatial, weather, airspace, and operational data layers.
Build UTM and airspace-management capabilities for deconfliction, authorization, and interoperability with public systems.
Lead standards compliance by championing ASTM standards and translating regulatory requirements into reusable software features.
Make build-versus-partner decisions for technology providers, data sources, and autonomy components.
What we're looking for
10+ years of product management, technical product leadership, systems leadership, or related experience.
5+ years of experience in autonomous systems, robotics, UAS, aviation technology, safety-critical systems, or other highly regulated environments.
Demonstrated track record of taking technically complex products from early concept through validation, deployment, and operational scale.
Experience owning products spanning multiple layers including embedded/vehicle software, cloud services, APIs, data infrastructure, and hardware integration.
Strong technical fluency in autonomous concepts like mission planning, path planning, perception, localization, guidance and control, and behavior management.
Experience defining product strategy for distributed, real-time, or mission-critical systems where reliability and safety are fundamental requirements.
Working knowledge of UTM, airspace-management systems, geospatial data, flight-planning services, and conformance monitoring.
Experience operating within FAA-regulated environments, including familiarity with Part 107, 135, 108, 146, and BVLOS operating approvals.
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Embedded Systems
Motion Planning
Flight Control
Dynamics Modeling
Aerodynamics
PX4
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Linear Algebra
Optimization
Trajectory Optimization
State Estimation
Brushless DC Motor Control