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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.
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Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics joins DoorDash Labs to help scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomous technology. This role involves managing the development of an autonomous delivery robot by coordinating with autonomy, software, safety, and operations teams. The individual will drive the completion of features across Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation, and Remote Assistance from initial engineering concepts to validated public road operation. Key responsibilities include tracking cross-functional programs, resolving technical issues, and providing status updates to executive leadership. Candidates must possess a STEM degree and experience with the software development life cycle and autonomy validation strategies in simulation and on-road testing. Required tools include Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet or MS Project, and Google Workspace applications. The role focuses specifically on solving complex logistics challenges through autonomous vehicle integration.
Manage and lead the development of the software stack for perception, planning, localization, safety, simulation, and remote assistance.
Drive autonomy features from initial engineering concepts through to validated operation on public roads.
Deliver new autonomy features in collaboration with internal software teams.
Track and resolve technical issues across cross-functional teams including Product, QA, and Operations.
Manage the full software development lifecycle for autonomous delivery robot features.
Provide comprehensive program status updates to executive leadership from a deep technical level.
Develop and manufacture hardware and software components for autonomous delivery robots.
What we're looking for
Candidates must possess a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in a STEM field.
Candidates must have 8+ years of industry experience in engineering and/or program management.
Candidates must have an in-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies across simulation, closed courses, and public roads.
Candidates must have in-depth experience with the software development life cycle.
Candidates must have a proven track record of taking software products or features from concept to production.
Candidates must be able to manage complex, cross-functional programs involving significant ambiguity.
Candidates must be able to communicate at both a deep technical level and provide high-level status updates to executive leadership.
Candidates should have experience with program management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, or Google Workspace.