1 day ago
Base Salary
$163k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, and operate interoperable services for route planning and airspace deconfliction.
- Develop path-planning and airspace-deconfliction algorithms for safe and efficient routing in dynamic environments.
- Build tools to evaluate and optimize airspace efficiency and utilization.
- Integrate the deconfliction stack with DoorDash systems and translate mission and airspace status for internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with systems engineering, commercial operations, and flight operations to deliver features for real-world flight.
- Represent DoorDash Air with peer companies, standards bodies, working groups, and industry forums.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; the posting also lists BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of experience across the design, development, deployment, and operation of distributed systems in aviation, finance, communications, healthcare, or another interoperability-, uptime-, or safety-critical field.
- Experience building and shipping production services that interoperate with systems outside the candidate’s control, including external or open-source conformance or certification testing.
- Hands-on experience with path planning, routing, or deconfliction in dynamic environments, or strong algorithmic foundations in graph search, optimization, or motion planning.
- Experience building evaluation and analysis tooling and designing integrations across organizational boundaries.
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders and comfort representing work externally.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience with C++, Python, Go, or similar languages, plus familiarity with real-time or fault-tolerant system design.
- Preferred experience includes airspace management, air traffic control, UAS traffic management, standards bodies, open-source interoperability, certification-aware aerospace development, real-time systems, embedded systems, and graceful degradation under partial failure.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching, medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, and family-forming assistance.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave, 11 paid holidays, flexible paid time off for salaried roles, and paid sick leave.
- Wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, wellness expense reimbursement, and a mental health program.
- The role includes opportunities for equity grants in addition to base salary.
About DoorDash
DoorDash builds a marketplace and logistics platform that connects consumers with local restaurants and retailers for on-demand delivery and pickup, powered by a network of independent Dashers. It earns through delivery fees, merchant commissions, advertising, DashPass subscriptions, and white-label fulfillment via DoorDash Drive. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the public company operates across the U.S. and selected international markets, and also researches automation through DoorDash Labs.