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DoorDash

Senior Software Engineer, Motion Planning – DoorDash Labs

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1 day ago
San Francisco, CA, USA
Senior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$168k - $247k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship real-time behavior and motion planning features for complex driving scenarios.
  • Lead root-cause analysis to eliminate planner-related disengagements and failures.
  • Build scalable evaluation, simulation, and validation frameworks for safe rollout.
  • Collaborate with perception, prediction, controls, and platform teams for autonomy improvements.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions for planner robustness and efficiency.

Requirements

  • BS/MS/PhD in CS, EE, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong C++ software engineering experience in building production-quality systems.
  • Experience in developing or deploying motion planning or real-time decision-making systems.
  • Comfortable with data-driven evaluation and performance metrics.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) with employer matching.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave and wellness benefits.
  • Paid time off and sick leave in compliance with applicable laws.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits, along with disability and life insurance.
  • Family-forming assistance and a mental health program.

Tech Stack

C++Robot Framework

Categories

AI & MLEmbedded