11 hours ago
Oakland, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$199k - $292k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the simulation engine and supporting production software.
- Build and improve simulation models for robot behavior, other participants, and environmental interactions.
- Calibrate and validate simulation models against real-world behavior using controlled, repeatable experiments.
- Develop parameterized environments and synthetic scenarios for difficult-to-capture field conditions.
- Investigate differences between simulated and real-world behavior and improve model assumptions and parameters.
- Improve simulator reproducibility, reliability, usability, and debuggability.
- Own simulation projects from design through validation while collaborating with autonomy and robotics engineers.
Requirements
- Strong production experience with C++ and Python.
- Ability to translate real-world behavior and physical systems into practical software models.
- Experience building closed-loop or interactive simulation software, with depth in areas such as robot dynamics, physics, road-user behavior, synthetic scenario generation, or probabilistic modeling.
- Experience using real-world data and controlled, repeatable experiments to test, calibrate, or validate software models.
- Experience debugging complex systems and delivering reliable production software using Linux, Git, automated testing, and CI.
- Experience applying machine learning to simulation modeling and validating learned models against real-world data is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with some time in-office and some time remote.
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, basic life insurance, and mental health programs.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching, paid parental leave, family-forming assistance, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off, paid sick leave, and 11 paid holidays.
- Equity grant opportunities in addition to base salary.
- Flexible paid time off and 80 hours of paid sick time annually for salaried roles.
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.