Hardware Validation Engineer at Doordashusa — Oakland, CA

## About the Team

DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We are working on building autonomous delivery robots from the ground-up and other automation solutions as part of DoorDash's core delivery hardware. If you have a passion for applying AI and robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you!

## About the Role

We’re seeking a highly motivated Hardware Validation Engineer to verify and validate the system requirements for Dot, our next-generation autonomous delivery robot. In this role, you will develop and execute test campaigns to ensure our delivery hardware meets performance, safety, and regulatory goals.

You will join our V&V team based in Oakland. This role requires occasional travel to test sites in California, Arizona, and Michigan.

• Validate our next-generation robot delivery hardware
• Work with hardware requirement owners to develop and execute robot system tests
• Validate the electrical, mechanical, thermal, safety, and sensing performance of the robot across a challenging breadth of environments
• Improve robot reliability through rigorous testing and troubleshooting efforts
• Work with leaders and engineers across DevOps, Software, Firmware, Controls, AI and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues
• Construct and maintain test tooling, fixtures, and documentation
• Lead test reviews and report out on test program progress

## We're excited about you because...

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in engineering, e.g. robotics, mechanical, electrical or computer science
• 5+ years of industry experience working in automotive or mechatronics engineering testing & validation at the system level
• Hands-on experience with CAN bus & Ethernet data logging and analysis tools
• Experience with environmental testing such as thermal, shock, and IP testing
• A track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects and programs
• A working understanding of vehicle mechanicals and electronics
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle perception systems

Compensation

See below for paid time off details:

• For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
• For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).

$139,400—$205,000 USD

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