Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics

DoorDash DoorDash · Consumer · Oakland, CA · 311 Autonomy

Staff Software Technical Program Manager for DoorDash's Autonomy & Robotics team, focusing on scaling autonomous delivery robots and optimizing last-mile deliveries. The role involves program management across the autonomy software stack (Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation, Remote Assistance) from concept to public road validation, working cross-functionally with software, safety, and operations teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Program manage and help lead development for our software stack within Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation and Remote Assistance
  2. Drive completion of autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving
  3. Work with leaders and engineers across Autonomy, Software, Product, QA, and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues
  4. Work with our autonomy software teams to deliver meaningful, new autonomy features
  5. Be part of an exciting effort to develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and/or program management
  • In-depth experience with the software development life cycle
  • A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in STEM
  • Working experience with program management tools

Nice to have

  • In-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing, and on public roads
  • Demonstrated success taking software products or features from concept to production
  • A track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with significant ambiguity
  • The ability to operate from a deep technical level all the way up to providing comprehensive program status to executive leadership

What the JD emphasized

  • In-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing, and on public roads
  • Demonstrated success taking software products or features from concept to production
  • A track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with significant ambiguity

Other signals

  • autonomous delivery robots
  • autonomy stack capabilities
  • scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomy
  • develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot
  • autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving