Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics
About The Position
DoorDash Labs is a team within DoorDash building autonomous delivery robots and other autonomy solutions from the ground up for DoorDash's core delivery platform. If you have a passion for applying autonomy and robotics in a service used by millions of people daily, then we want to talk to you. As an Autonomy software TPM at DoorDash Labs you will play a central role within the robotics team at DoorDash Labs as we scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomy. You will report to the manager of our growing Technical Program Management team and will interface with autonomy teams, software, safety, and operations teams on a daily basis to drivie our autonomy stack capabilities forward. This role can be remote, with some amount of travel to our different deployment areas.
Requirements
- In-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing, and on public roads
- 8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and/or program management
- In-depth experience with the software development life cycle
- 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
- A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in STEM
- Working experience with program management tools, such as Jira Confluence Smartsheet/MS Project Google Workspace applications
Responsibilities
- Be part of an exciting effort to develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot
- Work with our autonomy software teams to deliver meaningful, new autonomy features
- Program manage and help lead development for our software stack within Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation and Remote Assistance
- Drive completion of autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving
- Work with leaders and engineers across Autonomy, Software, Product, QA, and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- wellness benefits
- commuter benefits match
- paid time off
- paid sick leave
- medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- disability and basic life insurance
- family-forming assistance
- mental health program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
