Hardware Validation Engineer

About the Team

Door Dash Labs is an independent team within Door Dash. We are working on building autonomous delivery robots from the ground-up and other automation solutions as part of Door Dash'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!

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 Dev Ops, 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

• 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

The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the pay range listed below and is determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Base salary is localized according to an employee’s work location. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants.

Door Dash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). Door Dash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.

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).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$139,400—$205,000 USD

At Door Dash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a…