Reliability Test Engineer

About the Team

Door Dash Labs, established in 2018, serves as the innovation hub for Door Dash, focusing on developing automation and robotics solutions to enhance last‑mile logistics. The team's mission is to create technologies that support and augment human networks, aiming to improve efficiency for Dashers, merchants, and consumers alike. We’re ruthlessly focused on business impact. We are a highly senior team composed of former pioneers from a variety of different robotics industries.

As of 2025, Door Dash has completed 10B lifetime deliveries. We’re focused on how to do the next 10B even better.

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior/Staff Test Engineer to join our team. This individual will play a key role in the development and validation of our unmanned platforms at the system and component levels. The ideal candidate has a strong background in test development, test execution, and root cause analysis with a proven track record of collaboratively managing risk throughout a fast paced development process.

• Run and monitor tests within our facility as well as at outside test labs.
• Collaborate with a tight knit team to identify and understand test failures.
• Be hands‑on in developing test methods and equipment to uncover failures before they happen in the field.
• Find clarity through root cause analysis of lab and field failures and suggest design changes to prevent them.
• Use your creativity to create novel and scaled tests for autonomous systems.

• A bachelors or advanced degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Mastery of test equipment such as environmental chambers, vibration tables, water testers, DAQs, etc.
• Ability to bring order to complex test and development programs via clear technical communication and documentation.
• Experience designing and building testers and equipment.
• Ability to write Python scripts to automate reliability tests.
• Experience with CAD and shop tools to design and build fixtures and/or test rigs.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and organizational skills.

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. Talk to your recruiter for more information.

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.

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. Paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked.

If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.

Statement of Non‑Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on protected categories, we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior from ever gaining a foothold in our office.