Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air

DoorDash USA · San Francisco

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Company
DoorDash USA
Location
San Francisco
Salary
$198,600 — $292,000
Posted
July 7, 2026

About this job

DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last mile logistics in the long term. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! We're hiring a Planning & Controls Engineer in our Autonomy Software team. In this role, you'll own and develop flight control, motion planning, and mission planning algorithms for robust, fault-tolerant drone delivery. This is a hands-on role: you will design controllers, implement them in C++ on embedded platforms, test them in flight, and iterate. You're excited about this opportunity because you will……

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