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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