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Softbank Investment advisers

Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics

Softbank Investment advisers, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199


About DoorDashAt DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly and always learn and reiterate to support merchants, Dashers and the communities we serve. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.

Job Description

About the Team

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!

About the Role

As a Software TPM at DoorDash Labs you will play a central role within the robot operations team at DoorDash Labs as we scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomy.

You will report to the manager of our growing Program Management team and will interface with operations, hardware, service, software, autonomy, safety and testing teams on a daily basis. This role is a hybrid role and requires being on site 1-2 days per week.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

Be part of an exciting effort to develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot

Work with our Autonomous Software teams in the Bay Area

Program manage and help lead development for our cutting edge software within Simulation & Mapping

Drive completion of autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving readiness

Work with leaders and engineers across Product, DevOps, Hardware, Software, Firmware, Controls, AI and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues

We're excited about you because you have…

A B.S., M.S., or PhD. in engineering, e.g. robotics, mechanical, electrical or computer science

8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and program management

In-depth experience with the software development life cycle

Demonstrated success taking software products from concept to production

A track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with significant ambiguity and on track delivery of programs

The ability to operate from a deep technical level all the way up to providing comprehensive program status to executive leadership

In-depth understanding of autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing and on public roads

Strong familiarity with program management tools, such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet/MS Project, Google Workplace applications

Compensation

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.

DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all regular employees that includes a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, paid parental leave, wellness benefits, and several paid holidays.

Additionally, for full-time employees, DoorDash offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, a commuter benefit match, and a mental health program, among others.

To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.

The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographical market up to our highest geographical market within California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Washington.

$171,600—$252,400 USD

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