Posted by the employer · San Francisco, United States
Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics
DoorDash USA · San Francisco · United States
Posted: 6/15/2026 · On the employer's job feed since 10/11/2026
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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 an Autonomy software TPM at DoorDash Labs you will play a central role within the robotics team at DoorDash Labs as we scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomy.
You will report to the manager of our growing Technical Program Management team and will interface with autonomy teams, software, safety, and operations teams on a daily basis to drivie our autonomy stack capabilities forward. This role can be remote, with some amount of travel to our different deployment areas.
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 autonomy software teams to deliver meaningful, new autonomy features
- Program manage and help lead development for our software stack within Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation and Remote Assistance
- Drive completion of autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving
- Work with leaders and engineers across Autonomy, Software, Product, QA, and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues
We're excited about you because you have…
- In-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing, and on public roads
- 8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and/or program management
- In-depth experience with the software development life cycle
- Demonstrated success taking software products or features from concept to production
- A track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with significant ambiguity
- The ability to operate from a deep technical level all the way up to providing comprehensive program status to executive leadership
- A B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in STEM
- Working experience with program management tools, such as
- Jira
- Confluence
- Smartsheet/MS Project
- Google Workspace 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 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). DoorDash 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.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
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).
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, 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 company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
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 (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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