Controls Engineer

1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Quality Assurance and Testing
DoorDash

DoorDash

DoorDash empowers small business owners by providing an affordable and convenient platform for local delivery services, primarily focusing on restaurant food delivery.

Air Freight & Logistics
10K-50K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Design and implement closed-loop vehicle controls, supervisory controls, thermal management, and auxiliary control algorithms for robot systems.
  • Build verification infrastructure such as test cases, plant models, and functional models to validate algorithm behavior.
  • Ship embedded control algorithms for various ECUs that operate the robot powertrain and other systems.
  • Test robot performance across simulation, component testing, and end-to-end road testing.
  • Continuously improve development processes, testing methods, bug triage, and overall robot performance.
  • Design features, systems, and processes that support internal customers such as robot operations, field service, autonomy software, and hardware teams.
  • Define and solve new problems as project needs evolve.

Requirements

  • BS or MS degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience developing and testing brushless motor controls.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience building robots, autonomous vehicles, or other complex mechatronics systems.
  • Proficiency in model-based design using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow.
  • Strong understanding of robotics or mechatronics fundamentals, including feedback control, sensors, actuators, embedded controllers, and CAN communication.
  • Working knowledge of C and Python.
  • Experience building physical models of mechatronic systems for simulation is preferred.
  • Strong understanding of road vehicle dynamics is preferred.
  • Experience with source control and build automation tools such as Git and Jenkins is preferred.
  • Ability to write clear, concise, and complete design and task documentation is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary range of $139,400 to $205,000 USD, depending on role-related factors and location.
  • Opportunities for equity grants.
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching.
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • 11 paid holidays, paid time off, and paid sick leave.
  • Disability and basic life insurance.
  • Wellness benefits, including a mental health program and wellness expense reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefits match and family-forming assistance.

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