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Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics

Company

DoorDash

Location

San Francisco, CA

Posted

July 08, 2026

Position Overview

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…

+ Play an integral role on a small and focused team

+ Develop and tune low-level flight control algorithms for overactuated multirotor and hybrid aircraft on embedded platforms

+ Own the dynamics simulation and aerodynamics modeling of the aircraft

+ Bring up and tune flight contro...

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