Autonomy Firmware Validation & HIL Engineer (Hybrid)

DoorDash, Inc.; San Francisco, Oakland (CA, CA); Hybrid; USD 193,800 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

16 weeks paid parental leave

Comprehensive health benefits

Paid time off and sick leave

Job summary

DoorDash USA in Oakland, California is seeking a Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer to play a critical role in building robust validation processes for firmware and systems. This hybrid position requires collaboration with various teams to develop testing infrastructures.

The ideal candidate holds a BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field and has over 5 years of experience working in robotics or autonomous vehicles. Familiarity with HIL development and robust troubleshooting skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in validation, integration, or HIL development for robotics or autonomous vehicles.
• Experience designing and building HIL environments.
• Knowledge of embedded source code for validation of system peripherals.

Responsibilities

• Design and build Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems for firmware validation.
• Develop automated test infrastructure for embedded platforms.
• Collaborate with teams to identify hardware-software corner cases.

Skills

Validation and integration

HIL development

Python

C++

Embedded systems

Digital electronics

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Speedgoat

dSPACE

NI

Python/Linux systems

Job description

Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer

About the Team

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!

About the Role

We are hiring a Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer for our autonomy software team. This is a critical role to build robust and scalable validation for our firmware and systems to ensure reliability at every level. In this role, you will work with our electrical, firmware, and autonomy engineers to build the infrastructure and test suites required to validate the system. This includes designing and implementing our Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation environments and automation frameworks from the ground up. You will report to the Autonomy Platform Lead on our Autonomy Platform Team at DoorDash Labs. We expect this role to be hybrid with some time in-office and some time remote.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Play an integral role on a small and focused team.
• Design and build Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems to simulate vehicle dynamics and sensor data for comprehensive firmware and system-level validation.
• Develop automated test infrastructure and software tools to exercise multiple embedded platforms throughout our robot system.
• Interface many layers of our control system including vehicle controls, power management, and motion control to ensure seamless system integration.
• Implement low-level test sequences and validation algorithms to safely stress-test vehicle components such as batteries, drive-train, and thermal management devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify edge cases and hardware-software corner cases that impact vehicle safety and performance.

We’re excited about you because…

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in validation, integration, or HIL development for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other complex mechatronics systems.
• Proven experience designing and building HIL environments (e.g., using Speedgoat, dSPACE, NI, or custom-built Python/Linux-based racks).
• Experience with embedded source code for performing low-level troubleshooting and validation of system peripherals.
• Python and C++ experience for building test automation frameworks and software-based simulators.
• Solid understanding of digital electronics, buses (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN), and embedded peripherals for hardware-level troubleshooting.
• Knowledge and comfort working with hardware electrical systems for reading board schematics, bring-up, troubleshooting, and system validation.
• Working knowledge of MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow for modeling and simulation.
• Comfortable using source control and build automation tools like Git, Jenkins, etc.
• Bonus: You have experience collaborating in multi-disciplinary teams spanning software, controls, and hardware, and can communicate technical details across domains effectively.

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).

The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.

$193,800 - $285,000 USD

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.

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