Electrical Engineer - DoorDash Air

DoorDash USA; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

Parental leave 16 weeks

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits match

Paid time off & paid sick leave

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

11 paid holidays

Disability and basic life insurance

Family-forming assistance

Mental health program

Job summary

DoorDash is building a pioneering air-rights program and you will own critical electrical subsystems for aircraft and ground systems. You’ll design high reliability, high power density converters and lead cross-functional collaboration with firmware, systems, mechanical, and reliability teams.

You will prototype in the lab, validate top sensors and actuators, diagnose signal integrity/EMI issues, and contribute to a growing drone delivery platform at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing electronics circuits in cross-functional work environments.
• Experience building prototypes to identify sensors/actuators and how to control them.
• Ability to debug a complex system and identify issues caused by signal integrity, EMI, hardware design errors, or firmware bugs.

Responsibilities

• Own critical subsystems of the aircrafts and ground systems.
• Design high reliability, high power density converters.
• Collaborate closely with firmware, systems and mechanical engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and reliability teams.

Skills

Mechatronics design

Electronics circuit design

Prototyping in lab

Signal integrity

EMI/EMC knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Job description

The DoorDash Air team is bringing drone delivery to reality. To make this happen, we’re building a strong electrical team to design high reliability, high power density converters, and fault-tolerant controls electronics. Come join us to build a new class of aircrafts and deploy at scale.

DoorDash Labs, established in 2018, serves as the innovation hub for DoorDash, focusing on developing automation and robotics solutions to enhance last-mile logistics. The team's mission is to create technologies that support and augment human networks, aiming to improve efficiency for Dashers, merchants, and consumers alike. We’re ruthlessly focused on business impact. We are a highly senior team composed of former pioneers from a variety of different robotics industries. As of 2025, DoorDash has completed 10B lifetime deliveries. We’re focused on how to do the next 10B even better.

About the Role

In this role, you will own critical subsystems of the aircrafts and ground systems. Within a year, your designs will be operating complex mechanisms in the field and in the air.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Design mechatronics systems from a blank sheet
• Impact how our customers and merchants interact with our systems
• You’ll own the electrical design while collaborating closely with firmware, systems and mechanical engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and reliability teams

We’re excited about you because…

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• You have 5+ years of experience designing electronics circuit in highly cross-functional work environments
• You feel at home in the lab, building prototypes to identify the best sensors and actuators for an application, and how to control them
• You can debug a complex system and identify issues caused by signal integrity, electromagnetic interference, hardware design errors or firmware bugs.

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.

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.

$139,400 - $205,000 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.

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.

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