Hardware Integration Engineer - DoorDash Dot

Doordashusa; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

DoorDash Labs is seeking a Hardware Systems Integration Engineer to own bring-up, integration, and validation of robotic hardware platforms. You will work hands‑on with sensors, power systems, embedded controllers, and communication interfaces to ensure a cohesive system.

Reports to the Autonomy Platform Lead on the Autonomy Platform Team at DoorDash Labs. You will define interfaces, build test rigs, and debug hardware/software interactions, with a focus on safety, reliability, and

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware systems integration, vehicle bring‑up, hardware validation, or complex mechatronics systems.
• Hands-on experience debugging electrical, communication, signal integrity, timing, or power issues.
• Read schematics, wiring diagrams, interface specifications, board documentation, and mechanical drawings.
• Comfort using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters, power supplies, CAN tools, and other diagnostic equipment.
• Troubleshoot digital electronics, embedded peripherals, and hardware interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB, and GPIO.
• Use Python, Linux shell scripts, Git, logs, and diagnostic tools to run tests, automate workflows, and analyze results.
• Bonus: Experience taking robotic or electromechanical hardware through prototype bring‑up, validation, manufacturing test, reliability testing, or field failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Own bring-up, integration, and validation of complex robotic hardware systems.
• Define subsystem interfaces, build test setups, debug hardware/software integration issues.
• Verify platform readiness before validation, manufacturing, or mission use.
• Develop physical test setups, bench rigs, diagnostic workflows, and wiring harnesses.
• Use lab equipment to root‑cause electrical, timing, signal integrity, and communication issues.
• Develop and execute validation procedures to stress‑test integrated systems.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify edge cases and integration issues.
• Document integration procedures, test results, known issues, and platform readiness.

Skills

Schematic reading

Electrical debugging

CAN tools

Oscilloscopes

Power systems

Embedded systems

Python

Linux

I2C

SPI

UART

CAN

Ethernet

USB

GPIO

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Git

Python

CAN tools

Test benches

Job description

About the Team

DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last-mile logistics over the long term. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions to a service used by millions of people, we want to talk to you.

About the Role

We are hiring a Hardware Systems Integration Engineer for our Platform Integration team. In this role, you will own the bring-up, integration, and validation of complex robotic hardware systems, ensuring electrical, mechanical, firmware, and subsystems operate reliably as one cohesive platform.

You will work hands‑on with sensors, compute, power systems, harnesses, embedded controllers, drive systems, and thermal devices. You will define subsystem interfaces, build test setups, debug hardware/software integration issues, and verify platform readiness before validation, manufacturing, or mission use. You will report to the Autonomy Platform Lead on our Autonomy Platform Team at DoorDash Labs. We expect this role to be fully onsite.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Play an integral role on a small, focused team building robotic platforms from prototype through deployment readiness.
• Support early integration of new hardware subsystem designs by defining electrical, mechanical, firmware interface requirements, integration risks, dependencies, and hardware validation checks.
• Integrate and debug hardware interfaces across vehicle controls, power distribution, motion control, sensor systems, embedded platforms, and communication buses.
• Develop physical test setups, bench rigs, diagnostic workflows, and wiring harnesses to exercise integrated robot subsystems.
• Use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, power supplies, and bus diagnostic tools to root‑cause electrical, timing, signal integrity, and communication issues.
• Develop and execute validation procedures to stress‑test integrated systems, including battery, drivetrain, thermal, sensor, and embedded controller subsystems.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to identify edge cases and integration issues that impact platform safety, performance, and functionality.
• Document integration procedures, test results, known issues, and platform readiness for downstream validation and manufacturing teams.

We’re excited about you because…

• You have a BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• You have 5+ years of experience in hardware systems integration, vehicle bring‑up, hardware validation, or complex mechatronics systems.
• You have hands‑on experience debugging electrical, communication, signal integrity, timing, or power issues.
• You can read schematics, wiring diagrams, interface specifications, board documentation, and mechanical drawings.
• You are comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters, power supplies, CAN tools, and other diagnostic equipment.
• You can troubleshoot digital electronics, embedded peripherals, and hardware interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, Ethernet, USB, and GPIO.
• You can use Python, Linux shell scripts, Git, logs, and diagnostic tools to run tests, automate workflows, and analyze results.
• Bonus: Experience taking robotic or electromechanical hardware through prototype bring‑up, validation, manufacturing test, reliability testing, or field failure analysis.

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.

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.

$109,500 — $161,000 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.

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.