PCB Layout Engineer - DoorDash Dot

DoorDash USA; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer matching

Paid parental leave

Wellness benefits

Commuter benefits

Job summary

DoorDash Labs is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to bring PCB layout in-house, owning floorplanning, stackups, and layout while coordinating with mechanical, thermal, and SI/PI engineers to land complete, manufacturable boards.

You will report to the Director, Electrical Engineering on the Hardware team in DoorDash Labs, with hybrid or onsite work depending on the role; expect onsite when needed.

Qualifications

• PCB layout experience across digital and mixed-signal boards.
• Familiar with stackup technologies and their limitations.
• Controlled-impedance and high-speed routing know-how; PI/PDN fundamentals.
• Proficient in a professional layout tool (Altium, Cadence, or similar).
• Comfortable coordinating with mechanical, thermal, and SI/PI engineering.

Responsibilities

• Perform floorplan analysis and create stackups, layout, and footprints.
• Work with mechanical engineering to ensure fit and form compatibility with mechanical systems.
• Work with thermal engineering to ensure a thermally sound layout.
• Work with SI/PI engineering to ensure the board design is complete and robust.
• Drive toward consistently high-quality layout.

Skills

PCB layout

Floorplan analysis

Stackups

Layout

Altium

Cadence

High-speed routing

PI/PDN fundamentals

Mixed-signal boards

Coordination with adjacent teams

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Job description

DoorDash Labs is DoorDash's autonomous delivery group, building the robots and hardware that move goods without a driver. The Hardware team designs the electronics at the core of these systems — digital and mixed-signal control boards, power and motor-control electronics, embedded firmware, and the test and integration benches that prove the whole system works. We're building out an experienced and diverse set of electrical engineers to increase our velocity, bandwidth, and operations.

About the Role

You'll bring PCB layout in-house — a core quality goal — owning floorplanning, stackups, and layout while coordinating closely with mechanical, thermal, and SI/PI engineering to land complete, manufacturable boards. You will report into the Director, Electrical Engineering on our Hardware team in our DoorDash Labs organization. Our offices are open, and depending on the role this position is hybrid or fully onsite — expect to be fully onsite when needed.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will…

• Perform floorplan analysis and create stackups, layout, and footprints
• Work with mechanical engineering to ensure fit and form compatibility with mechanical systems
• Work with thermal engineering to ensure a thermally sound layout
• Work with SI/PI engineering to ensure the board design is complete and robust
• Drive toward consistently high-quality layout

We're excited about you because…

• Strong PCB layout experience across digital and mixed-signal boards
• Familiar with stackup technologies, their limitations and considerations, and cost/lead-time impacts
• Controlled-impedance and high-speed routing know-how; PI/PDN fundamentals
• Proficient in a professional layout tool (Altium, Cadence, or similar)
• Comfortable coordinating with mechanical, thermal, and SI/PI engineering

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.

$170,000 - $250,000 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.
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.