Senior Mechanical Engineer – Vehicle Closures (Autonomy)

DoorDash; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 139,400 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

401(k) plan with employer matching

Paid time off

Job summary

DoorDash Labs is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Closures to own the architecture, design, and execution of closure systems for our next-generation autonomous delivery vehicle. You will lead the integration of hinges, latches, actuators, and environmental sealing to meet durability, cost, and manufacturability goals.

You will partner with industrial design, vehicle architecture, systems engineering, manufacturing, reliability, and operations teams to deliver robust access systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 6+ years designing automotive body, closure, or mechanism systems.
• Experience with commercial vehicles, autonomous vehicles, robotics, or high‑duty‑cycle products is a strong plus.
• Deep expertise in closure mechanisms including hinges, latches, actuators, linkages, counterbalance systems, and environmental sealing.
• Understanding of high‑volume manufacturing using sheet metal stamping, castings, injection molding, extrusions, and welded assemblies.
• Extensive CAD experience (NX preferred, SolidWorks, CATIA) and comfort with designing complex assemblies with robust parametric models.
• Skill in tolerance analysis, stack‑up management, GD&T, and designing robust interfaces between mechanical systems.
• Strong understanding of structural design, fatigue, durability, corrosion prevention, and environmental sealing for outdoor products.
• Use of engineering fundamentals and data to make decisions and comfort leveraging simulation tools (FEA, kinematic analysis, MATLAB, Python, or similar).
• Demonstrated success leading cross‑functional technical discussions and influencing engineering decisions across multiple disciplines.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

6+ years experience

Closure mechanisms

Autonomous robotics

Education

Bachelor’s or Master's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX CAD

SolidWorks

CATIA

Job description

DoorDash Labs is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Closures to own the architecture, design, and execution of closure systems for our next-generation autonomous delivery vehicle. You will lead the integration of hinges, latches, actuators, and environmental sealing to meet durability, cost, and manufacturability goals.

You will partner with industrial design, vehicle architecture, systems engineering, manufacturing, reliability, and operations teams to deliver robust access systems