Senior Motor Control Engineer

Job description

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, we want to talk to you! About the Role: In this role, your main focus will be to ship embedded control algorithms for various ECUs that operate the powertrain and other systems of the robot. Additionally, you will rigorously test the robot’s performance at various levels (simulation, component testing, end-to-end road testing etc.) and continuously seek to improve development processes, testing methods, bug triage and robot performance. You will report to a Technical Lead on our Autonomy team. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… - Design and implement algorithms for closed-loop vehicle controls, supervisory controls, thermal management and auxiliary controls of various robot systems. - Build infrastructure (test cases, plant models, functional models) to systematically verify the behavior of algorithms - Proactively design features/systems/processes to exceed the needs of internal customers i.e. robot operations, fie...