Senior Mechanical Design Engineer — Electric Motors

Job description

DoorDash completes over 2.5 billion deliveries per year and is investing heavily in the next generation of delivery automation. This role is part of a small, high-impact team building a new autonomous system from the ground up, with the potential to eventually operate at a massive global scale. We haven’t publicly announced this specific project yet. We are seeking a highly capable, driven, and passionate mechanical engineer to design and develop high performance electric motors. The primary application of these motors is unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) propulsion. There are other important motors on our aircraft and within ground equipment that we may decide to develop in house as well. About the role... This is an exploratory product space with significant opportunity for architectural ownership. This role is on-site in San Francisco’s mission district at least 3 days per week. Availability to be onsite 5 days per week is required with flexibility to work from home as appropriate. Occasional travel to suppliers is expected. You will operate in a very fast-paced, prototype-driven environment where hands-on engineering and rapid iteration are encouraged. We provide access to a full m...