Doordashusa

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Closures (City Hopper)

Oakland, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$139k-$205kDetected 4 days ago

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About the role

Contribute materially to the form and function of a high profile delivery robot- your work will be on display for all to see and interact with
Every engineering decision directly impacts the customer experience.
You're energized by solving first-of-their-kind engineering problems at the intersection of robotics, automotive engineering, and logistics.

You want to build products that millions of people interact with-not just drive. Every engineering decision directly impacts the customer experience.
You understand how to design for high-volume manufacturing using processes such as sheet metal stamping, castings, injection molding, extrusions, and welded assemblies.
As a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Closures, you will own the architecture, design, and execution of closure systems for DoorDash's next-generation autonomous delivery vehicle.
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.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
You have 6+ years of experience designing automotive body, closure, or mechanism systems, taking products from concept through production.
You have a strong understanding of structural design, fatigue, durability, corrosion prevention, and environmental sealing for outdoor products.
You have demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical discussions and influencing engineering decisions across multiple disciplines.

Experience with commercial vehicles, autonomous vehicles, robotics, or high-duty-cycle products is a strong plus.
You have extensive CAD experience (NX (preferred), SolidWorks, CATIA) and are comfortable designing complex assemblies with robust parametric models.

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.
In addition to base salary, the compensation for this role includes opportunities for equity grants. Talk to your recruiter for more information.
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
The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$139,400 - $205,000 USD

DoorDash Labs, established in 2018, serves as the innovation hub for DoorDash, focusing on developing automation and robotics solutions to enhance last-mile logistics.
The team's mission is to create technologies that support and augment human networks, aiming to improve efficiency for Dashers, merchants, and consumers alike.
We're ruthlessly focused on business impact.
We are a highly senior team composed of former pioneers from a variety of different robotics industries.
As of 2025, DoorDash has completed 10B lifetime deliveries.
We're focused on how to do the next 10B even better

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