DoorDash
Technology
StaffSoftwareTechnicalProgramManager-Autonomy
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“Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy at DoorDash. Skills: Software Engineering, System Architecture, Technical Program Management. Define and drive technical strategy. Lead complex cross-functional projects”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver high-quality software; Improve system reliability; Accelerate product development
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting complex issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience, Bachelor's degree
What You'll Do.
Define and drive technical strategy
Lead complex cross-functional projects
Design and implement scalable systems
Collaborate with engineering teams
Manage project timelines and deliverables
Identify and mitigate technical risks
Mentor junior engineers
Improve engineering processes
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering leadership; Product management; Design teams
Communication Scope
Technical presentations; Documentation
Process & Methodology
Agile methodologies, Scrum, Roadmap planning, Risk management, Dependency management
Full Job Description
About the Team DoorDash Labs is a team within DoorDash building autonomous delivery robots and other autonomy solutions from the ground up for DoorDash's core delivery platform. If you have a passion for applying autonomy and robotics in a service used by millions of people daily, then we want to talk to you. About the Role As an Autonomy software TPM at DoorDash Labs you will play a central role within the robotics team at DoorDash Labs as we scale and optimize last-mile deliveries using autonomy. You will report to the manager of our growing Technical Program Management team and will interface with autonomy teams, software, safety, and operations teams on a daily basis to drivie our autonomy stack capabilities forward. This role can be remote, with some amount of travel to our different deployment areas. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Be part of an exciting effort to develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot Work with our autonomy software teams to deliver meaningful, new autonomy features Program manage and help lead development for our software stack within Perception, Planning, Localization, System Safety, Simulation and Remote Assistance Drive completion of autonomy features from requirements or engineering concept to validated public roads driving Work with leaders and engineers across Autonomy, Software, Product, QA, and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues We're excited about you because you have… In-depth understanding of autonomy and autonomy feature validation strategies in simulation, closed course testing, and on public roads 8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and/or program management In-depth experience with the software development life cycle Demonstrated success taking software products or features from concept to production A track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs with significant ambiguity The ability to operate from a deep technical level all the way up to p
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