Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air is open at DoorDash USA in San Francisco, CA. The posting gives a salary of $199K - $292K. Posted on Jul 7, 2026, and still on DoorDash USA’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
, you'll own and develop flight control, motion planning, and mission planning algorithms for robust, fault-tolerant drone delivery. This is a hands-on role: you will design controllers, implement them in C++ on embedded platforms, test them in flight, and iterate. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Play an integral role on a small and focused team Develop and tune low-level flight control…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on DoorDash USA’s careers page.
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DoorDash USA has 427 open roles right now, 34 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Retail & Hospitality and Data & Research. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $172K. See all its roles
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