Embedded Software Engineer (Firmware) - DoorDash Air

The posting, as DoorDash wrote it

About the Team

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.

The DoorDash Air team is bringing drone delivery to reality. To make this happen, we’re building a strong electrical team to design high reliability, high power density converters, and fault-tolerant controls electronics. Come join us to build a new class of aircrafts and deploy at scale.

About the Role

We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to lead the development and bring-up of ARM-based microcontroller platforms across our robotics products. This is a high-ownership role, directly responsible for building the low-level firmware that powers our platforms. You will design, implement, and validate firmware for motion control, sensor integration, communications, power management, and safety-critical functionality. This role comes with a strong expectation of hands-on board bring-up, low-level debugging, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with electrical and systems engineers.

You're excited about this opportunity because...

• Own the firmware bring-up and integration for new embedded platforms (e.g. ARM Cortex-M series).
• Develop and maintain bare-metal firmware and RTOS-based applications for robotic subsystems (motor control, sensors, telemetry, power systems).
• Write and maintain robust, maintainable, and well-documented C/C++ code for embedded targets.
• Collaborate with the electrical engineering team on hardware bring-up, schematic review, and system integration.
• Lead system bringup, validation, and debug
• Contribute to firmware safety, reliability, and system-level robustness.

We're excited about you because...

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in embedded systems development.
• Deep expertise in bare-metal programming on ARM microcontrollers.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded targets and firmware design patterns.
• Experience with hardware bring-up and low-level debugging on custom boards.
• Solid understanding of digital electronics, buses (I2C, SPI, UART, CAN), and embedded peripherals.
• Strong system-level thinking, with an ability to work independently and take ownership across the full development cycle.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with RTOS (e.g., FreeRTOS, Zephyr) or Embedded Linux on constrained systems.
• Familiarity with motor control, power system

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