Reliability Test Technician
at DoorDash
Location
San Francisco, CA
Compensation
$93k USD
Type
full time
Posted
2 months ago
Remote
Yes
Market range · company + function + seniority
$87k—$110k—$128k
p25 · target · p75 · n=28
Posted $93k · in the market band
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Job description
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.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Reliability Test Technician to join our team. This individual will play a key role in the development and test of our autonomous platforms at the system and component levels. The ideal candidate has expertise developing and executing tests in an organized manner and is passionate about making robotic systems as good as they can be by breaking them.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Collaborate with a tight knit team to execute tests and clearly document findings to support root cause analysis
- Work with a variety of components including electronics, sensors, actuators, and structures
- Document detailed test procedures and findings for future reference and repeatability
- Maintain an orderly test lab environment to ensure organization and efficiency
- Provide continuous feedback to team members to improve test specifications and systems
- Support tests at outside test labs and field test sites
We’re excited about you because you have…
- 5+ years of hands-on technical experience in mechanical, electrical, computer, automotive, or robotics industries
- Strong understanding of schematics, datasheets, and the ability to interpret them accurately
- Experience operating environmental test chambers, vibration tables, and mechanical load frames
- Experience soldering, crimping, and working with cable management in lab or shop environments
- Proficiency with lab tools and equipment including DAQ systems, sensors, instruments, 3D printers, and common shop power tools and machinery
- Knowledge of CAD software (Solidworks, Onshape etc) for 3D model navigation and design edits
- Experience with Linux for robotic system testing and integration
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Willingness to work on-site and in the field as needed
- You’re able to lift up to 40 lbs and work in a hands-on lab/warehouse environment
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Compensation
Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:
- 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; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).
The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$44.90—$66 USD
About DoorDash
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. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
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. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash. We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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