Mechanical Engineering, Intern, Labs, Summer 2027 (Oakland)

DoorDash connects customers with local businesses for delivery, from restaurants to grocery, retail and its own DashMart stores. 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.

Key responsibilities

• Design detailed components and sub-assemblies for a high-profile delivery robot, with the support of your mentor, manager, and team members
• Build production-quality 3D CAD models and drawings, and present your work in cross-functional design reviews
• Collaborate with electrical, systems, and manufacturing engineers to make sure your designs integrate cleanly and can be manufactured, assembled
• Learn how to validate designs through prototype builds, bench testing, and tolerance and structural analysis, and act on feedback

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with 3D CAD (such as NX, SolidWorks, or CATIA), preferably NX
• A solid grasp of engineering fundamentals and use first principles, calculations, simulation, and test data to support design decisions
• Shown interest in mechanical design through coursework, team projects (such as Formula SAE or robotics clubs), or personal builds
• Work independently on assigned design tasks and you want to learn how products are designed, built, and operated at scale

Location and schedule

• Onsite in Oakland, California

Salary and benefits

US base salary $89,100 to $131,000 a year. DoorDash also offers benefits; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.