Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Electric Motors

DoorDash connects customers with local businesses for delivery, from restaurants to grocery, retail and its own DashMart stores. DoorDash completes over 2.5 billion deliveries per year and is investing heavily in the next generation of delivery automation. This role is part of a small, high-impact team building a new autonomous system from the ground up, with the potential to eventually operate at a massive global scale.

Key responsibilities

• Electro-mechanical design experts on winding and magnet design
• Internal, domestic and foreign manufacturing partners
• Electrical, systems, structural, aerodynamics, reliability, and test engineers as well as industrial design to refine requirements
• Design mass and volume optimized rotor and stator structures
• Bearing selection and bearing system design
• Electrical wiring and connector selection and integration

Requirements

• Mechanical engineering bachelors degree and 3+ years of experience
• Experience with dynamic mechanical systems (motors, actuators, mechanisms, etc.)
• Strong 3D modeling (CAD) skills for complex parts and assemblies
• Self sufficient with at least basic structural and thermal simulation
• Self sufficient with hands-on prototyping, metal fabrication, 3D printing
• Competence with assembly and test fixture design

Location and schedule

• Onsite in San Francisco, California

Salary and benefits

US base salary $109,500 to $238,000 a year. DoorDash also offers benefits; the full list is on the posting.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.