Perception & State Estimation Engineer - DoorDash Air
DoorDash USA·San Francisco, CA·Posted 3 November 2026
About the role
About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last mile logistics in the long term. If you have a passion for applying robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! About the Role We're hiring a State Estimation & Perception Engineer in our Autonomy Software team. In this role, you'll own and develop the perception and state estimation for our package pickup and delivery system. You'll influence system design decisions, including sensor selection, sensing architecture, and observability analysis, at the earliest stage when choices still matter. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Play an integral role on a small and focused team Own tuning and implementation of the state estimation stack on the drone (PX4 EKF modifications, fault tolerance, multi-sensor fusion with VIO and laser odometry) Own state estimation and perception of the delivery mechanism, including dynamics modeling, observation model design, and sensor selection Work closely with controls and planning to close the loop on automated pickup and delivery Work closely with the hardware team…
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