# Autonomy Simulation Engineer at DoorDash USA

- Company: DoorDash USA
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Oakland, CA
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $199K–292K
- Posted: 2026-11-11
- Skills: robotics
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/doordashusa/jobs/8381364

## Description

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 
 The Simulation team builds software, models, and environments to test on-road autonomous robot behavior and evaluate autonomy changes before deployment. We are hiring an Autonomy Simulation Engineer to improve simulation fidelity and accelerate the development and validation of autonomous delivery robots.
 You will develop production simulation software and models of robot behavior and interactions with the environment, using real-world data and repeatable experiments to calibrate and validate them. Working closely with autonomy and robotics engineers, you will own projects from design through validation and report to the Simulation Lead. We expect this role to be hybrid, with some time in-office and some time remote.
 You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… 
• Develop and maintain the simulation engine and supporting software.
• Build and improve simulation models of robot behavior, other participants, and their interactions.
• Calibrate and validate simulation models against real-world behavior using controlled, repeatable experiments.
• Develop parameterized environments and synthetic scenarios to test conditions and interactions that are difficult to capture in the field.
• Investigate differences between simulated and real-world behavior, identify contributin

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