Senior Director, Hardware & Vehicle Development

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DoorDash Labs is a team within DoorDash building autonomous delivery robots from the ground up as part of DoorDash's core delivery platform. Our mission is to make autonomous last-mile delivery a reality at city scale - reliably, efficiently, and profitably. With autonomy proven on real sidewalks, we are now focused on scaling our hardware platform from hundreds of deployed robots to thousands and beyond, with a global expansion roadmap through 2030. We are looking for a Senior Director of Hardware and Vehicle Development to own the full hardware lifecycle at DoorDash Labs - from detailed product engineering through volume manufacturing and field service. In your first 90 days, you will get deeply embedded with the engineering and manufacturing teams, lead the selection of a contract manufacturing partner, and develop a lean hiring plan to fill key gaps. A year from now, success looks like a scaled hardware organization, with a clear path to robot profitability and a team that can sustain growth without you being the bottleneck on every decision. You're excited about this opportunity because you will... Own end-to-end hardware: lead engineering, manufacturing, and field service for our autonomous robot platform, with direct accountability for hitting scale milestones Build the team: shape the hardware organization from the ground up, with the authority and budget to bring in exceptional talent - including people from your own network Partner across the company: work closely with autonomy, product, and operations teams to translate system requirements into hardware decisions and manufacturing reality Drive profitability: lead the shift from proving the technology to reducing cost and improving efficiency, with robot-level profitability as a near-term goal Operate with real ownership: this is not a coordination role - you will set the roadmap, make the calls, and be accountable for outcomes in a program that is moving fast and has visible impact We're excited about you because... You have 15+ years of experience in hardware, automotive, or a closely related field, with at least 4-5 years leading a hardware organization at the senior director or VP level You have taken a hardware program from early development through volume manufacturing - ideally building something from scratch where you had to develop new approaches rather than inherit mature processes You have a track record of building high-performing teams and bringing exceptional people with you - your former colleagues want to come work for you again You have selected and managed contract manufacturers and know what a strong CM relationship requires from selection through production ramp You are comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with aggressive timelines, and you know how to identify which processes add value and which ones to skip

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