Staff Autonomy Engineer Jobs

About the Team 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. We’re ruthlessly focused on business impact. We are a highly senior team composed of former pioneers from a variety of different robotics industries. As of 2025, DoorDash has completed 10B lifetime deliveries. We’re focused on how to do the next 10B even better. About the Role We’re looking for a Senior/Staff electrical and firmware engineer who designs the board and writes the firmware for connected consumer and enterprise devices, including tablets, POS systems, peripherals, and emerging robotics applications. In this role, you will take connected devices from ambiguous user or business needs through system architecture, rapid prototyping, board design, firmware implementation, bring-up, field deployment, and production transition. The ideal candidate has a passion for building and shipping reliable hardware at scale and thrives in an environment that demands technical depth and high-quality execution across multiple concurrent programs. This is a build-heavy role on a small, senior team. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Own connected devices end to end, including: Own connected devices from an ambiguous product need through field deployment. Work across the hardware and firmware boundary instead of handing work between specialists. Explore uncertain product ideas through rapid prototypes and experiments. Make consequential tradeoffs on a small, senior team with direct exposure to users and field behavior. Key Responsibilities Translate user and business needs into an integrated electrical and firmware architecture. Design compute-based, mixed-signal boards incorporating processors

Who We Are Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides. Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles. With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected. Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors. About the role In this role, you will collaborate closely with researchers and engineers on the Learned Behavior teams to tackle plan generation challenges in autonomous driving. You’ll apply state-of-the-art generative modeling techniques—ranging from cutting-edge diffusion, flow matching, energy-based models, and SoTA algorithms—in order to develop novel solutions that generate safe, comfortable, and efficient driving behaviors in the most challenging real world situations. Beyond core research, you’ll own the end-to-end lifecycle of your models, productizing them for robust, real-world autonomous driving deployments on a global scale. About the Work Develop and scale state-of-the-art generative models—especially diffusion architectures, flow-matching techniques, and energy-based models —for autonomous plan generation. Build generative models with foundation models. Leverage large language models and world foundation models for r

About the Team DoorDash’s mission is to empower local economies. In the Applied AI srole, you will be at the absolute forefront of agentic technology, building sophisticated AI agents end-to-end to help businesses grow, create deeply personalized customer experiences, and optimize our global logistics system at an unprecedented scale. We have an applied AI lab at DoorDash, which is a team that is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This team is for builders who want to see their work directly impact millions of consumers, merchants, and dashers every day. We operate with a flat structure - everyone is expected to be hands-on and contribute directly to the mission. Initiative and consistent delivery are how people grow and lead here. About the Role You'll work directly with our cofounder with direct ownership over the direction of AI research at DoorDash. In this role, you will build sophisticated AI agents end-to-end and develop robust evaluation methods to measure and improve agent performance. You will design systems and algorithms to enhance capability, as well as collect and curate human and synthetic data to optimize the behavior of these agent systems. This is hands-on work with immediate product impact at real-world scale. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Work directly with leadership and see your research deployed at real-world scale - small team, massive reach. Move fast without bureaucracy - rapid iteration, high autonomy, and no layers of politics. Have access to global data scale, robust compute, and a platform primed for AI transformation. Shape how AI transforms commerce, building intelligent and adaptive experiences for millions of Consumers, Merchants, and Dashers. We're excited about you because you have… Experience with the latest AI tools building AI products Familiarity with building agent solutions, including context management, defining evals, measuring performance Shipped a production AI

About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We are working on building autonomous delivery robots from the ground-up and other automation solutions as part of DoorDash's core delivery platform. If you have a passion for applying AI and robotics solutions in a service used by millions of people, then we want to talk to you! About the Role As the Hardware TPM at DoorDash Labs you will play a central role within the robotics hardware team and across all of DoorDash Labs as we improve last-mile deliveries using autonomy. You will report to the Lead of our Technical Program Management team. This role requires onsite presence in one of our two HW Labs in either San Francisco or Oakland minimum two days per week. You're excited about this opportunity because you will… Be part of an exciting effort to develop and manufacture an autonomous delivery robot Work with our robotics hardware, software, autonomy and operations teams on a daily basis to solve challenging technical autonomous vehicle problems Program manage and help lead development, testing, validation and manufacturing of our current and next generation mechanical, electrical and electronic robotics hardware Take hardware projects from product requirements or engineering concept to public roads driving Work with leaders and engineers across Hardware, Software, Firmware, Controls, Autonomy and Ops to plan, track, follow up and resolve issues Leverage your expertise not only in hardware but software and firmware integration as well Manage vendor relationships domestically and internationally, both for prototyping and mass production. We're excited about you because… B.S., M.S., or PhD. in engineering, e.g. robotics, mechanical, electrical or computer science 8+ years of industry experience working in engineering and program management Experience with software and hardware development processes Experience taking hardware from product requirements to mass production overseas,

Zoox's Fleet Operations Program Management team delivers cross-functional programs critical to the growth, expansion, and efficient operation of our commercial autonomous vehicle service. We partner closely with Fleet Operations and cross-functional stakeholders to verify, validate, and launch new software on our fleet — while continuously maturing our operational processes to deliver a premium customer experience. We're looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Senior / Staff Program Manager to help define and execute strategies that scale our Verification & Validation (V&V) operations. Our testing fleet — hundreds of vehicles across multiple cities and private tracks — is growing rapidly in size and geographic reach. This is a highly cross-functional role operating at the intersection of operations, autonomy, engineering, and product — requiring someone who can navigate technical complexity while driving alignment and execution across a broad set of stakeholders. Expected Travel: 10–15% In this role, you will: Lead and coordinate large-scale, highly cross-functional programs spanning Autonomy, Product, Infrastructure, Engineering, and Safety teams to drive measurable improvements in fleet efficiency and software quality Own and drive operational efficiency initiatives that span multiple engineering, field service, and operations teams — identifying bottlenecks, aligning stakeholders, and unblocking downstream execution Partner with System Design & Mission Assurance and other safety teams to gather and pressure-test requirements — bringing a critical lens to ensure what's being asked for is the right thing to build or prioritize Champion the adoption of AI and data-driven tools within operations — including building centralized, multi-source reporting systems that surface actionable intelligence from the field and feed into leadership decision-making Run monthly business reviews (MBRs) with a broad set of

Zoox has embarked on a highly ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for our cities. As a technical program manager, you will work cross-functionally with engineering leaders across software, hardware, vehicle engineering, and product to drive our corporate strategy into tactical and detailed road maps that facilitate effective execution at each stage of our growth curve. You will work with each engineering team to develop project schedules, identify milestones, flag risks, estimate budgets, and clearly communicate ongoing progress. In this role, you will: Partner with engineering managers in the respective Autonomy team (Perception, Prediction & Behavioral ML, TeleGuidance, Planning & Controls, Collision Avoidance System) to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed product roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables Drive cross-functional teams across Autonomy teams to build and execute on solutions for improving our driving behavior Collaborate with engineering to figure out how best to develop the underlying measurements and datasets for Driving Behavior KPIs Highlight potential risks and proactively build out risk-mitigating actions Build and deliver executive presentations on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments Qualifications BS/MS degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent job experience At least 6 years of experience in engineering program management Experience with AI/ML, autonomous vehicles, computer vision, large language models, reinforcement learning, simulation, and/or automotive or aerospace processes Strong track record of managing complex cross-functional projects and problem solving An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience Deep familiarity with software dev

As a Staff Product Manager on Datadog's Self-Improving Products team, you will take a new product family from zero to one: a closed loop that watches how a customer's software and its users behave, ranks what is worth changing, proposes the change, proves whether it worked, and carries the result into the next cycle. Datadog already holds every piece this product needs, including behavioral data from Product Analytics and Session Replay, full-stack telemetry from APM, Log Management, Error Tracking, and Continuous Profiler, rollout control through Feature Flags and Experimentation, and a coding agent in Bits AI Dev Agent that opens verified pull requests from production signal. You will own assembling these into one product where the loop closes on its own. This is founding work with no precedent inside Datadog, and an opportunity to grow as a product leader by shaping the scope, recruiting the first design partners, and setting the quality bar for an AI-native product from the ground up. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Set product direction for a new product family by defining the problems and desired outcomes, and partnering with engineering to find the narrowest first slice that proves the loop closes and delivers value to customers in phases. Own the product decisions at every stage of the loop: what signal is trustworthy enough to trigger an automated change, which opportunities rank highest and with what confidence, what a proposed change must contain before a customer merges it, what evidence proves it worked, and what the system remembers for the next cycle. Define the autonomy ladder and its limits, from suggestion, to draft, to auto-opened pull request, to auto-rollout, along with the cont

The Program Management Office (PMO) at Zoox is responsible for driving cross-functional program planning and execution at the highest level. We partner with leaders from across the company in vehicle development, system design, software engineering, manufacturing, fleet operations, and business functions to develop and deliver major corporate milestones on the path to launch, and beyond. Our program managers contribute to the end to end success of technical, integrated product milestones involving both of our vehicle platforms - the Toyota Highlander test fleet and Zoox’s purpose-built robotaxi. In this role, you will: Own the fleet validation operational strategy: Lead the end-to-end strategy and execution of mileage accumulation for both the physical test fleet and simulation assets, to enable Zoox’s geofence expansion across all cities. Partner closely with upstream teams (e.g. Autonomy, Systems Design & Mission Assurance, Places & Build) and downstream teams (e.g. Data Science, Fleet Operations) to ensure critical inputs are available, and results are delivered; you will ultimately "own the outcome" of test fleet data collection. This is a high leverage, high impact role. Usher in a simulation-first methodology : Act as the cross-functional catalyst for scaling simulated mileage accumulation. Drive alignment between Autonomy, System Design & Mission Assurance, and Simulation teams to ensure clear requirements are set, and simulation platforms are resourced to meet exponentially growing data needs. Identify and resolve critical bottlenecks : Develop rigorous tracking mechanisms that model the impact of upstream dependencies (e.g., map content deliverables and safety requirements). You’ll think critically and work cross-functionally to squash inefficiencies in upstream and downstream pipelines and systems. Partner collaboratively wi

About the Team The DoorDash Technical Recruiting team supports the Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Product Management organizations, and is made up of recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators who partner with our technical leaders to hire the best talent at DoorDash. Our Technical Sourcing team owns the earliest, highest-leverage part of the hiring funnel for Engineering. We build market maps, identify talent, and drive outreach for some of DoorDash's most senior and hardest-to-fill technical roles — with real influence over how DoorDash builds its engineering bench. About the Role This is a remote role that can be located in a US central or east coast time zone. As a Technical Sourcer, you will be a strategic sourcing partner to global Engineering hiring managers and Technical Recruiters, responsible for building and executing sourcing strategies for senior and staff+ software engineering and infrastructure roles. You'll own market mapping, competitive intelligence, and outreach for a portfolio of some of our most critical and hardest-to-fill technical reqs. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives with a high degree of autonomy, has deep fluency in technical talent markets, and can build trusted partnerships with engineering leaders. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Partner directly with Technical Recruiters and Engineering Hiring Managers to build and execute sourcing strategies for engineering roles across all levels. Own market mapping and competitive intelligence to identify where the best technical talent lives and how to reach it. Drive outreach and initial candidate engagement for a portfolio of concurrent, hard-to-fill technical reqs. Consult with hiring managers on role scoping, leveling, and sourcing strategy. Present sourcing strategy and market insights to cross-functional recruiting and engineering partners. Calibrate candidate profiles with recruiters and hiring managers using funnel data — submittals, convers

About Flexport: At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us. The opportunity: We're looking for a Staff Product Manager to own and drive strategy across a product domain at Flexport. This is not a single-feature role. You will define the vision for how multiple product surfaces work together to serve clients and operators across global logistics, then execute against that vision with a high degree of autonomy. Flexport's platform powers every stage of global freight, from booking and pricing to visibility, customs, and delivery. The products you shape will be used daily by logistics managers, supply chain leaders, freight operators, and internal teams who keep goods moving around the world. You will work across multiple engineering teams and coordinate with other PMs to ensure your domain delivers cohesive, measurable outcomes. You will also raise the bar for the PM team through mentorship, better frameworks, and sharper thinking on the hardest product problems we face. This is a role for someone with deep product experience, strong analytical instincts, and the ability to operate at both the strategic and execution level in a complex, data-rich environment. The team: The Visibility team owns the end-to-end mappi

About Flexport: At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us. The opportunity: We're looking for a Staff Product Manager to own and drive strategy across a product domain at Flexport. This is not a single-feature role. You will define the vision for how multiple product surfaces work together to serve clients and operators across global logistics, then execute against that vision with a high degree of autonomy. Flexport's platform powers every stage of global freight, from booking and pricing to visibility, customs, and delivery. The products you shape will be used daily by logistics managers, supply chain leaders, freight operators, and internal teams who keep goods moving around the world. You will work across multiple engineering teams and coordinate with other PMs to ensure your domain delivers cohesive, measurable outcomes. You will also raise the bar for the PM team through mentorship, better frameworks, and sharper thinking on the hardest product problems we face. This is a role for someone with deep product experience, strong analytical instincts, and the ability to operate at both the strategic and execution level in a complex, data-rich environment. The team: The Commerce team owns the end-to-end quality

This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for global customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft, making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. We create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by a culture that encourages ownership and provides the support to truly own your career. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team, delivering innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster. The Opportunity Adyen is building a top-tier AI engineering team in San Francisco to drive our next chapter of innovation using AI globally across the entire company. This is a highly technical, hands-on role focused on the exploration and application of cutting-edge AI research within the financial technology sector. As a Member of Technical Staff , you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility , delivering strategic, high-impact outcomes that bridge the gap between advanced AI research and production-grade applications at a global scale, potentially impacting trillions of dollars in transactions annually. What You'll Do: Innovate and Deploy: Drive the execution of Adyen's AI strategy , focusing on the practical application of Generative AI (GenAI) and other AI methodologies in finance . This includes contributing to Adyen's efforts in key research areas such as AI agents for data analysis and operational workflows , human-in-the-loop for integrity risk , and development of foundation models . For instance, you might contribute to initiatives like the Data Agent Benchmark for Multi-step Reasoning (DABStep) , which evaluates AI agents on real-world data analysis tasks, including those from the financial sector. Build Production-grade Applications: Bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and production by imp

About Flexport: At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy there will be more of it. We’re shaping the future of a $10T industry with solutions powered by innovative technology and exceptional people. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries a year. The recent global supply chain crisis has put Flexport center stage as we continue to play a pivotal role in how goods move around the world. We are proud to have the support of the best investors in the game who believe in our mission, solutions and people. Ready to tackle global challenges that impact business, society, and the environment? Come join us. The Opportunity We're looking for a Staff Product Manager to own strategy across Ops Tech—the operational backbone of Flexport's freight forwarding business—and lead the build of an AI-powered freight operating system that automates the majority of work our operators do today. This is not a single-feature role, and it's not incremental tooling. You will define the vision for how multiple operational product surfaces work together across the shipment lifecycle—from exception handling to end-to-end task automation—then execute against that vision with a high degree of autonomy. This role sits at the intersection of product, operations, and business outcomes. The systems you build will directly move Flexport's cost structure, throughput, and service quality, so you'll be measured not by features shipped but by the operational and financial impact you realize. You'll also be reengineering how the business runs: designing the product often means redesigning the operating process itself, and persuading operations and commercial leaders to adopt a new operating model. Think of it as equal parts product management, process engineering, and internal consulting

Opportunity Overview: We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Review Engineering team — roughly 20+ engineers across three squads in the US and India — building the workflows and capabilities that let clinical operations staff deliver care at scale, efficiently and with high quality. Leading through dedicated technical leads on each squad, you'll own the reliability and technical direction of Review's systems while partnering closely with Product, Design, Security, Clinical Operations, and peer engineering teams on shared platforms. This is an opportunity to shape a growing, business-critical part of Cohere's platform and to grow the next generation of engineering leaders in health technology. This is a remote-first role that may require travel to Boston, MA for new hire onboarding and occasional in-person team meetings and company events. What you’ll do: Lead 20+ engineers across multiple agile squads (US and India) through dedicated technical leads Own production reliability for Review-owned systems — incident response, root-cause RCAs, and cross-functional tiger teams for major incidents Set technical vision and provide leadership across design and sprint processes, partnering with Staff Engineers Drive delivery transparency through sprint metrics, catching risk early and informing data-driven interventions Partner with Product, Design, Security, Clinical Ops, and peer engineering teams (including our Hyderabad group) on shared systems and initiatives Own hiring, leveling, and career growth for direct reports and their leads; help attract and retain top talent Build a culture that grows early-career engineers into future health-tech leaders, with a bias toward team autonomy Champion testing, quality, and security practices in a regulated (HIPAA/SOC2) environment What you’ll need: 5+ years managing software engineering teams in a fast-paced, agile environment, including 3+ years leading multiple teams through technical leads or managers Exper

Who We Are Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides. Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles. With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected. Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors. About the Role As Chief of Staff for Nuro Driver, you will play a critical role in driving strategic programs, improving execution, and helping refine the Autonomy Product that powers Nuro’s commercial partnerships and deployment roadmap. Nuro Driver encompasses Autonomy, Controls, Embedded Software, Sensor Data & Calibration, and Systems Engineering, Technical Program Managers - the core technical functions responsible for developing, integrating, tuning, validating, and scaling the Nuro Driver. Reporting to the VP of Nuro Driver, you will operate as a trusted proxy and execution partner, working across internal engineering teams, company leadership, and key external partners to bring clarity, structure, and momentum to Nuro’s most important technical and business priorities. This role requires strong strategic judgment, technical fluency, operational rigor, and executive-level stakeholder management. You will help translate complex