Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air

You have deep controls fundamentals: linear and nonlinear systems, stability analysis, controller synthesis and tuning, frequency domain analysis, optimization, and linear algebra

You have excellent knowledge of C++ and embedded systems

You bring dynamics modeling and simulation experience with aerodynamics knowledge

You have experience developing and tuning flight controllers, interfacing with state estimation

You have experience with sensorless brushless DC motor control

You've built or owned a robot control stack end-to-end, from design through implementation to hardware testing

Develop and tune low-level flight control algorithms for overactuated multirotor and hybrid aircraft on embedded platforms

Own the dynamics simulation and aerodynamics modeling of the aircraft

Bring up and tune flight controllers on new drone platforms

Develop, tune, and test fault-tolerant control (loss of one or more motors, safe landing, emergency behaviors)

Build a trajectory motion planner for smooth flight and obstacle avoidance within the operating envelope

Help develop the high-level mission route planner with fallback locations