# Mechanical Engineer - Structural Simulation

About the Team DoorDash Labs is the hardware and autonomy innovation engine at DoorDash. We design, build, and deploy custom robotics and autonomous delivery systems designed to operate safely, efficiently, and reliably in urban environments. We are currently kicking off development on our clean-sheet, next-generation robot platform-rethinking the mobility foundation from first principles to dramatically improve efficiency, payload dynamics, and service lifetime. About the Role As a Senior Structural Simulation Engineer (Level IC5), you will be the foundational structural analysis authority for DoorDash Labs. You will own structural finite element analysis (FEA) across our next-generation robotic platform, working directly on core vehicle architecture-including chassis systems, suspension, closures, and sensor enclosures. This role will be heavily focused on future-forward designs starting from the early concept phase. In your first 90 days, you will drive our architectural exploration, define early vehicle load cases, and make strategic software ecosystem decisions (including standardizing and driving our commercial commitments around simulation tools). As development advances, yo

- **Id**: 3886438
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/doordash-mechanical-engineer-structural-simulation>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Oakland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T18:07:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T23:30:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10202
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Delivery, Marketplaces

## Company

- **Id**: 3685
- **Name**: DoorDash
- **Domain**: doordash.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/doordash-usa>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 81
- **Ghost share**: 0.012
- **Stale share**: 0.617
- **Repost share**: 0.012
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 65
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 139400
- **Max**: 205000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 205000

## Technologies

- **Abaqus** — Optional: no
- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T19:47:21Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 504 · green card filings: 110; Filings 12m: 504

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 65
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 205000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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