Mechanical Engineering, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027)
- Salary
- $89,100 - $131,000
- Level
- Intern
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 22 October 2026.
About the role
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
As a Mechanical Engineering Intern, you will work on all aspects of the mechanical design process, including design, analysis, prototyping, and validation of components and systems for DoorDash's next-generation autonomous delivery vehicle.
You’re excited about this opportunity because you will…
- Design detailed components and sub-assemblies for a high-profile delivery robot, with the support of your mentor, manager, and team members.
- Build production-quality 3D CAD models and drawings, and present your work in cross-functional design reviews.
- Collaborate with electrical, systems, and manufacturing engineers to make sure your designs integrate cleanly and can be manufactured, assembled, and serviced at fleet scale.
- Learn how to validate designs through prototype builds, bench testing, and tolerance and structural analysis, and act on feedback
We’re excited about you because…
- You are pursuing a B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or a related field (such as Mechatronics, Robotics, Aerospace, or Automotive Engineering), have no more than 2 years of full-time work experience, and are available for a May or June 2027 start date (internships are only hosted during the summer).
- You have hands-on experience with 3D CAD (such as NX, SolidWorks, or CATIA), preferably NX.
- You have a solid grasp of engineering fundamentals and use first principles, calculations, simulation, and test data to support design decisions.
- You have shown interest in mechanical design through coursework, team projects (such as Formula SAE or robotics clubs), or personal builds.
- You can work independently on assigned design tasks and you want to learn how products are designed, built, and operated at scale.
Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis
Compensation
Actual compensation within the pay range listed below will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior relevant experience, and specific work location. Base salary is localized according to employee work location.
DoorDash USA's standard text
DoorDash cares about you and your overall well-being. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to all regular employees, which includes a 401(k) plan with employer matching, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, wellness benefits, commuter benefits match, paid time off and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable laws (e.g. Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act). DoorDash also offers medical, dental, and vision benefits, 11 paid holidays, disability and basic life insurance, family-forming assistance, and a mental health program, among others.
To learn more about our benefits, visit our careers page here.
See below for paid time off details:
- For salaried roles: flexible paid time off/vacation, plus 80 hours of paid sick time per year.
- For hourly roles: vacation accrued at about 1 hour for every 25.97 hours worked (e.g. about 6.7 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 3.4 hours/month if working 20 hours/week), and paid sick time accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked (e.g. about 5.8 hours/month if working 40 hours/week; about 2.9 hours/month if working 20 hours/week).
The national base pay range for this position within the United States, including Illinois and Colorado.
$89,100—$131,000 USD
DoorDash USA's standard text
About DoorDash
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly, learn, and reiterate in order to make impactful decisions that display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to merchant partners to consumers. We are a technology and logistics company that started by enabling door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known as the place you order food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods.
DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. We're committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits and perks including premium healthcare, wellness expense reimbursement, paid parental leave and more.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company, industry, and cities. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunity to excel.
Statement of Non-Discrimination: In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination and harassment based on “protected categories,” we also strive to prevent other subtler forms of inappropriate behavior (i.e., stereotyping) from ever gaining a foothold in our office. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at DoorDash.
We value a diverse workforce – people who identify as women, non-binary or gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, American Indian or Native Alaskan, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, differently-abled, caretakers and parents, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Thank you to the Level Playing Field Institute for this statement of non-discrimination.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and any other state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
If you need any accommodations, please inform your recruiting contact upon initial connection.
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What this role asks for
Particular to this role
CATIA · SolidWorks
Rare in DoorDash USA's other 145 open postings.
50% of this description is written for the role. The rest is DoorDash USA's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with DoorDash USA's other open jobs.
The team: Autonomy HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 34 open in Autonomy. 12 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
C++ (13 of 34), Embedded Systems (13 of 34), Python (12 of 34), SQL (5 of 34), C (4 of 34), Linux (4 of 34), PCB Design (4 of 34)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Mechanical Engineer - Engineer, Chassis & Vehicle Dynamic posted Oct 21
- Staff Software Engineer, Planner posted Oct 20
- Radio Frequency Hardware Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Oct 16
- Product Manager Airspace & Autonomy - DoorDash Air posted Oct 16
- Electrical Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Oct 16
- Electrical Engineer - Consumer Electronics posted Oct 16
- Mechanical Engineer, Consumer Electronics posted Oct 14
- Electrical Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) posted Oct 12
- Software Engineer, Intern - Labs (Summer 2027) posted Oct 8
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Sep 29
- Autonomy Platform Engineer posted Sep 23
- Software Engineer, Visualization Tools | DoorDash Labs posted Sep 18
- Hardware Engineer - Electronics Packaging & Vehicle Integration posted Sep 11
- Hardware Systems Engineer posted Aug 25
- PCB Layout Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Aug 12
- Senior Mixed-Signal / Analog Hardware Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Aug 12
- Senior Mechanical Design Engineer — Electric Motors, DoorDash Air posted Aug 11
- Embedded Software Engineer (Firmware) - DoorDash Air posted Aug 11
- Flight Test Engineer, DoorDash Air posted Jul 23
- Senior Reliability Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Jul 20
- Software Engineer, Robotics Infrastructure - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air posted Jul 7
- Staff Simulation Engineer - Foundry, DoorDash Air posted Jul 7
- Software Engineer, Planning & Controls - Autonomy & Robotics, DoorDash Air posted Jul 7
- Firmware Validation & Integration Engineer posted Jun 17
- Staff Software Technical Program Manager - Autonomy & Robotics posted Jun 15
- Staff Systems Engineer, DoorDash Air posted Jun 4
- Senior Systems Engineer - DoorDash Air posted Jun 4
- Senior/Staff Deep Reinforcement Learning Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Mar 25
- Electrical Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Mar 18
- Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager (Hardware) - DoorDash Dot posted Feb 12
- Manufacturing Quality Engineer - DoorDash Dot posted Dec 22
- Robotics Software Engineer - Labs, DoorDash Air posted Mar 6
- Software Engineer, Backend - DoorDash Air posted Feb 3
From the team and dates on DoorDash USA's own job board.
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