Senior Associate, Operations Safety

The role

You will contribute to safety systems, incident response, and SOP processes for autonomous products. You will execute safety operations, analyze data, and partner with engineering and product teams.

What you will do

• Support incident response by triaging and resolving safety incidents
• Document findings and contribute to root cause analysis
• Draft, update, and maintain standard operating procedures
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports on operational safety metrics
• Execute on-site and remote safety operations
• Monitor operations and run audits and safety checks
• Partner with engineering, product, legal, and field operations
• Create and update training content and job aids

Required qualifications

• 4+ years in operations, safety, or a related field
• Experience supporting safety or operational systems in a regulated or safety-critical environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical mindset
• Ability to respond to on-call events with urgency and rigor on nights and weekends

Nice to have

• Autonomy, robotics, aerospace, or defense experience
• Familiarity with safety management systems (SMS), ISO 45001, or equivalent frameworks
• Experience developing training programs or instructional materials
• Experience with autonomous systems, robotics deployment, or fleet operations at scale
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, Jira, and SQL

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Commuter benefits match
• Paid time off
• Paid sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 11 paid holidays
• Disability and basic life insurance
• Family-forming assistance
• Mental health program

About the company

DoorDash Labs is an independent robotics and automation team within DoorDash focused on transforming last-mile logistics at scale. DoorDash is a technology and logistics company.