Career Roadmaps for Robotics Engineers
Guided paths and curated educational content to help you pick a role and direct your learning in robotics, autonomy, and defense engineering.
Each roadmap is a structured learning path for a specific role — broken into milestones (beginner → senior), topics tagged by importance (Required / Recommended / Optional / Alternative), and 2–5 vetted resources per topic (free official docs, books, courses, certs).
Curated from public job postings and senior-engineer reading lists at the companies actually hiring for these roles — Anduril, Skydio, GA-ASI, Joby, Shield AI, Palantir, plus the dozens of mid-size autonomy companies tracked on MissionRobo.
Robotics Engineer Foundations
The generalist starting point · 10 weeks
Autonomy / GNC Engineer
Anduril · GA-ASI · Skydio · AeroVironment · Joby
Robotics Software Engineer
ROS 2 · simulation · embedded · production deployment
Perception / Computer Vision Engineer
Skydio · Anduril · Dedrone · Apptronik · 20 weeks
Embedded Robotics Engineer
Firmware ↔ ROS 2 bridge · STM32 · Jetson · 14 weeks
Defense AI Engineer
Anduril Lattice · Palantir AIP · Shield AI · 18 weeks
Counter-UAS Engineer
Sentrycs · DroneShield · Dedrone · Anduril Lattice · 14 weeks
Aerospace Systems Engineer
Joby · Beta · World View · Raven Aerostar · 16 weeks