autonomy
Autonomy / GNC Engineer
Anduril · GA-ASI · Skydio · AeroVironment · Joby
The 16-week path from controls foundations to production GNC (Guidance, Navigation, Control) stacks on autonomous platforms. Curated from public job postings at the top autonomous-systems hiring companies + reading lists shared by senior autonomy engineers.
Intermediate~16 weeks14 topics26 resources
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01
Foundations
The math you need before any of the autonomy-specific topics make sense.
02
Sensing & Estimation
Turn noisy IMU / GPS / camera / LiDAR readings into a clean state estimate.
03
Control Theory
Make the platform actually do what the autonomy stack tells it to.
04
Production GNC stacks
What separates a research engineer from someone shipping autonomy on real hardware.