VINAYAK NAIR
STATUS: SEEKING GNC/AUTONOMY ROLES — FALL 2026/SPRING 2027
Aerospace engineering student at Texas A&M, building GHOST — a GPS-denied vision navigation pipeline for autonomous platforms. Targeting GNC and autonomy roles in defense and space, with sights set on NASA astronaut selection.
Systems online — full checklist
Pre-flight capability verification
Languages
ONLINE Python · C++ · MATLAB
GNC / Estimation
ONLINE EKF · ESKF · ProNav · Monte Carlo · Sensor fusion
Robotics / Autonomy
ONLINE ROS2 · Gazebo · PX4 SITL · MAVLink · Raspberry Pi
Structures / Analysis
ONLINE Abaqus FEA · Structural analysis · Stress / deformation
Tools
ONLINE Git/GitHub · SSH/Linux · Cursor · SolidWorks
Active mission: GHOST — GPS-Denied Hardware Occlusion-Survivable Tracker
Filter state
ESKF 9-DOF [NOMINAL]
Pipeline completion
55%
Hardware
Raspberry Pi 4B / IMX296 / ICM-42688-P
Link status
PX4 SITL — UDP/MAVLink [CONNECTED]
GHOST demo video placeholder — video to be added.
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