You should email employees and engineers from Aut Veh startups and see what they did or what they are looking for. The udacity Autonomous nanodegree gives an id

You should email employees and engineers from Aut Veh startups and see what they did or what they are looking for. The udacity Autonomous nanodegree gives an idea of what skills are relevant, but you have to see/learn what skills are they looking for enough for them to actually hire you. I completed a masters degree from a good university and did some research in machine learning. I think an advanced degree helps with credibility as well.