Arpan Rau
FounderFounder at OutSail Technologies
Santa Clara, California, United States
FoundedOutSail Technologies · YC
About
Aerospace engineer with over a decade of experience in hardware development and team leadership at SpaceX, Relativity Space, Momentus, Astra, Impossible Aerospace, and Nuro. Founded and led OutSail Technologies, which developed wind-powered maritime freight systems before closing operations.
Founder at OutSail TechnologiesYC W23
Intro paths
Arpan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran OutSail Technologies's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Arpan can intro founders to OutSail Technologies's investors below.
OutSail Technologies's investors · 1
Co-founders at OutSail Technologies
Experience
- SorcererLead Hardware Engineer2025 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- Outsail TechnologiesCEO & Lead Engineer2022 — 2024Redwood City, CA
- NuroTechnical Product Manager, Autonomy2022
- MomentusProduct Manager - Vigoride Spacecraft2020 — 2021
- Impossible AerospaceSystems Engineer2019 — 2020
- AstraAvionics Intern2018Alameda, CA
- RelativityPropulsion & Mechanisms Engineering Intern2017 — 2018Inglewood, CA
- Impossible AerospaceAerospace Engineering Intern2017
- SpaceXStructures Engineering Intern2016Hawthorne, CA
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryStructures Engineering Intern2015
- Industrial Measurement SystemsRobotics Engineering Intern2014
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterMechanical Engineering Intern2013Greenbelt, MD
Skills & more
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AltiumElectrical EngineeringDesign for ManufacturingUser InterviewsMarket ResearchProduct Road MappingRequirements GatheringCross-functional Team LeadershipModeling and SimulationFailure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)Project ManagementProduct ManagementFrom Arpan's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arpan Rau?
- Aerospace engineer with over a decade of experience in hardware development and team leadership at SpaceX, Relativity Space, Momentus, Astra, Impossible Aerospace, and Nuro. Founded and led OutSail Technologies, which developed wind-powered maritime freight systems before closing operations.
- Where does Arpan Rau work?
- Arpan Rau is Founder of OutSail Technologies.
- What companies did Arpan Rau found?
- Arpan Rau founded OutSail Technologies.
- Where did Arpan Rau go to school?
- Arpan Rau studied at Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree, Robotics Engineering).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering mafia12
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Nuro mafia7
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Momentus mafia5
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Astra mafia4
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Same school
Also attended Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering19
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sorcerer4
Also worked at Outsail Technologies1
Also worked at Nuro15
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