Michael Baron

Aurorin CAD (YC W26), 3x SpaceX Intern, prev Apple Intern

Founder

Aurorin CAD· Winter 2026 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

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2026Founder· Aurorin CAD (YC W26)

Founder · since 2026

Company

Aurorin CAD (YC W26)

Role

Founder, CEO

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Aurorin CAD

Claude code for Mechanical Engineers

Winter 2026

Experience

Career

Aurorin CAD (YC W26)
Founder
Founder, CEO · 2026 – Present
2026
SpaceX
Dragon Guidance Navigation & Control Intern · Hawthorne, California, United States · 2025
2025
Apple
GPU Driver Performance Software Engineering Intern · Cupertino, California, United States · 2025
2025
Lehigh University Space Initiative
President & Lead Systems Engineer · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States · 2024 – 2025
2024
Lehigh University Space Initiative
Software Engineering Team Lead · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States · 2022 – 2024
2022
SpaceX
Raptor Combustion Similation Software Engineering Intern · Hawthorne, California, United States · 2024
2024
D.N.A.R.E
President and Chief Engineer · 2023 – 2024
2023
SpaceX
Flight Software Engineering Intern · Hawthorne, California, United States · 2023
2023
Sunrise Graphics Engine
Graphics/Systems Software Engineer · 2018 – 2023
2018
Software Application Developer
2015 – 2023
2015
Dot
Back-End Developer · 2022 – 2023
2022
FIRST Robotics Team 5490
The Dark Byte - Sole and Lead Programmer · 2021 – 2022
2021
Technology Student Association
Vice President · 2019 – 2022
2019
Group Project
Team, CAD and Software Lead · 2020 – 2021
2020
Precision Flight Controls
Technical Industry Intern · 2018
2018

Bio

Founder of Aurorin, 3x SpaceX intern, prev Apple Intern. Before starting Aurorin, Michael worked on Raptor combustion simulation, Dragon Guidance, Navigation & Control, and Starshield flight software at SpaceX, as well as GPU driver performance at Apple.