Soroush Salehian is an American Entrepreneur and Engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the founder of Aeva, an autonomous car technology company. ^[1]

Salehian attended Stanford University and earned a BS in mechanical engineering and mechatronics. ^[1]

Salehian worked in Planetary Science Research at NASA where he developed algorithms as part of analysis and proof of presence of hydrocarbon raindrops on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan. ^[1] While at Stanford University, he was the President and Founder of New Frontiers design where he created electromechanical systems. ^[1] Also at Stanford, he was a Systems Engineer at the Jet Propulsion Lab and the Project Director at Stanford Space Systems. ^[1] In 2010, he founded BlueLibris where he designed a mobile phone that monitored medical and personal safety of young children and the elderly; It was later acquired by Numera Health. ^[4] Salehian was a Manager of Product Development at Apple and led Apple's SPG's Sensing Systems PM team as well as systems product management for a number of new products from concept to launch. ^[1]

Salehian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aeva which is creating autonomous car technology that is supposed to improve range and measure velocity across weather conditions much better than previous technology.

^[2] He earned a spot in the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. ^[2]