Summary
Amar Bhatt is a Staff Mechatronics Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience designing and shipping surgical robotics platforms, currently leading early concept R&D work at Johnson & Johnson MedTech. He combines deep expertise in controls, embedded software (C, MATLAB, Python), navigation and system design with practical firmware and algorithm development for spine and orthopedic robots. Amar has repeatedly driven cross-functional projects from prototype to regulatory-ready documentation, contributing Rust libraries for geometric math and kinematics along the way. Comfortable in both hardware and software domains, he builds tools for rapid prototyping, system analysis, and fault monitoring to improve OR safety and patient outcomes. His background includes academic research in machine intelligence and a track record of translating surgeon feedback into tangible robotic behaviors, reflecting a rare blend of clinical empathy and engineering rigor.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Designation with Honors (New York CTE Endorsement in Computer Repair) Honors/Regents High School/Secondary Diploma Program, Advanced Designation with Honors (New York CTE Endorsement in Computer Repair) Honors/Regents High School/Secondary Diploma Program at West Genesee Senior High School
BS/MS Dual Degree Computer Engineering, BS/MS Dual Degree Computer Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology
Study Abroad BUSINESS + CULTURE, Study Abroad BUSINESS + CULTURE at CIEE BARCELONA, SPAIN