Summary
Bhautik Amin is an Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineer with nine years of hands-on experience designing controllers, estimators, and embedded avionics for space and VTOL systems. He has progressed through roles at NASA Goddard, Draper, ispace-U.S., and now Quantum Space, bringing a blend of research-grade modeling, hardware testing, and production flight software delivery. Comfortable across MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Python, and embedded platforms, he has built observer-based controllers, EKF navigation stacks, and Gazebo plugins to close the loop between simulation and flight. His background spans aerospace, bioengineering, and electronics, reflecting a pragmatic systems-thinking approach to complex problems. Passionate about using engineering to drive societal change, he describes himself playfully as an "Ambitious Transfer Function Wrangler," highlighting both technical depth and a hands-on maker mindset.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering at Temple University
Master of Science - MS Electrical Engineering and Control Systems, Master of Science - MS Electrical Engineering and Control Systems at Drexel University
High School Diploma College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, High School Diploma College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program at Everett Area High School
Biotechnology Biotechnology, Biotechnology Biotechnology at Bedford County Technical Center
Gujarati, English