# Bharathi Saravanabhavan > Lead Software Engineer at Firefly Health Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/bharathi I am passionate in working in the health tech industry. I graduated from Georgia Tech with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Columbia University. ## Work Experience ### Lead Software Engineer @ Firefly Health Jan 2025 – Present ### Senior Software Engineer @ Firefly Health Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Remote ### Software Engineer @ Firefly Health Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Remote ### Primary Software Engineer, Robotics & Digital Solutions @ Johnson & Johnson Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Overview: Creating software infrastructure (controls API, real time data acquisition, and data science pipelines) for the development of surgical tools on a medical robot. • Architected and developed multi-threaded, real time data collection and test platform on QT/C++ • Implemented real time robotic controls and provided high level Python APIs to control and test robotic surgical tools • Provided infrastructure to process and analyze robotic test data by developing an automated data pipeline on Microsoft Azure • Implemented DevOps pipelines built on Jenkins to continuously ensure code quality with SonarQube, unit testing, and delivery of franchise software ### R&D Software Systems Engineer @ Vero Biotech Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Atlanta, Georgia - Engineered wearable nitric oxide delivery system by developing on STM and TI ARM microcontrollers with C/C++ - Programmed GUIs on embedded systems to integrate peripherals such as accelerometers, pumps, and valves using protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, etc. with RTOS - Incorporated Bluetooth low energy to communicate between wearable and React Native mobile app - Rectified design controls documents and FMEAs in preparation for FDA preapproval inspections ### Teaching Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Atlanta, GA Biotransport Teaching Assistant - Led in class problem solving studio, held review sessions pertaining to fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, in charge of developing MATLAB fluid mechanics/thermodynamics modeling problems Circuits Teaching Assistant - Lab TA responsible for leading circuits labs involving MyDAQs, circuit design and development such as filter design, held class discussion and review sessions relating to circuit concepts Biomaterials Teaching Assistant - Held in class discussions, grading and developing exams ### Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 Final Project: - Developed a device implementing transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as a method of managing and preventing foot deformations for patients with diabetic neuropathy - Altered electrical signals and parameters using an oscilloscope to map the sensory innervations in the foot - Conducted simulations, modeling, and finite element analyses using Solidworks on prosthetic leg designs - Experienced with journal research, paper writing, and poster presentations at conferences such as Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC, August 2016) - Sponsored by the Presidential Undergraduate Research Award (PURA) Previous project: - Researched and designed right hind leg active prosthetic for a cat and right hind leg passive C-shaped prosthetic for a goat. - Conducted mathematical analyses and FEA - Designed 3D models and simulations of device - Experienced in making presentations to research team consisting of 10+ members composed of professors and PhD students. ### R&D Co-Op - Interventional Pain Management @ Halyard Health Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Alpharetta, Georgia - Designed and performed validation testing for interventional pain radio-frequency (RF) nerve ablation devices - Worked with a 15 person cross-functional team to update RF generator, probes, and water pump to a modern design and hardware - new product development - Conducted studies using multiphysics computational modeling with software such as COMSOL - Developed software algorithms using LabVIEW for controlling products such as the medical water pump, independently of the RF generator, that is used to cool the RF probes - Developed and tuned PID control systems for the water pump - Performed independent studies to improve products and stimulate ideas for new products - Involved with documentation such as writing standard test methods and protocols - Conducted statistical analysis on several studies - Studied literature in the field to support our projects and improve our existing computational models ### Research and Development Co-Op @ Boston Scientific Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Alpharetta, Georgia - Conducted mechanical and chemical test protocols for verification and validation of gastrointestinal devices - Enhanced processes and fixtures for ease of manufacturing & assembly, resulting in 17% decrease in production time, while developing test methods and engineering studies for analysis - Analyzed existing air/water valves and colonoscopes to add features and improve functionality & compatibility with water pumps and carbon dioxide insufflators ### Intern @ Allied Elite, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 Worked to identify lucrative and beneficial aeronautical parts for the company to reverse-manufacture ## Education ### Master's degree in Computer Science Columbia University Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical/Medical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bharathisara --- Source: https://flows.cv/bharathi JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bharathi/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-20