Meet Michael Schulte – Senior Software Engineer and Precise Systems’ employee spotlight for February 2025.  

Michael supports our Interactive Training and Simulation capability as a Senior Software Engineer. He has gotten to know our Precise culture very well, and would describe it as dedicated, capable, and employee-focused.

In his role, the days can vary a lot in terms of tasking. Some days, he focuses solely on programming, whereas other days, he handles a large assortment of projects, including writing technical documents, making software builds, or describing how things work to an artist to create graphics for program support documentation. Michael’s work can ebb and flow, but there is surely never a dull moment!

His passion for software engineering came from his hobby of playing video games. When he was in high school, he was torn between becoming a marine biologist or a software engineer, but ultimately decided to choose the latter. One of his high school programming classes, QBasic, helped seal the deal, and the rest is history.

While Michael brings a great many technical and professional skills to his role, he has a personal skill he has always wanted to learn – how to pilot a small airplane. He’s never had the chance, but says, “I think it would be a neat experience and something good to know for life.”

A software engineer who can also fly planes sounds like the making of a great movie! If a film was ever made about his life, Michael would choose Tom Hanks to play himself. He believes that his vast repertoire of characters would make him the perfect person to capture Michael’s sarcastic humor and analytical way of thinking. We’d definitely buy a ticket to see that!

We are grateful and fortunate to have such skilled, passionate employees like Michael as part of our organization. Our capabilities and culture are made better every day with him here!