Michael Wessels

Software Engineer at Anduril Industries

Costa Mesa, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Software Engineer at Anduril Industries
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
    Jul 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs

    Identified and resolved a bug in a multi-threaded reporting platform, restoring 100% accuracy to air vehicle logs. Redesigned the log export process, resulting in 80% faster download times and a 70% decrease in file size. Built an air vehicle response simulator enabling new feature development and testing during simulator downtime.

  • University of California, Riverside (Riverside, California, United States)
    • Software Developer
      Dec 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Built live event updates to populate an application dashboard for 5 different user types, using Relay to fetch data via GraphQL Subscriptions. Accelerated the delivery of GraphQL server responses by employing back-end web frameworks such as Prisma, Mercurius, and Fastify. Partnered with 3 other developers to implement E2E, unit, and integration tests ensuring timely development and delivery of a high-quality product.

    • Research Assistant
      Dec 2021 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Developed a data pipeline, to collect and filter data, resulting in 30% faster query times.

  • Technical Support Specialist at Workwell Technologies
    Apr 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Applied resourceful, critical thinking in the pursuit of 100% customer satisfaction by solving their most challenging technical problems and questions. Resolved issues in cloud-connected devices enabling proper communication through clients’ various network/firewall configurations and earning a 98% customer approval rating. Discovered and documented software defects in online portals and cloud-connected devices expediting a resolution’s release to the production environment.