Summary
Karen Wickert is a QA Engineering Specialist with 13 years of experience building reliable, user-focused systems across music technology, robotics, semiconductor manufacturing, and medical devices. Currently improving developer and collaboration tooling on Unreal Cloud Services, she brings deep cross-disciplinary fluency—bridging business logic, mechanical design, electrical specs, and software—to craft immersive, intuitive user experiences. At Sonos she led test strategy, automation, and on-call practices for cloud services and player firmware, coordinating closely with partners on voice integrations and subscription systems. Comfortable in both hands-on testing and team leadership, she has written automation in JavaScript, Python, and C# and led SRE/Test teams to deploy robust services at scale. Known for dismantling complex systems and reassembling improved versions, she’s driven by making products more engaging and enjoyable for end users.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
IB Diploma, IB Diploma at International Baccalaureate
BS Mechanical Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University
English, French, Japanese