Senior Quality Analyst (Frostbite)

Requisition Number: 155818

Position Title: Associate Quality Designer

External Description:

We are Frostbite

Frostbite is EA’s state-of-the-art, multi-platform game development engine. We empower creators to shape the future of gaming and we achieve this by developing leading-edge engine features and world-class tools. Our talented team from across the globe is dedicated to building innovative technology and working closely with each other to ship amazing games. Frostbite powers some of the most stunning games in the industry along with deep player experiences.

We are looking for a Senior Quality Analyst for the Frostbite Guildford team. You will be part of the Frostbite QA team – reporting into our WWQA organization – for coordinating, organizing, and executing work assigned from the manager, ensuring consistency with process, methodologies, and results. Your primary goal is to achieve a high level of quality for the Frostbite engine through executing and improving upon a quality program of extensive end-to-end tests, integration tests, and release/change management processes.

You will be expected to partner with development and game teams internally and externally to help improve the test and development processes, and pro-actively provide support as needed – Private Build Testing, Complex Bug Isolation, Risk Analysis, and Regressions.  You will become a driver of the quality process and an expert of the Frostbite engine with all its associated in-house and 3rd party tools.

While the main focus is to identify, isolate, regress and communicate bugs effectively and efficiently, you will be expected to help lead and be accountable for the members of your team, helping coach and mentor team members with the direction of the management team.

What a QA Analyst does at Frostbite/WWQA

The Quality Analyst is a software quality expert that applies black box testing and enables automated testing techniques as well as in-depth understanding of system design, implementation and integration to identify bugs as early as possible in the development cycle. This requires strong test strategies and experience which challenge the software to ensure a very high level of quality (Functional, Reliable, Usable and High Performance).

Required Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable QA testing experience.
• Experience with game engines, content & asset editors, software tools, and shared technologies will be an asset.
• Familiarity with Development Tools such as Perforce and Visual Studio.
• Computer Graphics and 3D Art skills
• Understanding of build systems, continuous integration, unit tests, automated functional tests, and testing frameworks.
• Proficiency in Defect tracking tools (JIRA) and Test management tools (TestRail).
• Strong understanding of Software Development processes and continuous development.
• Experience with QA practices, methodologies, and bug prevention strategies.
• Ability to develop and foster strong working relationships with development partners, customers, support teams, and management.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including accurate and timely reporting
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• A strong ability to prioritize and multi-task across competing demands.
• Ability to immediately recognize critical issues or testing deficiencies and raise concerns to leadership.

What else is in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.  

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• How the Frostbite engineis shaping the future of gaming
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• More about our location: https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/guildford

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Days Open: 48

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EA este un angajator care oferă oportunități egale. Toate deciziile de angajare sunt luate fără a ține seama de rasă, culoare, origine națională, descendență, sex, identitate sau exprimare de gen, orientare sexuală, vârstă, informații genetice, religie, dizabilități, stare medicală, sarcină, stare civilă, statut familial sau statut de veteran. De asemenea, EA oferă locuri de muncă pentru persoanele cu handicap calificate, conform legislației aplicabile.