Associate Quality Designer

Requisition Number: 166593

Position Title: Associate Quality Designer

External Description:

Associate Quality Designer - 6 Month Contract

 

 

The Challenge Ahead:

The Associate Quality Designer (AQD) will be responsible for supporting the DTS SONAR team on their assigned project. The AQD will be able to demonstrate sound technical platform and game knowledge and help write test plans for the title you are responsible for. The candidate will require a strong quality mindset and effective stakeholder management in order to be successful. They will be accountable for planning and managing test coverage on client and server releases, reporting on results, and ultimately confirming the success of a release. As an Associate Quality Designer, you will report to the Development Manager.

 

SONAR’s Mission:

• Safeguarding the Players end-to-end experience.
• Driving retail verification of content/releases in Live.
• Utilizing Player information proximity, studio partnerships, tools, and data to investigate and assess player facing issues.
• Utilizing tools across multiple sources to understand Player sentiment and pinpoint key issues in the wild.
• Identification, escalation, and elimination of central issues that benefit multiple stakeholders.
• Reducing manual test hours by utilising automation, supported by data and tools, to guide risk-based testing efforts.

 

Development Technology & Services (DTS)

Development Technology and Services (DTS) powers EA Studios to create even greater player experiences. We help shape the future from the way games are created, to how they are played and viewed.

 

We are a global team and the largest studio within EA! DTS proudly consists of the following teams: Quality, Verification & Standards, Studios Technology Group, Studios Data & Insights, DTS Operations, and SEED.

 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for defining custom Live strategies on your project.
• Working with product owners to identify risks and plan testing for live releases.
• Craft and design test plans, including scheduling, reporting, and executing.
• Performing complex testing on games to verify proper function, data content, performance, usability/playability, and hardware/software compatibility.
• Analysing and troubleshooting reported bugs and internal issues.
• Defining dashboards and issue flows in JIRA.
• Creating confluence pages that report on key information for stakeholders.
• Attending initial and regular stakeholder meetings to discuss strategy, challenges, and results.

 

 

 

Qualifications:

 

• A passion for quality.
• Previous games or software development QA experience (2+ years).
• Knowledge of gaming consoles and their systems.
• Determination to achieve quality in an environment with conflicting priorities and shifting requirements.
• Excellent communication and cooperation skills to build partnerships across geographically distributed teams.
• Proactive, curious, always looking to learn as an individual and as a team member, flexible - being able to embrace changes.
• Experience with applications such as JIRA, Confluence, TestRail (desirable).
• Experience with test automation, telemetry, or data analysis (desirable).

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. è un'azienda di software di intrattenimento interattivo leader globale. EA offre giochi, contenuti e servizi online per console collegate ad internet, personal computer, cellulari e tablet.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 63

Can this position be remote?: 0

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