Quality Designer

Requisition Number: 167445

Position Title: Quality Designer I

External Description:

The Challenge Ahead

QA Leads or Quality Designers as they are referred to internally are embedded within our development team. This position will help review features as they are being delivered and ensure that the features are built correctly.  The right Quality Designer candidate should be able to interpret designs and enforce confidence in testing processes. They are champions of best practices and new ideas in testing, playing a necessary role in driving our craft forward. They test, publish, document, and evolve procedures ensuring accurate execution and reporting of all testing activities.

This is a versatile role with many areas of focus and responsibilities. A Quality Designer is a catalyst ensuring that QA understands the design and that its features are tested in the correct way and ensuring that the quality of the game lives up to our players’ expectations.

The Next Great Quality Designer Needs:

An in-depth understanding of the technical structure of games and how to apply new testing methodologies. You will need experience with QA processes and best practices, advocating the purpose of these methods to development partners.

Good English language skills are necessary to communicate with the team and improve knowledge sharing both internally and outside the studio.

Responsibilities:

• Determine and maintain the test strategy for owned features/systems, ensuring accurate reporting of status and risk.
• Represent QA within the development team; be visible, vocal, and integrated.
• Participate in daily development stand-ups and share updates with the wider QA team
• You will develop an intimate understanding of the systems and their associated requirements, maintaining them; share the details and updates with the wider QA team.
• Perform design testing reviews, ensuring the design is captured and identifying bugs and user improving concerns before they make it into software.
• Work with remote teams to ensure high-quality service delivery for your area(s) of ownership.
• You will lead the qualitative feedback process from a QA perspective, gathering feedback from the entire team and providing the dev team with applicable analysis of the results.
• You will improve the qualitative feedback across the team, advocating for best practices.
• Support studio-wide playtest process, aligning aims and goals and ensuring the capture of the feedback and bugs from all parties.
• Primary QA support for user experience feedback.
• Use development tools to guide issue identification upstream and promote defect prevention.
• Identify high-value automation and telemetry requirements for features/systems in their own area.
• Interpret data from numerous sources to produce clear, relevant information, informing decisions to improve product quality and QV service delivery.

Qualifications:

• A passion for quality and game design.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Previous game or software development QA experience; 3+ years experience.
• Knowledge of gaming consoles and their systems.
• Knowledge of testing/planning tools
• SQL knowledge is a plus
• A strong understanding of microtransactions and the gaming economy is a plus

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Community / Marketing Title: Quality Designer

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.は、インタラクティブ・エンターテイメント・ソフトウェアの世界的大手企業です。 EAは、インターネットに接続されたコンソール、パソコン、携帯電話、タブレットに対してゲーム、コンテンツおよびオンラインサービスを提供しています。

EEOText: EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無、および法律で保護されたその他のあらゆる状況は考慮されません。 また、犯罪歴のある人物の雇用も、募集要項を満たす応募者の場合は適用法令に従って検討します。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。

Days Open: 70

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。