Melbourne – QA Analyst II

Big Ant Studios Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily lunches

Myki for public transport

Professional development support

Job summary

Big Ant Studios is seeking a seasoned Games QA tester to join our in-studio team in Melbourne. You will write feature test plans from design specs, perform exploratory testing, and help identify edge cases and sporadic bugs.

You will read crash logs, run TRC/XR compliance passes, and coach junior testers on bug reporting quality. You should have at least 2 years in games QA, experience testing consoles and PC devkits, and familiarity with Hansoft, Jira and Git for bug tracking and version

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years working experience in games QA or software testing.
• Experience writing test cases and updating test checklists.
• Experience testing on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC devkits.
• Working knowledge of TRC/XR requirements and compliance passes.
• Ability to read crash logs and identify error codes and failing assets.
• Bug tracking and source control tools such as Hansoft, Jira and Git.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Writing complete feature test plans and test cases from design specs.
• Exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and bugs.
• Tracking root triggers for intermittent bugs.
• Reading crash logs and crash dumps with tools.
• Running pre-certification checks against TRC/XR requirements.
• Reviewing tickets for quality and triaging features.
• Coaching junior testers on bug report quality.
• Taking Feature Owner responsibilities for a title.

Skills

QA testing

Bug reporting

Reading crash logs

Team collaboration

Tools

Hansoft

Jira

Git

Job description

*Please note that you will need to have working rights in Australia. At this stage, we cannot sponsor a working visa. This is an in-person, on-location, in-studio position.*

The job:

• Writing complete feature test plans and test cases directly from design specifications
• Exploratory testing of new and existing features to uncover edge cases and conditional bugs
• Tracking down the root trigger for intermittent and hard-to-reproduce bugs
• Reading crash logs, call stacks and crash dumps using console target managers
• Running pre-certification checks on release candidate builds against TRC/XR requirements
• Reviewing the team’s tickets for quality and running feature-level bug triage
• Coaching Associate and Junior testers on bug report quality and logging
• Taking on Feature Owner responsibilities on a title, such as test plans for a specific mode

You:

• Minimum 2 years working experience in games QA or software testing
• Experience writing test cases and updating test checklists
• Experience testing on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and PC devkits
• Working knowledge of TRC/XR requirements and experience running compliance passes
• Ability to read crash logs and identify error codes and failing assets
• Experience with bug tracking and source control tools such as Hansoft, Jira and Git Clear, concise bug reports that need no correction
• Passionate about playing and making games
• Ability to anticipate and resolve problems
• Flexibility in organising work
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to adapt to change
• Ability to quickly learn to use new tools
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience on the current generation of consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2)
• Experience with scripting languages (Lua, Python)
• Experience on sports titles or online multiplayer testing
• Experience reviewing design documents before production

The Company:

Big Ant Studios is one of the oldest and largest game developers in Australia. Based in Southbank, Melbourne and another studio in the Adelaide CBD, we develop premium sports titles for multiple platforms.

Big Ant offers a central location, an experienced team, and perks include daily lunches, Myki for public transport and professional development support.
At Big Ant, we believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds are key to creating experiences everyone can enjoy. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

*Please note you will need to have working rights in Australia. At this stage, we cannot sponsor a working visa.*