Associate Quality Designer - EA Sports

Avature; Southam CP; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company in the gaming industry is seeking a passionate Quality Assurance professional to help elevate their game titles. In this role, you will design and implement quality strategies, collaborate with diverse teams, and drive discussions to ensure a superior player experience. Your expertise in test planning and execution will be crucial as you mentor others and optimize processes for efficiency. Join a team that values creativity and collaboration, where your contributions will directly impact the quality of exciting gaming experiences enjoyed by players worldwide. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

New Parent Leave

Free Games

Flexible Work Arrangement

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in Quality Assurance and test execution.
• Experience with AAA game development for multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the Quality strategy for the title, delivering qualitative feedback.
• Collaborate to integrate effective test practices and improve title quality.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Test Planning

Test Execution

JIRA

DevTrack

TestRail

Automation

Data Analytics

Game Development

Collaboration

Tools

JIRA

DevTrack

TestRail

Job description

Locations: Southam, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Role ID: 207676

Worker Type: Regular Employee

Studio/Department: Flexible Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators, and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Codemasters has a long-standing reputation as one of the premier game developers in the industry. We’re renowned for our innovation and passion for racing games, and we place enormous value on collaboration, innovation, and unique perspectives to continue evolving our titles for players worldwide.

We’re looking for people with a passion for creating exceptional gaming experiences to help us deliver industry-leading titles. Join us on the road ahead!

What you'll do:

1. Design, nurture, and own the Quality strategy for the title, establishing key project metrics and delivering qualitative feedback.
2. Collaborate with several teams to research and integrate effective test practices to improve our title quality.
3. Drive discussions from QV perspective through feature planning and design review stages with the development teams and design teams to create strong testing tactics that help deliver a higher quality player experience.
4. Highlight relevant project insights, supported through clear data, dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies by collaborating with peers or other teams.
5. Partner with development teams and design teams on product roadmap, feature readiness, and quality targets to proactively create test plans and test cases.
6. Oversee optimization efforts by implementing targeted iterative process improvements to maximize efficiency, including using automation opportunities and advocating adoption.
7. Mentor QV Analysts and other individual contributors and promote knowledge sharing across the team.
8. Enhance quality innovation by collaborating with Quality Engineering data analytics teams and generating detailed reports on testing status and providing valuable insights to the stakeholders.
9. You will report to the QV Development Director.

What you will need to be successful:

1. 3 years of relevant experience in Quality Assurance, test planning, and test execution.
2. Experience working on AAA software/game development for multiple platforms.
3. Experience working with medium-to-large-scale teams and with external partners.
4. Highly proficient in using industry-standard defect and task tracking tools, such as JIRA, DevTrack, TestRail.
5. Experience with test execution through multiple stages/gates of the product development, final release, and live releases/service cycles.
6. Dealt with complexity and scope of the quality verification process, including change management without affecting the quality goals.
7. Used tools, tech, automation, and data for test efficiency and optimization year over year.
8. A passion for games with a player-first mentality.
9. Experience working on SIM racing titles and peripherals.
10. Experience working as part of the Development QV.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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.