QA Engineer

CONDUCTR; Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career growth

Dynamic environment

Job summary

CONDUCTR is expanding its Quality Assurance capability and seeks a motivated QA Engineer to own QA activities across projects—from planning through release. You will define testing strategies, plan and execute tests, and log defects in Jira while collaborating with developers, producers and designers to ensure high quality of interactive experiences.

The role combines digital testing with hands-on hardware and on-site testing in a fast-paced, creative environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' commercial experience in QA/testing.
• Experience designing test strategies, plans and cases based on risk and requirements.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and QA tooling.
• Ability to work with developers, producers and designers to resolve issues.
• Experience with distributed SDLC and testing processes.
• Comfort with testing in both digital and physical environments.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of QA activities across projects from planning through release.
• Define testing strategies based on risk and platform.
• Plan and execute functional, regression, smoke, UAT and exploratory testing.
• Log, track and verify defects using Jira with clear information.
• Work hands-on in physical testing environments including hardware and on-site devices.
• Challenge requirements where quality, usability or risk are concerned.
• Collaborate with software, production and QA teams to uphold quality.
• Adapt to shifting priorities across projects and deliver on timelines.
• Improve QA processes, tooling and standards across the organisation.

Skills

QA ownership

Test strategy design

Jira

Confluence

QASE

SDLC understanding

Automation concepts

API testing

JSON

Git

CI/CD

Tools

Jira

Confluence

QASE

TeamViewer

Job description

We're expanding our Quality Assurance capability and looking for a motivated QA Engineer to help ensure the quality of our diverse range of interactive experiences, digital products, and bespoke installations. This role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in QA and testing who is ready to take greater ownership of quality across projects, while continuing to develop their skills within a collaborative, fast-paced, and creative environment.

About us:

CONDUCTR is a dynamic collective of designers, technologists, media experts, producers & engineers. The vision is simple - fuse the creativity of a design studio, with the innovation of a tech lab, to create a one-stop shop for extraordinary guest-centric, 360 attraction experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of QA activities across projects from planning through release. Use QASE to maintain test plans and cases.
• Define appropriate testing strategies based on project risk, complexity and platform in Confluence.
• Plan and execute a range of testing activities including functional, regression, smoke, UAT and exploratory testing.
• Log, track, investigate and verify defects using Jira, providing clear information to support effective resolution.
• Work hands-on in physical testing environments where needed including interactive tech, hardware setups, and on-site devices.
• Use your QA experience and judgement to challenge requirements or implementation where quality, usability or technical risk is concerned.
• Collaborate with software, production, and QA team members to ensure quality is upheld throughout the SDLC.
• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities across different projects and products.
• Manage your own workload effectively and take responsibility for delivering QA activities to agreed timelines.
• Help improve QA processes, tooling and standards across the organisation.

You should have:

• 2+ years' commercial experience in QA/software testing, ideally across multiple products or platforms.
• Demonstrable experience owning QA activities across a project or product lifecycle.
• Experience designing test strategies, plans and test cases based on risk and requirements.
• Experience working directly with developers, producers, designers and other stakeholders to identify and resolve quality issues.
• Confidence making informed recommendations about release readiness and communicating quality risks.
• Experience with Atlassian tools including Jira for bug reporting and Confluence for documentation.
• Ability to create, maintain, and execute test plans and structured test case using test management tooling such as QASE.
• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle and standard testing processes.
• Solid IT and technical competency, including working with different environments and builds, transferring/deploying files, using remote-access tools such as TeamViewer, and working with basic JSON/configuration files.
• Good knowledge of testing approaches such as smoke testing, regression testing, UAT, and functional and non functional testing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A collaborative mindset and ability to coordinate with multiple teams.
• Adaptability and confidence working in a fast-moving environment with changing priorities.
• Comfortable working hands-on in practical testing environments and testing real-world systems and experiences.
• A proactive approach to managing your own workload, raising risks and blockers early, and seeing tasks through to completion.

(For candidates with less/more experience: We're more interested in demonstrable QA capability, ownership and problem-solving than a specific number of years.)

It would be great if you have:

• Experience with interactive technology, hardware-based systems or experiential installations.
• Exposure to Unity, mobile apps or web-based testing.
• Experience with API testing, JSON or other technical debugging tools.
• Familiarity with automation concepts, automated testing or CI/CD environments.
• Experience working with source control or development workflows such as Git.
• An interest in expanding into automation or advanced QA practices over time.

Why this role is different:

Unlike a traditional software QA role, you'll test experiences where software meets physical technology; from web and mobile applications to interactive installations, hardware, sensors, displays and on-site experiences.

You'll need to think beyond whether something technically works and consider whether the experience works for the end user. You'll have the opportunity to test in both digital and physical environments, work alongside a range of creative and technical disciplines, and see the projects you've contributed to being used live in the world.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• A vibrant, inclusive, and dynamic work environment.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• A chance to be part of a forward-thinking team making a real difference.

What it's like working at CONDUCTR:

CONDUCTR is proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work, officially certified for our outstanding workplace culture and employee satisfaction. We've also been named on the UK's Best Workplaces 2026 list, recognised as a top 50 company to work for in the UK. We're also honoured to be placed on UK's Best Workplaces lists for: Wellbeing, Development, Women, and Tech, ranking highly among the top 100 companies for employee support, growth and career development - and we're just getting started!

On top of that, we're one of the UK's fastest growing companies - recently ranked 5th nationwide - creating exciting opportunities for our team to grow as fast as the business.

Our 5 core values articulate this best, and we are looking for people who can demonstrate them:

• We go above and #beyond
• We work as a #team & make it fun
• We creatively #kick-ass
• We #do it efficiently, on time & on budget
• We deliver work that makes us #proud

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