Senior QA Tester - Studio Compass

nDreams Limited; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

nDreams Limited is seeking a Senior QA Tester to maintain high standards in game development from a studio known for immersive VR projects. You will be responsible for testing and providing insights on gameplay to help deliver the best player experiences. Emphasizing communication and precise reporting, you'll work closely with the QA Lead and developers to ensure that all aspects of games are extensively tested and polished before release.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Duvet days

Birthday off

Personal development time

Regular socials

Excellent holiday offering

Pension scheme

Health insurance

Life cover

Qualifications

• Ability to create and follow QA test plans.
• Sufficient technical knowledge for detailed bug reports.
• Deep understanding of game development team roles.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full test coverage from start to end of game development.
• Create informative defect reports prioritising severity.
• Collaborate on testing plans with the QA Lead.

Skills

Time management

Technical writing

Communication

VR guidelines knowledge

Bug tracking software

Job description

We are looking for a Senior QA Tester to help us ensure our games meet the highest standards, are in keeping with our audience expectations and whose experience with video game testing provides valuable insights into how the end user will experience our game and help the development team to work effectively through their issue reporting and communication.

In this role, you will be responsible for testing games within the studio and providing accurate bug reports that will be invaluable in helping the studio to release great games that players will enjoy. Your feedback on the games will help to shape the final experience for our players.

The rundown:

• 3 month fixed term contract
• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• In office
• Salary range competitive

Key responsibilities:

• Working with the QA Lead and, as needed, external QA partners, you will ensure that the game has full test coverage from start to end.
• Collaborate with the QA Lead on the creation of testing plans.
• Creation of concise yet informative defect reports, prioritised by severity and impact on the play experience in accordance with nDreams QA policy.
• Keep the development team informed of any urgent issues that are affecting the game itself or your ability to carry out your role.
• Help define the debug functionality that would make testing a game more effective.
• Work at the project planning level to ensure QA time and its needs are represented in the project scope, timelines and budgets.

The skills you’ll need:

• Ability to create and follow QA test plans and ensure critical areas of the game are tested to ensure they meet the desired function as designed and are defect free.
• Great time management skills and ability to test complex software efficiently.
• Sufficient technical knowledge to write detailed bug reports to help a multi-disciplined team solve reported issues more effectively.
• Is versed in the VR platform guidelines and the complexities of providing additional data such as crash logs, videos, images or external references.
• An excellent communicator who can concisely deliver information, both written and verbally.
• Has worked with bug tracking software and understands the value of the workflow, bug severity and prioritisation.
• A deep understanding of all the different roles that exist within a game development team so that you know who to go to when issues arise.

The nice to haves:

• A VR gaming enthusiast, well versed in what good looks like in the VR gaming space.

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the developer behind Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and Frenzies. As a publisher, we have also supported the release of other studio’s titles including Little Cities, PowerWash Simulator VR, and Vendetta Forever. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects with a personal, caring touch. We’ve got more incredible titles to be announced soon!

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing [e-mail] or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.