Remote FCC Captioning QA Specialist

TestPros; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Job summary

TestPros is seeking Accessibility Assessment Specialists to support FCC captioning compliance testing for television devices. This part-time, remote consulting role focuses on caption quality, settings usability, and conformance across live, on-demand, and streaming content.

You'll document defects, propose remediation, and work with QA, engineering, product, and compliance teams. Travel to Sterling, VA may be required occasionally; compensation ranges from $40–70 per hour for contract work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in accessibility testing, QA, compliance testing, or video/TV device testing.
• Hands-on experience evaluating closed captioning quality.
• Strong written communication and reporting skills.
• Experience testing physical TV devices using remote controls.
• Knowledge of FCC closed captioning principles (accuracy, synchronicity, completeness, placement).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate closed captions for accuracy, synchronicity, completeness, and placement.
• Test live, linear, and on-demand content as applicable.
• Identify caption timing, truncation, speaker attribution, and placement issues.
• Capture test evidence and document defects with clear reproduction steps and severity ratings.
• Assess accessibility and usability of caption display settings, including discoverability, customization options, consistency across apps and inputs, preview functionality, and interaction via standard remote controls.
• Develop and execute test plans mapped to FCC requirements, produce compliance assessment reports with remediation recommendations, validate fixes, and collaborate with QA, engineering, product, and compliance teams.

Skills

5+ years experience

Closed captioning testing

Written communication

Remote testing equipment

FCC standards knowledge

Job description

TestPros is seeking Accessibility Assessment Specialists to support FCC captioning compliance testing for television devices. This part-time, remote consulting role focuses on caption quality, settings usability, and conformance across live, on-demand, and streaming content.

You'll document defects, propose remediation, and work with QA, engineering, product, and compliance teams. Travel to Sterling, VA may be required occasionally; compensation ranges from $40–70 per hour for contract work.