[Hiring] QA Analyst @Escape Velocity Entertainment Inc

Role Description

Escape Velocity is looking for a QA Analyst, with wide ranging skills and experience to drive feature testing efforts in a multiplatform game.

• Define acceptance criteria, identify risks, and plan testing coverage for upcoming features/releases.
• Work with QA leadership, producers, engineers, stakeholders, and designers to design, build, and maintain test artefacts.
• Facilitate functional, qualitative, and performance testing efforts using manual and technical testing skills.
• Meet with other disciplines to understand tasks and define expectations through story points.
• Build test analysis and suites to support fast paced development.
• Manually test features as they are added to the game and as part of live service verification once the product is released.
• Identify risks and design test plans to address those risks.
• Use a variety of applications to ensure quality early on in the development process before the product gets to volume testing.
• Conduct root cause analysis on patterns and processes to eliminate pathways to defect creation.
• Playtest the product and offer design feedback from different perspectives and use cases.
• Analyze and troubleshoot reported defects with products, tools, or processes.
• Interact with the product in multiple environments to determine the scope and source of defects.
• Work with vendor testers to satisfy the need for volume testing since this is a multiplayer game.

Qualifications

• Experience using industry-standard engines such as Unity and UE5.
• A keen eye for breaking 3D worlds and competitive mechanics.
• A good split between functional and user testing experience.
• 3+ years in games manual testing on PC/Mac, console, or mobile platforms.
• At least one shipped title.
• ISTQB experience is a plus.
• Higher than average competitive gaming ability a plus.

Benefits

• A generous PTO allowance.
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance).
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare.
• Private Mental Health scheme.
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance.
• Discretionary Studio Bonus.
• Top range tech for your home set up.
• Other benefits based on your region.

How to apply

Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.

Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities. Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.