Twisted Pixel is an award-winning game development studio. We are seeking a Senior QA Analyst who will assist in driving the day-to-day execution of our QA program, as well as help own communication with our external QA vendor, while advocating for a high-quality bar on the project. As Senior QA Analyst, you will continue to drive improvements in our game testing processes, and report on our project metrics to measure our success.Now let's go make games! Are you ready to join our amazing team and contribute to a blockbuster VR game?
Senior QA Analyst - Twisted Pixel Games Responsibilities:
- Define, develop and execute comprehensive test plans to ensure the quality of the product
- Assist with external test vendors to ensure tests are completed and results are reported efficiently and clearly to the team
- Participate in analyzing root causes of problems found and assist in developing countermeasures to remove the causes
- Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of QA methods and procedures used and undertake improvement projects when needed
- Communicate to promptly with partners and stakeholders on quality performance trends, current status and action plans
- Work in VR headset multiple hours a day (2-3hrs) in a fast paced app/game, identifying defects and quality concerns
- Establish and grow KPIs through expanding metrics to reflect quality indicators
- Establish QA Automation practice and provide guidance and mentoring with tools
- Participate in design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, schedules, or potential problems
- Create dashboards and views that communicate the status and priority of work in progress
- Assist in playtest coordination with external test teams and the studio
- Develop and grow quality assurance talent through effective recruitment, career development, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Model inclusive behaviors to help build and support a diverse organization that values, respects, and taps into different backgrounds and perspectives
- Perform highly specialized testing requiring base code or internal tools such as Perforce, VS Code Debugger, and Unreal Editor as needed
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- 5+ years QA experience working on Console/PC or VR games
- Experience working with outsource partners and managing offshore vendor teams
- In-depth understanding of QA tools and QA methodologies that cover regression testing, ad hoc testing, functional testing, end to end testing, user interface testing, and integration testing
- Experience with Game Development Cycle, QA Strategy, root cause analysis and risk-management strategies
- Experience in reviewing requirements and creating test plans with automation in mind
- Experience suppling key information, metrics and next steps and tailoring the message based on the audience
- Experience multitasking, working independently and proactively and prioritizing multiple tasks with little to no guidance for your work and the QA team as a whole
- Experience with analytics
- Experience creating advanced queries in Jira via JQL or related languages (R, Python, M, DAX)
- Experience guaranteeing data integrity, data accuracy, data relevance and data consistency within a database
- Working experience of test management tools, dashboards and reporting e.g. JIRA, TestRail, or similar
- Experienced with reporting such as Future Planning, QA Velocity, and QA Progress
- Experience with VR gameplay in a fast paced app/game
- Experience working on a VR Project
- Experience working with Unity engine and Blueprints
- Experience with automated testing tools
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