Associate Quality Designer

Job Description

Associate Quality Designer (12 Month Contract)

We are looking to fill an Associate Quality Designer (AQD) role reporting in to the Development Manager on an exciting new project.

EAX QV oversees the End-to-End quality of our products and services such as Origin, EA Desktop, Franchise Websites and partner programmes. You will work directly with our development team in Sweden and our other partners in Vancouver, Orlando and California.

This role will involve helping to define and deliver the testing strategy. Including planning, documenting and conducting tests (both manual and automated) to ensure any defects or issues are identified and addressed while ensuring to be the voice of quality.

Responsibilities:
• Analyze and execute our testing strategies to verify the product against design and development requirements while also meeting our quality standards
• Work in partnership with Quality Designers, Leads, Managers, and peers to drive continuous improvement upstream in the development and design process
• Use multiple testing methodologies on appropriate features/tools while also identifying opportunities for automation upstream
• Use risk-based testing strategy within your area or domain environment and apply established tactics towards introducing efficiency into test methodology
• Create task breakdown and estimates in early planning stages of development while being the main driver for gathering design information and updates from development and publishing teams
• Use a Player First approach while thinking about the Quality our players receive. Be the voice of QUALITY
• Work with other team members to promote effective testing, issue reporting and ensure close collaboration between teams
• Translate End to End user experiences into testing strategies
• Lead quality meetings with stakeholders where you bring forward quality reviews on our features
• Perform competitive analysis utilising metrics, videos and feature comparisons to ensure we are delivering a competitive product

Who You Are:
• Flexible and team-oriented. Excellent interpersonal and follow-up skills and manage workload along with other projects
• Player First - Ability to showcase how a feature/bug/change could positively or negatively be received, and what impact it may have on our users
• Understand complex features/systems, how they function and their impact to our players
• Work in group settings under high-pressure and take ownership of tasks and features
• Naturally curious and not afraid to ask questions
• Analyse results/problems on test projects, identify and guide appropriate action to ensure product quality
• Knowledge with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and its benefits to a live service model
• Someone who can inspire and cultivate ideas to promote our Live Quality strategy
• Can work from home for an extended period of time

Requirements:
• 3+ Years of relevant experience
• Experience creating and delivering appropriate level reporting
• Experience working within an embedded teams focused on a single project / feature
• Familiarity with data visualization methods
• Experience with delivering reports on quality metrics
• Experience with documentation creation and maintenance
• Experience in PC, Mac and console use
• Familiarity with EA services (Origin, EA Desktop, Franchise Websites)
• Familiarity with automated testing and benefits
• Experience working within Agile methodologies
• Experience working in a live service development model (sprints, continual releases, etc)

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1ow8x-18-217-84-171-42 in your application.