Gameplay QA Lead

Job Description

Gameplay QA Lead (Criterion)

We're Criterion, and we love making games!

For more than fifteen years we've entertained millions of players around the world with our award-winning games. Our experienced people have expressed their passion for excellent game feel, AAA audiovisual quality and technical innovation in the Burnout and Need for Speed series and and more recently in Battlefield 1, Star Wars X-Wing VR, Starfighter Assault and Arcade for Star Wars Battlefront II and Firestorm for Battlefield V.

We believe that healthy, engaged teams make great games, so we place enormous value on collaboration, fresh ideas, and unique perspectives. We'd love to hear yours! Crunch doesn't help make a better game. We don't do it. For the past three years we are very proud to have been recognised by gamesindustry.biz as one of the best places to work in the UK. Let's talk about how you could be a part of it.

The Challenge Ahead

Reporting to the QA Project Manager, you will be the contact between QA and the Design Team providing clear feedback to help improve player experiences and the quality of the game.

QA Leads are champions of best practice and new ideas in testing, playing an important role in driving our craft forward. They shape testing procedures and ensure accurate execution and reporting of all testing activities by the wider QA team for their area(s) of ownership.

You Will
• Oversee the test strategy for gameplay features and systems ensuring accurate reporting of status and risk.
• Participate in daily development stand-ups and share updates with the wider QA team.
• Develop an intimate understanding of the gameplay systems and their associated requirements; share details and updates with the wider QA team.
• Support playtests, aligning goals and ensuring capture of feedback and bugs from all parties.
• Utilise telemetry to measure user behaviour against design intentions.
• Use development tools to guide issue identification upstream and promote defect prevention.
• Identify high value automation and telemetry requirements for features/systems in their ownership area.

You Need
• A passion for quality.
• Previous game or software development QA experience across multiple titles.
• Knowledge of gaming consoles and their systems.
• Experience providing detailed qualitative feedback.
• Experience performing design testing reviews.

Bonus Points For
• Experience with game engine editors (e.g. Frostbite, Unreal Engine, or Unity).
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Programming, scripting, or database experience, (e.g. C#, Python, JavaScript, T-SQL, or MySQL).
• Experience with test automation and telemetry systems.

What's in it for you? Glad you asked!
• Great compensation package plus annual bonus scheme, pension scheme and stock plans
• Private medical insurance and dental care, life insurance and free onsite gym
• Employee discounts and rail season ticket loans
• Annual game points and digital download allowance
• 25 days holiday (including 3 days company shutdown days between Christmas & New Year)
• Two annual staff parties (Summer and Christmas)
• Onsite café, casual dress code and games areas

We thought you might also want to know more about our studio and location:
• http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/guildford
• http://criteriongames.com/careers/

Take your career to the next level – apply today

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7638d-52-15-112-69-42 in your application.