Experienced QA tester - Crusader Kings 3

As a member of the QA team at PDS Black, you will help us deliver the best possible games by testing our Crusader Kings Content in various stages of development. As an Embedded QA Tester for Crusader Kings 3, you will be working as part of the development team and provide valuable data and breakdowns on all aspects of the game.
About the role
Your role would encompass a wide range of QA responsibilities, including but not limited to traditional bug-testing duties, analyzing the quality of the game from a player’s perspective, providing feedback on game design choices, and assessing the general playability and fun factor of the game.
Day-to-day work will involve working closely with outsourced test partners, maintaining bug databases, playtesting and collaborating with the wider team. This will require strong interpersonal skills and preference to team-work, particularly as your duties within the team expand. In addition, you are expected to create and execute test plans tailored for specific content, based on documentation from developers & QA. Moreover, as an Experienced QA Tester, we expect you to bring your own experience and expertise to help develop our processes and pipelines.
We encourage applicants from a range of experiences and backgrounds, even if they might not expressly fit the requirements listed below.
Responsibilities
Help create effective strategies around testing all aspects of Crusader Kings 3
Help create & maintain test cases in collaboration with the QA Lead
Identify and report issues in our Bug Tracking Database according to internal standards
Assist in managing the Bug Tracking Database to ensure it reflects the most current state of the product
Provide a wide range of feedback to developers around the product at every step in development
Assist in documenting testing processes and general QA reports in collaboration with the QA Lead
Communicate & collaborate with Outsourced QA
Help iterate on and develop existing processes and improve workflows

Requirements
Experience working in Quality Assurance, ideally on games or other entertainment software
Experience in or high level of knowledge of the entire game development cycle
Experience with bug reporting tools such as Mantis or JIRA
Strong skills in reflecting over and reviewing all design-related information and interpreting areas of risk in testing
Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Nice-to-haves
Experience in test management systems (such as Xray)
Experience playing Paradox Grand Strategy titles
A willingness to learn multiple facets of game development to be a QA-side problem-solver for a range of other disciplines.