QA Analyst

The Position

Avalanche Studios Group and its creative division Systemic Reaction are looking for an enthusiastic and exceptionally skilled QA Engineer / Analyst for our self-published title Generation Zero.

You will be working closely with many different people within the different development disciplines. The ability to help scope game features, analyse & solve problems, create test plans, execute daily testing, and communicate clearly is required.

Your main tasks will be to perform functional and qualitative testing of gameplay mechanics & work in progress features, as well as write and execute test cases. It will be your responsibility to report all issues in a bug tracking tool, and you will be expected to have the knowledge and ability to write bugs to a high standard. You are proactive and can constructively communicate concerns, and work within deadlines. Actively promoting testing, build reliability & content quality within development is key.

Required Qualifications

- Professional QA experience from the Video Games Industry

- Experience from working as embedded QA within a development team.

- Excellent English (written and verbal), ability to describe complex information in a precise and detailed manner

- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

- Knowledge of bug writing and bug tracking software.

- Experience with testing tools and live product(s) with a frequent release cycle.

- Console & PC testing experience.

- Proactive and solution-driven approach to problem-solving



Desired Qualifications

- Education in fields related to games or/and testing/analysis/problem solving

- Experience from working as embedded QA within a dev team

- Experience with debugging software and software crash outputs

- Knowledge of current and next gen technologies

- Understanding of the development life cycle throughout

- Proactive, confident in time allocating, planning and solution driven

- Experience of working closely with production and various disciplines to plan and schedule testing around various requirements