QA Tester / Analyst, Twisted Pixel Game Studio

Twisted Pixel is an award-winning game development studio. We are working on a new VR game and looking for an experienced quality assurance team member to join in the fun. The perfect QA Tester / Analyst for our team is detail-oriented, a self-starter, a team-player, and has experience working cross-discipline with an understanding of the full game development cycle. As a QA Tester / Analyst, you will split your time between utilizing your excellent problem-solving skills to find and resolve various in-game issues both through downstream devices and in Editor. You will be expected to fulfill technical testing needs, data analytics, supporting and assisting the QA Manager to suggest and test critical testing tools and ensuring overall quality of the product. In this role, you will spend multiple hours in a VR headset daily. You will be highly collaborative but also have the ability to stay focused when in an isolated environment. Clear communication skills are a must to relay key information to the team and stakeholders, and drive knowledge sharing. You will be expected to communicate QA concepts clearly and reliably, tailoring your delivery to your audience. What sets this EQA (Embedded Quality Assurance) team member apart is a specialization in technical testing, basic automation, in-depth data analytics, a focus on larger scope strategy, independence and confidence coordinating between disciplines and a passion for creating new and exciting products. Now let's go make games!

QA Tester / Analyst, Twisted Pixel Game Studio Responsibilities

• Work closely with cross-functional partners to understand product specifics allowing you to craft, continuously improve and execute corresponding test strategies, as well as hunt out defects to help ship a high quality VR game


• Define, develop and execute comprehensive test plans to ensure the quality of software products and leveraging offsite resources for support


• Serve as subject matter specialist, providing testing know-how for the support of user requirements and help identify quality improvements in all aspects of the game


• Communicate promptly with Stakeholders - reaching out to stakeholders to confirm questions and information, and/or escalating serious defects


• Apply your strong sense of automation and efficiency, to define and suggest automation test strategies and utilize technical tooling to expand the breadth and depth of our QA coverage and improve efficiencies within the QA department


• Actively in a VR headset multiple hours a day (5-7hrs) in a fast paced app/game, identifying defects and quality concerns


• Perform highly specialized testing requiring base code or internal tools such as Perforce, VS Code Debugger, and Unreal Editor


• Install, setup, and maintain VR hardware and equipment


• Report and track data quality and utilize data visualization tools to drive conversations around risks, product quality and development health, and identify root cause


• Deep dive into test and dev tools as well as the bug database to define root cause of issues, assist the QA Manager in defining risk, and understanding current test coverage and gaps therein


• Team oriented, collaborative with ability to follow direction and work independently

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working on a team performing testing for games


• Experience with Testing Software such as Atlassian Suite, ClickUp, or TestRail


• Proven experience with problem-solving skills and attention to detail


• Experience working in a team environment where there are multiple levels of people and other disciplines


• Experience with creating advanced queries in Jira via JQL or related languages (R, Python, M, DAX)


• Proficient in crafting and executing test cases and test scripts to ensure top-notch quality


• In-depth understanding of Game Development Cycle, QA Strategy, root cause analysis and risk-management strategies


• Experience with data as demonstrated by experience with KPIs, data analytics or statistics


• Experience leading peer reviews of test scenarios and test cases


• Experience with testing in an Agile Development environment


• Experience multitasking and prioritizing multiple tasks with little to no guidance


• Experience with Google or Microsoft Suite


• Experience being in the VR headset for multiple hours a day in a fast paced app/game

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working cross-discipline with production and engineering teams


• VR game testing experience


• Basic and recent knowledge of data modeling languages (Python, SQL, JQL, DAX, Ruby)


• Data management experience is a plus


• Unreal / UE4 and Blueprints experience


• Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, or creating data dashboards