QA Lead, BigBoxVR

We are BigBox VR, the makers of Population: One, the most popular Battle Royale game in VR. You are an experienced Quality Assurance Lead with a passion for games and technology. You have a strong sense of quality and know what makes games enjoyable for players. You have experience leading a test team to efficiently cover large scale, dynamic products to find and document defects and identify areas that need improvement. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and can communicate high-level or detailed information to a wide variety of stakeholders. You are a key member of the game development team and a trusted partner able to hold complete knowledge of each area of the product, its status, and quality level. You have worked at a game developer shipping and operating liveops games with regular release cadences. You’re looking for an opportunity to build the future of VR games.

QA Lead, BigBoxVR Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of testers embedded at the developer
• Coordinate with external test vendors to ensure tests are completed and results are reported efficiently and clearly to the team
• Define, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans to ensure the quality of the product
• Create dashboards and views that communicate the status and priority of work in progress
• Actively work in a VR headset multiple hours a day (5+ hours) in a fast-paced game, identifying defects and quality concerns
• Work closely with the development team to review and validate work in headset as builds are completed
• Create clear and concise bug reports and feedback for features and defects
• Research and add clarifying information for issues that are difficult to reproduce
• Assist in the triage of issues as they are reported, prioritize, and work with the production team to assign them to the proper team members
• Track test results against success criteria for functionality, performance, and stability
• Assist in playtest coordination with external test teams and the studio
• Provide product and gameplay feedback on our game as compared to the competition
• Own the testing and signoff of recurring releases for a live service game
• Assist with release deployment process and live testing
• Support studio feature and release teams as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years as a QA Lead on a game development team
• 5+ years of experience as a QA Tester
• Experience with test methodologies, creating test plans, test cases, and using profiling and debugging tools
• Experience leading other testers on a product and ensuring efficient and thorough coverage
• Experience contributing to the success of a Live Product by ensuring quality releases on a recurring cadence, a key piece of the development process
• Experience with attention to detail, communication of test schedule, results, and next steps embedded with the development team
• In-depth understanding of Game Development Cycle, QA Strategy, root cause analysis, and risk-management strategies
• Experience multitasking and prioritizing multiple tasks with little to no guidance for your work and the QA team as a whole
• Expert level knowledge of JIRA and Google Suite

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working cross-discipline with production and engineering teams
• VR game testing experience
• Experience working on Multiplayer First-Person Shooters
• Experience working with Unity engine