Job Description

Quality Designer
Location: EA Hyderabad

EA\'s India studio is on the lookout for a Quality Designer to join our dynamic team. Operating within a hybrid remote work model, we offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to the creation of high-quality mobile gaming experiences. Collaborate with a talented team that has contributed to top-10 freemium iOS games like Covet Fashion, Design Home, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, and Diner Dash Adventures. Our studio\'s culture is built on promoting creativity to create world-class mobile games for players across the globe.

Responsibilities:

• Enhance Quality Throughout the Game Cycle: Leverage our in-depth game domain knowledge to develop end-to-end quality plans, ensuring a positive player experience.
• Build Test Strategies: You will lead the execution of test strategies, ensuring test coverage and early identification and resolution of issues during development.
• Management and Risk Assessment: You will help in designing strategies for lasting solutions and risk mitigation, preserving quality standards and facilitating change without compromising outcomes.
• Promote Technical Implementations: Identify automation opportunities and guide tech changes, evaluating scope, priority, and Return on investment to improve testing efficiency.
• Create Comprehensive Test Strategies: Develop test strategies and plans for pack releases, incorporating different testing methods motivated by data and Risk-Based Testing (RBT) principles.
• Analyze and Highlight Risks: You will conduct detailed analysis, identifying potential gaps in the testing process and using test data to emphasize risks and their possible effects.
• Insightful Reporting: Provide impactful reporting and insights, validating metrics at the product level to lead quality enhancement.
• Project Management Expertise: Employ project management skills to meticulously plan and accomplish test strategies and tasks using Scrum/Agile methodologies.

What you\'ll be making:

You\'ll be instrumental in:

• Enhance the player experience by guiding quality excellence.
• Develop test strategies that ensure game quality across multiple platforms.
• Identify risks and provide applicable insights.
• Improve automation and enhance testing efficiency.

How success will be measured:

• The effectiveness of test strategies and coverage.
• Identification and resolution of issues in early development stages.
• Impactful insights and reporting validated at the product level.
• Successful mitigation of risks and change management.
• Efficiency gains through automation and technical implementations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance, including test planning.
• Experience with quality assurance techniques, testing, and automation frameworks, coupled with expertise in multiple test methodologies.
• Leadership in QA, orchestrating end-to-end test strategies for product development.
• Experience navigating complexity and scale in quality verification processes while managing change.
• Use tools, technology, automation, and data to improve test efficiency.
• Incorporate the industry\'s latest and best practices into QA approach.

Reporting: You\'ll be reporting to QV Director for mentorship and guidance.

Electronic Arts