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Senior Quality Assurance Lead
21st Century Fox
Playa Vista, CA, United States
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OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANYFoxNext
FoxNext is driving immersive, next generation entertainment experiences in the areas of augmented and virtual reality, mobile, console/PC games and location-based entertainment across Twentieth Century Fox Film and Fox Networks Group. The division consists of FoxNext Games, FoxNext VR Studio and FoxNext Destinations.
JOB DESCRIPTION
FoxNext Games is looking for a SR QA Lead to join our team ensuring quality for upcoming releases that feature amazing game design and art in the worlds of Aliens, Marvel, James Cameron’s Avatar and other exciting Universes to be announced. In this role, you will work closely with project leadership defining areas of test and formulating test strategies. Engage and task appropriate resources to accomplish a holistic test approach. Mentor junior staff. Assign work to other team members as needed and define work flows for release periods. Identify potential risks to release and work with leadership to resolve.
Work closely with development to gather requirements or resolve questions. Identify issues in design or early development.
Interact with test case management and bug tracking systems.
Possibly oversee other Testers/Analysts with some management responsibilities.. You will collaborate with cross-functional QA, Engineering, Product and Central QA, including outsourced Testers. Additionally, this role is expected to create and maintain test cases and other various QA documentation. This role reports into Central QA Operations.
The Quality Assurance organization is being built on a culture of teamwork, customer advocacy, and problem solving. As a SR QA Lead, the work you do will live at the very heart of this philosophy. We are looking for a person that enjoys working in a group setting; who loves guiding test teams, and whose experience in collaborative software environments has reinforced the value of communications, empathy, and knowledge sharing.
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain test plans and assignments for every deliverable build across the project
• Gather and analyze test data and provide reports for the project team; track bugs and issues through Jira
• Prepare test systems to support development and playtesting in studio
• Create release roadmaps and sign-off on final submission reports for launches and major releases.
Qualifications:
• 8+ years of software or games experience with 3+ years of Lead experience testing games on mobile platforms
• Strong understanding of game/software development cycles
• Strong problem solving, communication, and prioritization skills
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and bug tracking tools like Jira
Bonus
• Experience in test automation and tools
• Experience with CI/CD process and technologies (e.g. Jenkins or equivalent)
• Knowledge of versioning systems like GitHub, Perforce, etc
• Passion for games and the gaming industry.
• College degree preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.