Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

Associate Quality Designer - 12 Month Contract

We are looking to fill an Associate Quality Designer (AQD) role reporting to the Development Manager for the Quality Support and Partnership (QSP) Team in Galway to help accomplish the live quality strategy.

QV oversees the end-to-end quality of our products and services such as Origin, EA Desktop, Franchise Websites and partner programmes. You will work directly with our partners to verify the quality of the end to end-user experiences of releases, promotions, sales and all future programs. This role will involve helping to define and deliver the testing strategy. Including planning, documenting and conducting tests (both manual and automated) to ensure any defects or issues are identified and addressed while ensuring to be the voice of quality.
 

Responsibilities 

• Analyze and execute our testing strategies for our current products (Origin, EA Desktop, Franchise Websites) to verify content, marketing and functional releases and working with partners to resolve bugs
• Work in partnership with Quality Designers, Leads, Managers, and peers to improve our quality impact upstream in the development and content creation process
• Use multiple testing methodologies on appropriate features/tools, while also understanding the content creation flow identifying opportunities for automation upstream
• Use existing risk-based testing strategy within your area or domain environment and apply established tactics towards introducing efficiency into test methodology
• Create task breakdown and estimates in early planning stages of development while being the main driver for gathering design information and updates from development and publishing teams
• Use a Player First approach while thinking about the Quality our players receive. Be the voice of QUALITY
• Work with other team members on issue reporting and ensuring close collaboration between teams
• Perform the proposed test approach for content publishing and any other area assigned, and implement test/validation procedures within the said area to validate expected vs actual results
• Translate End to End user experiences into testing strategies

• 3+ Years of Quality Analyst/testing experience
• 2+ years of Live Operations experience
• Experience creating and delivering appropriate level reporting
• Experience delivering reports on quality metrics
• Experience with documentation creation and maintenance
• Experience in PC, Mac and console use
• Familiarity with EA services (Origin, EA App, Franchise Websites)
• Familiarity with automated testing and benefits
• Experience working within Agile methodologies
• Experience working in a live service development model (sprints, continual releases, content deployments etc)