Associate Quality Designer - Audio

Frostbite is EA's multi-platform game development engine. We empower creators to shape the future of gaming and we achieve this by developing creative engine features and outstanding tools. Our experienced team from across the globe is dedicated to building new technology and collaborating to ship amazing games. Frostbite powers some of the most stunning games in the industry along with deep player experiences.. This is an opportunity to join a team to help promote quality across Frostbite and EA, reporting to the Frostbite Quality Development Manager .

Note that Quality Designers may also be called Quality Analysts, Quality Specialists, Quality Assurance Leads, or Test Leads.

Why join the Frostbite Team?

As an Associate Quality Designer for Frostbite, you will identify, report on, and achieve quality targets for the Audio domain within the engine. You will work with several other quality professionals in similar roles to help determine quality standards and achieve quality goals across our many groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Foster relationships with development partners. Proactively ensure their evolving needs are met and they are updated with relevant information throughout the development cycle.
• Collate and track measurements. Analyze and use data to make informed decisions.
• Prioritize work, identify cross project risks and mitigate.
• Partner and collaborate with QA colleagues to produce group-wide quality improvements.
• Find opportunities to improve the quality of processes and workflows.
• Investigate problems to understand the root cause
• Create test plans and milestones, execute plans to completion

Required Skills and Experience

• Understanding of software development processes and SDLC (Agile preferred).
• Familiarity with any source control, debuggers, and other software development tools (e.g. Perforce, Visual Studio).
• 1 or more years of QA software testing and test planning
• 1 or more years of Sound design or audio implementation experience in Games or Film or Music
• Proficiency in MS windows OS

Bonus

• Experience with game engines, content & asset editors, and shared technologies.( e.g. Wwise, Fmod, Pro Tools, Reaper, Nuendo, Unreal, Unity, Sound Forge)
• Experience with game pipelines
• Familiarity with development planning tools and defect tracking tools (e.g. Hansoft, JIRA, DevTrack, Qmetry).
• Experience with console hardware, testing and updating
• Experience with 3d audio: Dolby Atmos, 7.1.4 Speaker Setups, and 3d audio for headphones
• Experience with Audio hardware - synthesizers, plug-ins, and DSP used in music production
• Familiarity with basic Computer Science terminology and visual programming