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QA Lead
1 year ago
Located in thriving Austin, Texas, Airship Syndicate was founded by four industry vets formerly of Vigil Games - the house that Darksiders built. Led by visionary comic artist Joe Madureira, we work with a wide group of talented contributors located both in our studio and around the world. Our projects include Battle Chasers: Nightwar, Darksiders Genesis, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, and the upcoming Wayfinder.
Our goal is simple: build a lean, fun, independent game studio to create top-quality games for a variety of gaming platforms.
Airship is currently seeking a skilled QA Lead to help manage and organize testing efforts across our newest title.
EXPECTATION:
The QA Lead at Airship will directly manage internal and external QA teams while providing direct support to developers. The QA Lead will also be responsible for creating and maintaining test cases, and ensuring that proper test time is available for releases.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to effectively supervise an in-house, outsourced, or offsite QA group
- Responsible for resource management and prioritization
- Responsible for overall test scheduling for project(s)
- Help track and manage the direction of all test teams and all projects in test
- Detailed tracking and timely reporting of work progress and deliverables to Production, Development, and QA Management
- Diagnose and communicate issues at a high-quality level (i.e., complex bug troubleshooting and scheduling conflicts) to upper management
- Ability to use extensive knowledge as a Tester/Lead to vet and help shape testing plans for both long-term goals as well as shape and manage the daily testing needs of multiple projects.
- Proactively gather feedback from Prod / Dev and monitor satisfaction levels with testing
- Coach and mentor testers on approved QA processes
REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Quality Control.
- Minimum 1 year of team management experience.
- Understanding of general testing and QA methodologies, process, and terminologies
- Knowledge of game production process and workflows.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and spoken.
- Autonomous and proactive attitude.
- Problem-solving and open-minded.
- Ability to multitask and solve complex issues while meeting deadlines.
PLUSES:
- Shipped titles on PC and consoles.
- Live Game Experience.
- Passion for games.
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine.
- Adept at problem-solving and cat herding.
- Experience with administration for various task and bug tracking systems.
Our Benefits:
Healthcare that includes: complete medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you and your dependents.
Life insurance plus short and long-term disability.
Generous matching retirement contributions so you can live the good life after you retire.
Flexible Spending Accounts
Open Paid Time Off
Profit-Sharing
Relocation packages
Perks Upon Perks:
A world-beating, custom-made board gaming table
Payday Friday Off
Flex Days, where working from home is optionally allowed
Office movie lunches at Alamo Draft House (when we're not in a pandemic)
Access to your favorite snacks and beverages
MAME cabinet
GrubHub Account w/ meal credits
How We Work
Autonomy through collaboration:
We remove as many barriers as possible between you and productivity. We’ll ask you to be self-reliant and self-motivated, with the expectation that you talk frequently with your lead and teammates to keep everyone aligned.
Focused project management:
We don’t manage just to manage. We’re building a system and process that is helpful, but not intrusive. If someone is asking you for a status update, it’s probably because they are working with you on the thing they are asking about, or are planning to use it.
Small team environment:
Size is relative (especially in today’s dev world), but we’re all about direct interaction with teammates, experimenting with ideas, and less bureaucracy.
Our Values
High Performance:
Average will never be our target. We work hard to put the special sauce in each game we create, and this forms the core of our identity. It also pushes us to evolve. As we strive to be better together, we grow together.
Mutual Respect:
We respect the time and extraordinary efforts of our employees by offering generous PTO, profit-sharing, WFH days (even pre-pandemic), and an understanding of personal circumstances. Making great games often takes a lot; we aim to give a lot in return, by committing to share our success with our team.
Approachability:
Making something “fun” is inherently subjective, and can’t come without disagreement. We value being open, honest, and approachable. Respect breeds communication and good communication means good games. If you aren’t approachable, in good times and bad, Airship isn’t for you.
Help Us Build It
We are still trying to achieve our goals, and probably always will be. We’re looking for thoughtful, creative folks to help us move the goalpost.
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