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Temporary Functionality QA Tester - 12 month FTC

Frontier is an established, market leading independent developer and publisher of videogames for PC and consoles. We have achieved serial successes across a wide variety of titles including Elite Dangerous , Planet Coaster , Jurassic World Evolution , Planet Zoo and F1 Manager . Founded in 1994, we are based in the world-leading technology cluster and historic city of Cambridge, England. With a growing team of over 800 talented people supporting our existing portfolio and ambitious future roadmap, along with our publishing label Frontier Foundry, we are passionate about creating innovative genre-leading games and authentic worlds for our communities of players.

Frontier focuses on high quality internal QA testing for all our games. Testers have a fundamental role in our development process and will work closely with art, design and programming colleagues on each project.

We are seeking a number of technically minded communicators who are looking to challenge themselves in a role that includes both working as part of a team and on individual assignments. If you have strong technical knowledge of the leading consoles and PC with a passion for games and game-play then we'd love to hear from you!

Successful candidates will play test, destructively test, regress, create test suites, generate reports and provide general game feedback to aid the internal Development Teams.

You’ll be joining during an exciting period of growth at Frontier and as part of our QA team your work will help ensure the continued level of quality of our current games. We welcome applications from those with or without QA experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a studio with a proven track record of delivering successful AAA titles and to play an important role in our continued success.

The role will be based in our state of the art studio in Cambridge Science Park.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining, running and creating test suites for both new and existing projects.
• Finding and reporting issues in a clear and accurate manner.
• Regressing both internal and external issues.
• Completing ad-hoc requests made to the QA team.
• Providing support to other Frontier teams as needed.

About you:

• Inquisitive and technical mind.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast changing environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Pro-active and self-motivated attitude.
• Creative thinker.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Essential
• Computer literate
• Proven logical and methodical approach to problem solving
• An understanding of why QA is important
• Desirable
• Knowledge of JIRA and Test Rail
• Video game enthusiast with a passion for delivering the best experiences to our audience
• Strong technical knowledge of the leading consoles and PC
• Games industry experience
• Degree qualified

*This role can be offered on a hybrid working basis, which means you’ll have the opportunity to spend time working both in the studio and at home. You will be required to spend at least 50% (2-3 days per week) of your time in the studio to facilitate collaboration and engagement. We can provide a comprehensive support package as part of any offer should you need to relocate.

We offer the chance to work with talented and passionate people, developing and publishing sophisticated and enduring games in a creative and collaborative environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our player communities. Frontier rewards this passion and determination by sharing in the company’s success and by supporting our teams to keep doing what they love.

Well-being is a big focus at Frontier and we are continually evolving how we can support our staff. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and host a range of well-being activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.

We welcome and encourage applications from qualified candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.