Automated Tester Ex

Location: USA, Mexico

Work Location: onsite

• Professional experience testing commercial video games across multiple development and release cycles.
• Strong understanding of gameplay mechanics, player experience evaluation, progression systems, exploratory testing, regression testing, release readiness, patches, and live operations.
• Demonstrated experience assessing game quality, identifying risks, and validating player-facing experiences beyond defect detection.

• Definition of Game QA strategies from project inception.
• Risk-based testing and coverage planning.
• Test effort estimation and execution planning.
• Quality risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Adaptation of testing approaches throughout the game development lifecycle.

• Experience supporting game development from feature implementation through release and post-release validation.
• Understanding of content integration, build validation, milestone testing, regression cycles, release readiness, patches, and live updates.
• Strong understanding of how Game QA differs from traditional software testing.

• Familiarity with Unity, Unreal Engine, and comparable game development technologies.
• Understanding of game systems, gameplay implementation, content pipelines, builds, and development workflows.
• Professional testing experience across Mobile, PC, and Console platforms.
• Validation of compatibility across devices, operating systems, screen resolutions, and hardware configurations.
• Knowledge of platform-specific quality risks, constraints, and user interactions.

• Identification of player-facing performance issues including FPS degradation, loading times, responsiveness, memory consumption, stability concerns, network issues, thermal behavior, and battery impact.
• Ability to recognize when specialized performance, device, or engineering support is required.

• Experience leading Game QA teams and Play Testing initiatives.
• Establishment of QA processes, testing standards, reporting mechanisms, quality metrics, and governance models.
• Experience facilitating discovery sessions, stakeholder workshops, knowledge-transfer activities, and client-facing discussions.
• Strong communication skills with QA, Engineering, Design, Production, and Leadership stakeholders.

• Define Game QA strategies, testing approaches, coverage models, and execution plans for game testing engagements.
• Lead discovery sessions with game studios and stakeholders to understand gameplay mechanics, business objectives, and quality expectations.
• Identify quality risks, testing priorities, dependencies, and coverage requirements.
• Evaluate gameplay mechanics, controls, progression systems, tutorials, usability, player behavior, and exploratory testing scenarios.
• Oversee manual Game QA and Play Testing activities across the development lifecycle.
• Coordinate regression testing, feature validation, compatibility validation, and release readiness activities.
• Establish testing standards, quality metrics, reporting frameworks, and governance practices.
• Mentor QA teams and Play Testers, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Production, and Development teams to drive quality outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI-assisted testing and automation while preserving human-driven gameplay evaluation.
• Review defects, testing reports, quality metrics, and testing recommendations with stakeholders.
• Support compatibility validation across mobile devices, PC configurations, and console platforms.
• Identify player-facing performance concerns and coordinate additional validation efforts when necessary.
• Contribute to successful game launches, patches, content updates, and live-service releases.