QA Analyst

This job is posted for Skymap Games

About Skymap Games

Skymap is a game development studio based in Manchester, NH. Founded in 2013, Skymap develops its own original titles and partners with other studios to help promising projects realize their full potential.

You can learn more about the studio and portfolio of titles at https://skymap.com

Our Values

• Providing opportunities for employees of Skymap to contribute to our games and culture at any level of the organization.
• Hiring folks with a can-do attitude, excellent communication skills, and strong technical fundamentals. We want to work with people who are kind and helpful.
• Employees are a culture add, not a culture fit. Diversity is strength.

We Provide

• Fully remote.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
• Short-term disability, long-term disability, and term life insurance.
• 4 weeks paid time off, sick leave, and holiday policies.
• Employee-run and company-funded committees for social events, charitable causes, etc.
• Process for employees to create and pitch original projects within the studio.
• Strong work-life balance and anti-crunch policies.

• Not all benefits are available to part-time employees.

Job Description

Remote

Skymap Games is hiring a QA Analyst (CQA) to test our games to help us pass first-party certification and deliver the highest quality games possible by providing insightful feedback and technical analysis. In this role you will think creatively and analytically to thoroughly test games for bugs and crashes, as well as to provide non-technical feedback on gameplay mechanics, aesthetics, feel, etc. You will create detailed logs and meet with a team from each project to discuss your findings.

This is a tempeary postion that lasts until March of 2027.

Responsibilities

• Test game functionality across PlayStation and Xbox consoles
• Perform certification testing against Sony TRC and Microsoft XR requirements
• Test online multiplayer features
• Investigate, reproduce, and clearly report issues/defects
• Identify potentially high-risk issues and escalate concerns to the QA Lead
• Proactively communicate blockers, testing concerns, and areas requiring additional investigation
• Work autonomously while recognizing when clarification or additional guidance is needed

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience of professional game QA experience
• Experience testing on PlayStation and Xbox consoles/dev kits
• Hands-on experience with Sony TRC and Microsoft XR certification testing
• Experience testing online multiplayer games
• Strong bug investigation and reporting skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to proactively escalate issues and risks
• Ability to identify high-risk or high-priority issues and determine when further investigation or escalation is required
• Experience with JIRA or similar bug-tracking tools

Pluses

• Experience supporting a title through first-party certification submission
• Experience with FPS titles