QA Manager and Test Engineers - Wireless Games

We have an opportunity for a QA Manager to play a major role in helping build its internal testing group. As a top-tier 2D games publisher and the world’s leading 3D mobile games developer and publisher. This company is looking for a proactive and passionate individual to help build a world-class testing department within its Deployment division, spanning 2D, 3D, BREW and J2ME applications testing.

Responsibilities
-Reporting to the Director of Deployment, the role will have responsibility for working with the Director of
-Deployment, the Production Manager and the Software
-Development Manager to set up and run a testing team based in the US office.

Key responsibilities include:
-Contributing to the development of official test plan in collaboration with the Director of Deployment and
-Software Development Manager.
-Developing and implementing processes and systems required to adequately manage QA team.
-Leading the recruitment of staff required to fulfil testing needs in the US as the workload grows over time.
-Setting up and managing the True BREW Testing and J2ME Testing team based in US office.
-Liaising with games’ producers and designers to provide feedback on games at each milestone in the development cycle (First Playable, Second Playable, Alpha, Beta, Release Candidate, Gold Master) and maximize the quality of titles. This involves reporting bugs as well as providing subjective feedback on the quality of each game (gameplay, etc.).
-When required, testing specific J2ME and all BREW ports delivered before they are submitted to carriers.

Key Skills required:
-3-5 years of experience in the QA field, with at least 1 year in a QA management position.
-Experience of setting-up, structuring and managing a QA team and the underlying systems and processes.
-Several years experience of software, and more importantly computer, console or mobile games testing is a plus.
-Attention to detail, logical and thorough approach to problem solving.
-Good project and people management skills.

Desirable Skills:
-Good understanding of the mobile industry.
-Ability to cope with pressure.
-Self-starter, proactive individual ready for a challenge!

QA Test Engineers!
We also need QA Test Engineers, wireless technolgy experience preferable.

Located in the San Diego area, this company offers a high quality of life with low turnover with such benefits as:
-20 days paid vaction
-medical and dental insurance
-stock options
-401K
-reasonable work weeks (little to no crunch time)

If interested, please contact me at: alyson@mary-margaret.com