Electronic Arts

Our Quality Verification and Standards (QVS) team is an important part of our development process, delivering relevant insights that support our game teams to optimize software performance and enhance gameplay.

The Associate Quality Designer (AQD) will join us on the SONAR team in a hybrid work schedule consisting of 3 predefined onsite days weekly. SONAR is a centralized organisation in EA focused on Production services. Our mission is to Safeguard the Player experience by delivering support across Live QV, Advertisement Technologies, and Retail Automation. As an AQD, you will be an important part of our development process and contribute to the quality of our games. You will demonstrate a sound technical platform and game knowledge, have a quality mindset and partner management. The AQD will also be accountable for planning and managing test coverage on client and server releases, reporting on results, and confirming the success of a release. As an AQD you will be reporting directly to the Sonar Development Manager assigned to your specific Projects.

Who do we work with? You will work with Respawn Entertainment daily.

Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when accomplished people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide. Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars TM Jedi: Fallen Order, and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.

The Associate Quality Designer (AQD) supports live quality efforts by focusing on Security and Anti-Cheat analysis across production environments, and supporting the Live QV team. They collaborate with Quality Verification (QV) and development security teams to monitor telemetry signals, investigate suspicious activity, and surface potential exploits affecting live players. The AQD helps improve real-time dashboards systems to ensure visibility into cheat patterns and security risks, enabling swift triage and mitigation. By strengthening partnerships with security analysts and feature owners, they promote a shared understanding of live threats and contribute to the continuous improvement of anti-cheat strategies. Their work helps safeguard the integrity of the live experience and maintain trust in gameplay. Continue to support the Security team with their goals. Continued focus on the Live support of the game while in peak release.

Responsibilities: 

Quality Strategy and Test Planning

• Use testing skills and methodologies to systematically test the product and share results

• Lead quality strategies for owned features

• Research and propose solutions for increasing test coverage efficiency

Quality and Data Analysis

• Compile data from multiple sources into cohesive summaries to communicate status and risk

• Use different testing methodologies and analyze feature sets for automation opportunities (Risk-based Testing, Data/AI-driven testing, and more)

• Use development tools to guide issue identification upstream and promote defect prevention.

Collaboration and Communication

• Communicate status and risk through cohesive summaries

• Be the communication bridge between development partners and QA teams

• Provide technical, quantitative, and qualitative feedback

• Represent the QA perspective in meetings, ensuring quality standards are prioritized.

Mentorship and Team Support

• Lead improvements and knowledge sharing across teams

• Promote professional growth within the QA team

• Mentor and support team members in implementing quality strategies

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in software development, quality assurance, or game design

• Experience with game security principles, including cheat detection, exploit identification, and telemetry-based monitoring.

• Familiarity with telemetry tools and data platforms (e.g., Kibana, Splunk, Snowflake, and Backtrace) used to track suspicious behaviour in live environments.

• Exposure to anti-cheat systems, telemetry validation, or security testing tools.

• Experience with defect and task tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail)

• Experience in working with security teams and their processes related to anti-cheat and monitoring threats

• Excellent collaboration 

• Translate project metrics into data-driven decisions and strategies

• Critical Thinking