Electronic Arts

The Senior Quality Designer (SQD) reports to the Senior Development Director, Delivery – Sims Quality Verification.

This role is hybrid/in-office located in our Redwood Shores, CA, with the broader team distributed across multiple global locations. 

We are building a Quality Verification organization where we partner with development teams and we raise the quality bar for The Sims. Our mission is to promote creative velocity while protecting player trust. You will join our team as a technical workstream lead, managing verification strategy for base game and new content pods. You will remain hands-on in execution, communicate quality signals across the product, and work with us to grow quality practices that support predictable delivery and live health.

Responsibilities

• You will lead verification strategy, quality standards, and test approach with care for milestones and risk.

• You will perform hands-on testing alongside Quality Designers and Testers.

• You will apply shift-left testing practices using source control, IDEs, and engine or editor tools.

• You will partner with Development to identify risks early and ensure appropriate validation depth.

• You will define and refine test charters, test plans, and validation approaches.

• You will identify automation opportunities and partner with engineering teams to support adoption.

• You will be the technical escalation point for quality risks and signals.

• You will support people managers with technical input, without direct people management.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Quality Verification or QA on complex or live-service products.

• Hands-on testing experience with risk-based test strategy.

• Experience with shift-left testing practices and automation plans.

• Proficiency in SQL for extracting and reporting on project data to deliver relevant insights.

• Experience leading verification across multiple product areas and distributed teams.

This is a hybrid remote/in-office role.