QA Tester

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

QA Tester

Nixxes Software is an industry-leading Dutch company specializing in video game design, development and porting.

Working alongside global partners since 1999, our work is fuelled by a love for gaming and commitment to innovation. Our Utrecht based team prides itself on delivering the best possible experience for every gamer, regardless of platform. In July 2021 Nixxes joined PlayStation Studios to focus on delivering the highest-quality gameplay experiences for PlayStation fans.

Job description:

We are looking for a full-time game tester to strengthen out QA team and help improve the game titles we are working on by verifying the performance, integrity and features of various titles.

You will be working closely with our development team to investigate and report issues, cross check integrity and performance between various platforms and support our developers with day-to-day issues. This is an in-office position.

Essential Duties and Requirements:

· Working with our development team and external QA to reproduce reported issues.

· Find and report on issues, based on existing test cases.

· Cross check integrity between the various development platforms.

· Cross check performance between various development platforms and systems.

· Analyze and present test results in a clear and coherent manner.

· Support our developers with day-to-day duties.

· Must live in the Netherlands, this is not a remote role.

Competencies, skills & knowledge:

· Great communication skills in written and spoken English.

· A professional work attitude.

· Accurately executing all assigned test cases – and finding gaps in testing

· Entering concise, detailed bugs into bug database.

· Produce clear and professional documentation from your findings.

· Assessing whether bugs are genuinely per-platform, or global issues.

· Finding, communicating, and most efficiently reproducing symptoms, without trying to speculate the root issue.

· Discrete and understanding about confidentiality issues.

· Able to handle flashing/flickering images.

· Working knowledge of most popular console platforms and related hardware

· Working knowledge of Windows operating systems and related hardware

· Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

· Working knowledge of communications, on-line services and the Internet

Plusses:

· Experience with PC graphics hardware and benchmarking

· Experience testing video game titles on PlayStation 5, PC or other platforms

· (Native) Dutch speaker.

 

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Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 

Sony Interactive Entertainment is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.