What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Engineer - QA position at Turn Me Up?
You possess a strong technical background and a passion for game design. You're laser-focused on the details yet manage to think beyond the current state. Your breadth of programming skills set you apart, along with your ability to track and coordinate within a variety of disciplines to create fantastic gameplay for the players.
You will be joining a motivated team who work in a collaborative environment. You will be interacting on a daily basis with engineers and producers to test and plan gameplay features to create compelling experiences for players.
Sound like a match? Turn Me Up Games is looking for an Associate Engineer – QA to join us!
What We Need:
Turn Me Up is looking for a dedicated and organized Associate Engineer – QA with a background in Unreal Engine. This engineer will work with our Engineering, DevOps, and Production departments to build a robust internal QA pipeline.
They are someone who is familiar with all stages of the game development process, both in Unreal Engine and development as a whole. Due to the multi-disciplinary requirements of this position, passion for gaining broad Unreal Engine knowledge is key.
What You’ll Do:
- Work with the Lead Engineer and DevOps department to build an internal Engineering QA pipeline
- Lead the charge on internal QA testing, auditing build and in-editor content and features, reporting bugs, and verifying feature functionality
- Intake and triage bug reports from other departments, ensuring they are actionable for the relevant teams
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation on internal pipelines and processes
- Help identify bottlenecks and implement key improvements to our Engineering/QA pipelines
- Be trained to assist Production and Engineering with milestone planning and task follow-up
- Communicate quickly and effectively with the Engineering, DevOps, and Production teams
What Would Make a Strong Candidate:
- Unreal generalist, with broad, high-level knowledge of key Unreal features (e.g, Audio, Animation, Materials, Blueprints, UI, etc)
- Good production, organizational, & prioritization sense
- Independent worker who loves collaborating with a team
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to contribute innovative ideas and solutions
- Understanding of gaming industry/video games
- Passion for learning all disciplines of game development as they relate to Engineering
Application Requirements:
- Portfolio demonstrating relevant skills and past work
- Bachelor's degree in Game Design (or related field) or 2 years Unreal Engine experience
Who We Are:
Turn Me Up Games is an award-winning independent development studio based in Burbank, California, with additional offices in Genoa, Italy.
Since 2011, Turn Me Up has been responsible for 3 App Store Editors Choice Awards, 2 Emmy Nominated VR Experiences, and multiple AAA ports to Nintendo Switch such as It Takes Two, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™ 1 2, and the Borderlands Legendary Collection, to name a few.
Turn Me Up is committed to creating impactful games that challenge the way audiences are entertained and deliver experiences that resonate with players long after the game is turned off, in ways that are both comfortably familiar and excitingly unprecedented.
Headquartered in the heart of downtown Burbank, walking distance from dozens of shops and restaurants, our studio is fully-equipped with state-of-the-art development hardware, motion and performance capture stage, sound and vocal recording booths, and network and telecommunications infrastructure to support our incredibly talented staff, both locally and around the world.