Software Test Engineer

Requirements

• Multiple development cycle experience with a focus on Online PVP & PVE game modes
• Strong understanding of:
• Match Flow & Gameplay Systems Testing
• Ensuring sessions progress as expected with no blockers to victory or failure conditions.
• Verifying objective flow, timers, and scoring systems function properly.
• Testing wave logic, round transitions, and escalation systems in different match types

Combat & AI Testing

• Verifying enemy and ally AI behavior, pathfinding, and combat response
• Ensuring enemy spawn logic aligns with intended difficulty curves and map layout.
• Validating host/client behavior, including replication of animations and stats.
• Testing ability usage, cooldown systems, and AI reactions to player actions.

Multiplayer Functionality Testing

• Testing drop-in/drop-out co-op functionality.
• Verifying objective sync and scoring across multiple players.
• Validating network stability and desync issues in online co-op.
• Identifying desyncs, lag, or matchmaking inconsistencies.

Map & Environmental Testing

• Verifying spawn zones, objective locations, and player access areas.
• Testing for collision issues, exploits, or pathing bugs
• Ensuring interactive objects behave as expected across gameplay variants.
• Verifying lighting, materials, and post-processing effects are consistent.

Performance & Stability Testing

• Identifying memory usage issues, framerate drops, and stability concerns under load.
• Testing game stability across multiple hardware targets (e.g., Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC).
• Monitoring for audio/visual streaming issues, pop-ins, or sync problems.
• Experience writing test briefs, instructions, and playtest documentation.
• Ability to estimate testing scope and effort based on feature complexity.
• Familiarity with bug tracking and test planning tools (e.g., Jira, DevTrack, TestRail).
• Strong organization and documentation skills, with attention to reproducibility and clarity.
• Excellent communication skills, with comfort interfacing across QA, Dev, and Production teams.
• Willingness to learn proprietary tools and pipelines, and to adapt quickly to evolving content

Recommended

• Unreal Engine experience
• Jira, Confluence, Perforce and SharePoint experience
• Strong adaptable teaching skills (teaching to lots of different types of learners)
• Familiarity with the "Gears of War" series and multiplayer game modes