Associate Principal QA Engineer - Game Testing
At Aristocrat, we build the world’s greatest gaming experience every day! As a world leader in gaming entertainment, our mission is to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and technology. Joining our team means becoming part of a diverse, passionate group of experts dedicated to delivering outstanding gaming experiences. Our culture emphasizes quality, individual ownership, and collaboration, making it an exciting place to grow your career.
- Develop, maintain, and complete comprehensive manual test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on functional specifications and user stories for slot games.
- Conduct detailed manual testing of slot games, including gameplay mechanics, bonus features, animations, and audio-visual elements.
- Diagnose and resolve code errors to determine the underlying causes of problems, offering thorough details to the development team.
- Modify game code to trigger features required by testing objectives to achieve desired test coverage.
- Ensure games meet industry standards and regulatory requirements, including RNG testing and certification processes.
- Generate game builds on production media with platform and core code for debug and production environments, and configure the EGMs without supervision.
- Identify, document, and track defects using bug tracking systems such as Jira.
- Collaborate closely with the Game Development team, including Game Designers, Artists, and Software Development Engineers, to resolve issues found during execution of SIT test cycles.
- Follow guidelines set by SIT management to plan and complete tests that support business objectives.
- Suggest improvements to the overall testing process in terms of tools, processes, and test cases.
- Mentor new or junior-level test engineers on the processes, game setup, and understanding of overall testing objectives set for the SIT team.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field, or its equivalent.
- A minimum of 9+ years of experience in software test engineering, with a focus on Casino/Slot games or related industries.
- Knowledge of gaming regulations and compliance standards in various jurisdictions.
- Understanding of slot game mechanics, RNG, and dynamic/bonus systems.
- Demonstrated experience in planning and accomplishing testing activities for gaming products.
- Basic understanding of automation tools or scripting languages is a plus.
- Familiarity with UNIX/Linux.
- Experience with C/C++ programming desired.
- Analytical approach with the ability to identify root causes and propose solutions.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Robust benefits package
- Global career opportunities
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.