The posting
Gaming:
Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.
Position Summary
An Associate SQA Engineer plays a key role within a project team comprised of Core, Senior and/or Advanced SQA engineers. Under the guidance of Lead/ Senior Engineers, this role develops and executes test plans and test cases to ensure our gaming product meets requisite functional, technical, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Ideal candidate thrives working in a collaborative team environment; is comfortable interacting with internal/ external team members with varying degrees of technical knowledge; has strong technical background with a drive to understand how things work; and isn’t afraid to ask questions or suggest improvements.
- Review and provide timely feedback on requirements and design artifacts, working alongside Senior Engineers
- Collaborate with Senior Engineers in creation and execution of test plans, test cases and test scripts to effectively test game software and related solutions across multiple platforms
- Understand SQA software test methodology, procedures, and overall product development lifecycle
- Adhere to business/ process workflows and closely follow SQA work instructions
- Write clear and concise defect logs, and assist in recreating issues
- Identify major issues and assist with escalation as necessary to ensure timely resolution
- Actively utilize tools and databases for SQA functions and testing, with minimal assistance
- Assist Lead / Senior Engineers with weekly project status report for each assigned project
- Assist Lead / Senior Engineers with detailed Completion Report at the end of each project
- Work alongside Lead / Senior Engineers to interface with cross-functional teams if necessary
Qualifications
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist Senior / Lead Engineers involved with SQA Department level special projects
- Understand current process and suggest improvements as needed
- Attend Design Reviews, Code Reviews and Triage meetings per Lead Engineer request
Qualifications
- Academic and/or working knowledge of Computer Architecture and Hardware
- Academic and/or working knowledge of Operating System and Software Application Architecture
- Academic and/or working knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle
- Academic and/or working knowledge of Object-oriented Programming languages
- Basic academic knowledge of real-time embedded systems and Client/ Server systems
- Proficiency with productivity Tools and Applications such as Microsoft Office 365
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred
Required Experience
- 0 - 2 years of relevant experience as an SQA, SDET, Software Engineer or equivalent
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment
- Detail-oriented, organized and focused on delivering quality
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.
Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.
