
QA Analyst II
Modern Warfare III
Sledgehammer Games
January 2022 - January 2024
As a QA Analyst II, I worked as an embedded analyst with design to investigate and implement fixes for any callouts across levels. I coordinated and led internal/external QA teams to investigate features and callouts of cross-functional disciplines in globally distributed AAA project in an ambitious deliverable target.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Partnered closely with Senior Producers and Directors across multiple live and in-development titles to track feature progress, communicate risks, and clarify technicaldependencies across multiple live and in-development AAA titles.
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Owned visibility into multiple development pipelines by maintaining dashboards, risk assessments, and status reporting, supporting planning, prioritization, and leadership review.
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Led and coordinated high-performing distributed teams ranging from 3 to 40 contributors, including external partners, across globally distributed development efforts.
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Designed, maintained, and executed over 1,000 test cases and strategies, enabling early identification of systemic issues and smoother downstream production.
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Fostered a transparent and collaborative team environment through daily syncs, and clear communication of priorities, risks, and next steps.
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Production Responsibilities:
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Owned visibility into multiple development pipelines by maintaining dashboards in Jira, risk assessments, and status reporting, supporting planning, prioritization, and leadership review.
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Review and coordinate with Production about current Feature testing results
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Authored multiple Confluence pages on potential build status and risk assessment for Internal and External Teams to view.
Testrail:
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- Created/Managed various test cases for all departments to track the status of as testing progresses.
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- Designing Milestones and Test Plans to distribute out to the team
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- Initiating and completing Test Runs
Testing:
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- Finding, researching, and reporting bugs in engine and in game to ensure quality
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- Providing detailed code information for asserts, crashes, runtime errors, etc.
Leadership:
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Led External QA and other analysts in testing for level sweeps and upcoming design features
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Mentor and train all of our new analysts in game testing fundamentals and the use of our tools and develop and manage Design test cases in the Testrail software.
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Review and coordinate with Production about current Feature testing results
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Created Tracking documentation for other analysts and external QA teams to utilize and review