Senior Game Quality Tester - Aonic Games (12m FTC / Hybrid)

While this role is advertised via nDreams’ job boards, the position itself is with Aonic Games, nDreams’ parent company. If successful, you will be employed by Aonic Games rather than nDreams.

Aonic are on the lookout for a passionate and experienced Senior Game Tester to help ensure the quality of our Console, PC, and VR titles. If you are a strong advocate for player experience, an expert bug hunter, a champion of process or some combination of all three, you could be just what we’re looking for!

As a Senior Tester at Aonic, you will be one of the key people responsible for the verification and internal validation of our games’ features, ensuring that they meet agreed expectations and our own set standards. Working closely with our internal departments, as well as our 3rd party developers and external QA teams, you will help us to bring the best experiences to our players around the world.

The rundown:

• 12-month fixed-term contract
• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• Hybrid role, requiring a 2-day presence in our London office and 3 days working from home
• Salary is competitive and dependent on experience

Key responsibilities:

• Manual testing, including scripted and non-scripted, of our games
• Reporting and managing bugs in a database
• Collating multi-project reports on test coverage, product status and overall project health
• Creating and maintaining test cases/test suites and helping to write test plans
• Coordinating with Production, Developers and external QA teams to maximise efficiency and effectiveness of testing
• Offering qualitative feedback on game features and designs
• Supporting the creation of quality store assets/copy (screenshots, trailer footage capture and proofreading)
• Overseeing milestone reviews, confirming deliverables and build sign-off

Requirements

The skills you'll need:

• 2-4 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Control in games
• Experience with using and administering Test Case Management tools (e.g. TestRail, QA Touch), Bug Database tools (e.g. Jira, Hansoft) and project management tools (e.g. Jira, Monday.com)
• Testing and test ownership experience on PC and consoles (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, PSVR, Meta Quest etc.)
• A passion for gaming and an understanding of various genres

The nice to haves:

• Understanding of 1st Party Requirements and Certification Testing
• Experience managing/scripting automated tests, usability testing and/or accessibility assessments

Benefits

We are Aonic - one of Europe's fastest-growing companies in the technology & video games industry. We bring together some brilliant studios, including Tiny Roar, BKOM, nDreams, Milky Tea, and Warren Spector’s Otherside Entertainment. There’s loads of exciting stuff in the works, like Lou’s Lagoon, Thick as Thieves, Hello Sunshine, Verdant, and Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults.

We’re a friendly, down-to-earth bunch who genuinely enjoy working together and with our partner studios. Between us, we’ve got heaps of experience across console, PC, and VR releases—everything from big AAA titles to indie gems. Our agile team is all about bringing games to market in smart, creative, and sometimes disruptive ways. If you’re a natural collaborator with plenty of drive and positive energy, you’ll fit right in. On top of all that, you’ll get a generous benefits package: 25 days’ annual leave (increasing 1 day per year of service, up to 30 days), hybrid working, private health care, pension, and plenty of fun social events!

At Aonic, we’re advocates for diversity and inclusion. As a conscious employer, we strive to create a diverse team with the commitment to develop a positive work culture by embracing diversity, equality and inclusion. All candidates are welcome! Any offer is subject to having a legal right to work in the UK.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process!