QA Manager

Simteract is a game development company known for creating immersive open-world simulation games such as "Train Life: A Railway Simulator" and "Taxi Life: A City Driving Simulator," featuring detailed environments like Barcelona. The company is preparing for the launch of "Bus Simulator 27" in 2026 and is scaling towards a multi-project portfolio across PC and console platforms.

• 5+ years in game QA with progressive seniority from QA Lead to QA Manager.
• Proven track record of shipping at least two PC/console titles, including full certification cycles with at least two platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo).
• Direct hands-on experience with console certification (TRC/TCR/Lotcheck), including leading submissions, handling rejections, and shipping patches under platform-holder rules.
• Experience testing simulation, physics-heavy, or multiplayer titles; understanding failure modes of vehicle behaviour, netcode, and session stability.
• Hands-on experience in test automation including functional and performance tests in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies: test planning, risk-based testing, regression suites, bug triage, and release readiness criteria.
• Experience managing internal QA teams and external QA vendors, including scoping, SLAs, and quality control.
• Exposure to PEGI/ESRB compliance, accessibility standards, and platform-holder relationships.
• Experience running release management for premium titles: release calendars, go/no-go decisions, patch and hotfix processes.
• Experience with post-launch quality: live patch cycles, player-reported issue triage, and telemetry-driven bug prioritization.
• Strong interpersonal skills to hold development teams accountable on quality without antagonism.
• English language proficiency at B2/C1+ level for communication with publishers and platform holders.
• Genuine interest in simulation, vehicle, and multiplayer games.

Nice to have:

• Experience testing simulation or driving games, including physics edge cases, wheel/input device compatibility, and console hardware performance.
• Background in multiplayer QA: session testing, matchmaking stability, latency edge cases, and cheat/exploit testing.
• Familiarity with Jira, Xray, TestRail, EazyBI, or similar bug tracking and test management tools.
• Background in QA automation in Unreal Engine 5 environments.
• Experience setting up a QA function in a scaling studio.

• Lead the internal QA team including hiring, day-to-day management, workload distribution, and performance reviews across projects.
• Manage external QA vendors: contracting, scoping, SLAs, and ongoing quality control of outsourced testing efforts.
• Own console certification end-to-end: TRC/TCR/Lotcheck compliance, submission planning, handling rejections, and managing platform-holder relationships on quality matters.
• Run release management: release calendars, go/no-go decisions, patch planning, and hotfix processes in coordination with the Head of Production & Quality and publishers.
• Define and maintain quality standards across the studio: severity frameworks, definition of done, regression strategies, and quality gates.
• Own test automation within the QA team, building and maintaining functional and performance test coverage in Unreal Engine 5 using Blueprints.
• Own post-launch quality for live titles: patch cycles, player-reported issue triage, telemetry-driven prioritisation, and publisher quality SLAs.
• Partner with discipline leads to ensure testers have the context and tools they need, especially for physics, multiplayer, and vehicle systems.
• Build and maintain QA reporting dashboards in collaboration with the tech team.
• Report to the Head of Production & Quality and contribute to studio-level quality discussions.