Environment Art QA Analyst

CD PROJEKT RED is a company focused on creating revolutionary, story-driven RPGs, currently working on Cyberpunk 2. The role is embedded within the World Art team at their Warsaw studio.

• 3+ years of experience in World Art QA, Art Testing, or similar game development quality role.
• Experience contributing to and executing risk-based test plans for World Art features and environment content.
• Working knowledge of DCC tools such as Blender, with ability to investigate asset pipeline issues and validate content from source assets through in-engine implementation.
• Strong understanding of modern AAA environment pipelines, including asset implementation, collision, lighting, materials, LODs, Nanite, World Partition, and streaming systems.
• Experience documenting defects using bug-tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail).
• Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine, including debugging environment-related issues using engine visualization and profiling tools.
• Ability to identify, isolate, reproduce, and report technical and visual defects related to World Art, rendering, environment assets, performance, and stability.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with World Artists, Technical Artists, Designers, Engineers, and external development partners, providing actionable feedback supporting artistic vision and technical quality.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with structured, risk-based testing approach.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong eye for environmental quality, visual consistency, composition, scale, and player experience.
• Passion for video games, World Art, environmental storytelling, and delivering immersive player experiences.
• Availability to work 10:00 AM–6:00 PM to maintain overlap with the Boston team.

Nice to have:

• Experience testing games on various platforms (PC, consoles, VR).
• Understanding of narration systems in movies and games.
• Familiarity with commercial game engines (Unreal Engine, Unity).
• Basic knowledge of automation tools or scripting for QA automation.

• Develop World Art QA test plans and strategies focusing on environment quality, world composition, asset implementation, collision, streaming, lighting, and technical art validation.
• Write and maintain test cases and validation checklists covering asset integration, collision integrity, traversal, world partition and streaming behavior, LOD transitions, Nanite validation, material consistency, lighting, and overall visual fidelity.
• Create, maintain, and organize test documentation, testing methodologies, defect reports, and quality standards for knowledge sharing across the team.
• Collaborate closely with World Artists, Technical Artists, Designers, Engineers, and Production to ensure environments meet artistic vision, gameplay requirements, and technical specifications.
• Conduct strategic testing of game environments, focusing on world composition, asset placement, collision, traversal, streaming performance, lighting quality, terrain, foliage, destructibles, environmental storytelling, and player experience.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and verify defects related to world art, environment assets, rendering, collision, streaming, lighting, performance, and stability.
• Analyze technical and content risks associated with world environments, asset pipelines, rendering systems, world partition, memory usage, and performance.
• Provide constructive feedback on environmental quality, including composition, readability, visual consistency, scale, lighting, material quality, environmental storytelling, and player immersion.
• Test and evaluate world performance and stability across platforms, ensuring reliable streaming, rendering, memory utilization, frame rate, traversal, and gameplay stability.
• Utilize Unreal Engine debugging and visualization tools to investigate rendering, lighting, Nanite, collision, world partition, and asset pipeline issues.
• Build trusted partnerships with the World Art team by embedding within development pods, participating in content reviews, and serving as a quality advocate to enable rapid iteration and high-quality content delivery.

Candidates must demonstrate English proficiency at a minimum C1 level. Working hours 10:00 AM–6:00 PM are required to overlap with the Boston team. Relocation to Poland is required for candidates living abroad.