QA Manager

Nex

. Own end-to-end quality across hardware, firmware, PlayOS, and game experiences for Nex Playground .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $150,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in end-to-end quality assurance across hardware, firmware, and software, with a strong focus on risk-based testing strategies and automated validation processes. Proven ability to manage external QA vendors and communicate quality status effectively.

Highest-signal resume keywords

QA Experience in System-Level TestingRisk-Based Test Strategy DesignFirmware or OTA Update ValidationAutomated Test Creation in Programming LanguageConsumer Electronics and Hardware Bring-Up

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Hard Skills

System-Level TestingFirmware ValidationOTA Update FlowsExploratory TestingAutomated TestingPerformance InvestigationReliability TestingCrash Data AnalysisTest Infrastructure BuildingDevice Lab Management

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationSound JudgmentCross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

Android Debug Bridge (ADB)CI/CD SystemsObservability ToolingDiagnostic Evidence AnalysisAutomated Regression Coverage

Industry Keywords

Consumer ElectronicsHardware Bring-UpEVTDVTPVTGame QAGraphics ProfilingInput Tracking Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidLinux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end quality across hardware, firmware, PlayOS, and game experiences for Nex Playground
Own validation for hardware bring-up and ongoing compatibility across hardware revisions, PlayOS versions, and game builds
Develop and maintain risk-based test plans across EVT, DVT, and PVT or equivalent development stages
Maintain compatibility matrices covering hardware revisions, PlayOS versions, firmware versions, and game builds
Partner with engineering teams to isolate hardware–software issues and verify fixes
Own test strategy for firmware and PlayOS updates, including upgrade, downgrade, interruption, failure, rollback, and recovery scenarios
Define manual validation and integrate automated checks into OTA release workflows
Establish quality gates, entry and exit criteria, and evidence-based go/no-go recommendations
Assess release risk, track critical issues, and ensure regressions are understood before rollout
Validate performance, reliability, compatibility, input, tracking, save data, and update-related regressions
Define and validate targets for frame-rate stability, responsiveness, latency, memory usage, thermal behavior, and crash-free sessions
Execute long-run, stress, and recovery testing
Test representative user environments, network variability, display configurations, device states, user flows, and edge conditions
Build and maintain automated regression coverage across device, firmware, OTA, system-integration, and game-compatibility workflows
Develop lightweight tools and scripts for setup, validation, data collection, and troubleshooting
Produce actionable bug reports with reproduction steps, environment and build details, logs, impact, and supporting evidence
Drive defect triage and prioritization with engineering and product partners
Manage external QA vendors, including scope, capacity, priorities, deliverables, acceptance criteria, quality standards, and performance
Communicate quality status and release risk clearly
Champion consistent testing practices and raise the quality bar across teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong hands-on QA experience in system-level testing, firmware or OS validation, or hardware–software integration
Demonstrated ability to design risk-based test strategies and execute thorough exploratory testing
Experience validating firmware or OTA update flows, including failure handling, rollback, and recovery
Experience investigating performance, reliability, and intermittent issues using logs, traces, crash data, and other diagnostic evidence
Ability to create maintainable automated tests, tools, or scripts in at least one programming or scripting language
Experience coordinating external QA partners or vendors and holding deliverables to clear quality standards
Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, and strong cross-functional collaboration
Experience with consumer electronics, hardware bring-up, EVT/DVT/PVT, or manufacturing test concepts
Experience with game or platform QA, graphics and performance profiling, input or motion-tracking systems, or observability tooling
Familiarity with Android or Linux debugging, ADB, CI/CD systems, device logs, traces, and crash dumps
Experience building test infrastructure, managing device labs, or validating staged software rollouts at scale

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation package
Flexible working hours and vacation policy
Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth
Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field