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Sr Software Development Engineer in Test - Audio

PlayStation HQ in San Mateo, CA

Are you a motivated and creative individual who enjoys investigating new technologies? If so we have a great career opportunity! We seek a motivated engineer with a background in software testing. Here, you will validate and innovate PlayStation's groundbreaking software products. This is an opportunity to utilize your programming skills in C++ and Python while working on the most sophisticated gaming platform available. If this is you, please apply!

Responsibilities

Own manual and automated test development for PlayStation® SDK libraries.
Team up with developers to ensure test coverage and build test plans that help deliver high quality features.
Improve coverage by crafting test cases and test codes for audio API.
Debug, analyze, and report issues through test operation and verify bug fixes.
Maintain and improve existing CI framework, build CI Pipelines, enable automation runs, and develop visualization tools for reporting test results and trends.
Create documents for test plan, test design, test report, and be accountable for the test activities and share with project members.
Research and develop new tools, methodologies, techniques, and test metrics to improve our test processes.

Required:

Solid experience writing manual and automation test programs in C++ and Python.
A minimum of 4 years’ experience developing and executing test plans and test cases, also crafting automation frameworks and test suites for software libraries.
Passionate about quality and strive to improve the test process, propose the innovative methodology and drive their usage within the teams.
Experience with Visual Studio, Version control solutions, such as SVN and GIT, and development in Windows environment.
Exposure to CI development using Jenkins.
Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent knowledge.

Nice to have:

Software development and testing experience on audio systems, audio libraries, or audio signal processing.
Development and debugging tools experience on both Linux and Windows.
Exposure to PlayStation® development.
Familiarity with agile software development process and tools.

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We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.

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