We’re FuturLab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games.

We’re looking for a Lead QA to join the PowerWash Simulator 2 team

A successful candidate will be highly organized, proactive and ensure that both internal and external quality teams are appropriately assigned. You will be representing the department as the primary QA contact for the project, driving project quality improvements through inter-disciplinary processes and keeping core stakeholders updated on the health of the project.

Role and Responsibilities

Co-ordinate the execution of our daily QA strategy across 6 platforms and multiple branches with aligned submission and release cycles

Work closely with other discipline leads to understand where QA can help to improve their pipelines

Work closely with the LiveOps team to ensure that content drops are tested efficiently

Provide clear updates on overall product health, critical bugs, delivery risks and risks to live user experience

Supervise the project’s QA team and train, where required

Identify opportunities for QA to flag and mitigate risk as early as possible

Support the QA Manager in maintaining quality assurance processes and standards

2+ years in lead or management QA positions

5+ years in QA positions

Experience working closely with production, tech, art and design departments

Robust communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly with different types of stakeholders

A strong understanding of Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo first party certification requirements

Desirable

At least one title supported from pre-production to post-launch support





Familiarity with the PowerWash Simulator franchise

Experience with live service video games

Experience with QA automation

Experience with programming or scripting languages

Competitive salary (dependent on experience)

Performance related bonus.

Bi-annual salary reviews based on your performance.

Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm (No weekends, No overtime, No Crunch)

27 days of paid annual leave, including 21 standard days, 3 days over the Christmas closure, 2 discretionary 'Duvet Days,' 1 day to celebrate your birthday, plus all 8 UK bank holidays and an extra day off for our very own FuturLab bank holiday

5 paid training and 2 paid volunteer days per year to work on your personal development.

Opportunities to attend and speak at gaming events/conferences.

Free MS Game Pass or PS+ subscription

Free game codes, game swag and merchandise.

Bike2work scheme.

Enhanced Maternity - 9 months full pay (statutory benefit topped up by FL)

Paternity leave - 8 weeks full pay

Enhanced Sick Pay.

Enhanced Pension.

Private Healthcare, includes dental and optical cover.

Remote therapy service through Spill -8 x 50-minute virtual sessions over 6 months whenever you need them. Unlimited ‘ask a therapist’ text questions.

Eye tests & standard glasses for display work.

Amazing offices with a great culture.

FuturLab foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, check out the Life at FuturLab page (www.futurlab.co.uk/life-at-futurlab) for reasons why you’d love working here

Equal Opportunities We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required, please add any adjustment requests to your application.

Candidates without a valid UK work Visa cannot be considered.

📌 Lead QA (Melbourne)
🏢 FuturLab
📍 Melbourne