QA Specialist, Peacock

NBCUniversal, LLC, Universal City, California

Create the extraordinary.

Level: Manager (Supervisor)

At Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal you’ll find more than a job. Here you’ll find a fast-paced, high-flying team of unique birds who want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. We work hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.
As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

Here you can fly to new heights!

The Core Video Team is responsible for building all playback-related functionality in Sky’s OTT products. We work closely with the application teams in Sky Go, NOW TV, Sky Sports and others to ensure that common functionality is built in a reliable, scalable and efficient way.

We build a video SDK which our colleagues across Sky use to achieve effortless video playback on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Samsung TV, LG TV, PlayStation, Xbox, Roku, Chromecast and other devices.

We are now looking for talented engineers to join us in finding new innovative ways to build features and improve upon our video players.

Responsibilities:

Create test plans/packs and execution within Testrail
Liaising with project product owners to clarify player behaviour
Provide knowledge and share throughout the team
Management of test results and reports
Regular liaisons with project teams to understand test requirements.
Drive Improvement throughout the team
Represent the QA team in project/progress/status meetings
Track defects to closure and keep defect repository up-to-date

Must be ambitious, have strong work ethic, and a willingness to learn players testing on web, mobile and Cross TV applications
Passionate about streaming technology, AV codecs, DRMs.
Be a fast learner with strong problem soloving skills.
Ability to demonstrate strong communication skills and a focused, determined,
pro-active attitude
Strong knowledge of Charles/Fiddler or other debugging proxy tools
Excellent troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze logs
Must have Engineering background.
- - Basic understanding of video streaming technologies
  - Experience of Agile methodology
  - Knowledge of JSON
  - Experience with automated testing tools.
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About NBCUniversal, LLC

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. We believe that our workforce should represent the communities we live in, so that together, we can continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world. Learn more about Comcast NBCUniversal’s commitment and how we are making an impact.

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