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About the role
We’re looking for a QA Manager to own end-to-end quality across hardware, firmware, PlayOS, and game experiences for Nex Playground. This is a role for someone who enjoys hands-on testing and debugging while also shaping test strategy, release criteria, and the overall quality bar. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 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
More about this role
Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.
Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back? , as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our...
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