QUALITY ASSURANCE – CONTRACT

QUALITY ASSURANCE – CONTRACT: Opencast Software Limited

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Position: Quality Assurance – Contract
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Hours: Permanent
Salary Guide: £20,000 – £40,000
Last Updated: 26 May 2025
Job Category: IT & Telecoms

Quality Assurance Role:

Preventing errors in manufacturing or production that lead to product defects. Testing products extensively before their release.

Other Duties:

• Working together with a Quality Assurance (QA) team to assess product problems and brainstorm solutions
• Checking that raw materials or components involved in the production process are of suitable quality
• Inspecting production machinery and employees to make sure the production process runs smoothly
• Writing production plans that minimise risk of mistakes during production
• Estimating time involved in assuring each products quality
• Meeting project deadlines
• Writing and reviewing testing plans
• Performing stress tests that expose the product to increased temperature, vibration, and humidity
• Investigating causes of defects that occur during the testing phase
• Assessing whether employees need training to prevent mistakes during production
• Creating test plan automation procedures
• Suggesting improvements to company infrastructure and processes to prevent future mistakes during production
• Communicating with Quality Control about existing defects and how to prevent them in future products
• Communicating with other departments such as project management and engineering to coordinate scheduling for QA testing
• Reporting discovered defects to all relevant departments for correction
• Applying technical skills related to the product being tested (knowledge of programming languages to software QA, knowledge of machinery for hardware, etc.)
• Conforming to regulations and international standards when it comes to testing and quality assurance