Senior Technical Sound Designer | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote

Escape Velocity Entertainment; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio is seeking a Senior Technical Sound Designer to work fully remote. You will design, prototype, and implement audio systems, collaborating extensively with various disciplines to enhance the gaming experience. Proven experience with Unreal Engine and audio middleware is essential. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits will be provided.

Benefits

Generous PTO allowance

Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

Summer and Winter holidays studio closure

Private Mental Health scheme

Annual Health & Wellbeing allowance

Discretionary Studio Bonus

Top-range tech for home setup

Qualifications

• Proven experience in audio implementation and mixing abilities for games.
• Understanding of technical audio and how it interacts with gameplay.
• Experience with different consoles and formats.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement audio systems with middleware.
• Collaborate to enhance gameplay audio.
• Optimize internal audio technology.

Skills

Audio implementation and mixing

Communication

Mentoring capability

Technical audio design

Unreal Engine 4/5

Audio Middleware (Audiokinetic Wwise)

Scripting

Tools

Unreal Engine 4/5

Audiokinetic Wwise

Source control (P4V)

Job description

Senior Technical Sound Designer – North America – Canada – Europe – Fully Remote

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We are looking for a Senior Technical Sound Designer to join. This role will be reporting into our Audio Director.

Responsibilities

• Working with audio designers and other disciplines to design, prototype, and implement audio systems
• Creating and implementing audio systems via middleware like Audiokinetic Wwise and/or Unreal Engine 5
• Collaborating with other disciplines to ensure audio is incorporated into all aspects of gameplay and enhances game experience.
• Working with the audio team and project producers to spec out deliverables, locate dependencies, maintain documentation, and keep tasks within scope
• Working with the Audio and Core Tech teams to develop, document, and optimise internal audio technology and systems
• Working with the Audio team and other disciplines to ensure an optimal level of audio performance on projects via profiling and testing of in‑game audio.
• Developing and maintaining documentation on created systems
• Being a positive advocate and representative for the audio team within the studio and externally

Requirements

• Proven experience in audio implementation and mixing abilities for games
• Shipped a game with Unreal + Wwise, or worked on a near‑completion AAA title that was canceled
• Exceptional communicator with strong mentoring capability
• Understanding of technical audio, such as designing, implementing, and optimising audio systems and structures within middleware and game engines
• Understanding of the game audio workflow and how it interacts with other disciplines
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4/5 and Blueprints
• Experience with Audio Middleware (Audiokinetic Wwise preferred)
• Able to work to differing feature sets and requirements between different consoles and formats
• Experience with source control software, such as P4V
• Experience in audio design for games or other media
• Experience in scripting

Benefits

• A generous PTO allowance
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
• Private Mental Health scheme
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
• Discretionary Studio Bonus
• Top‑range tech for your home set up
• Other benefits based on your region

How to apply

Click Apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.

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