Job title: Senior Sound Designer
Company: Cold Iron Studios
Job description: Cold Iron is seeking a Senior Sound Designer to join us. This position is fully remote and open to applicants across the US and Canada.Are you a passionate game developer? Is making great games the thing that gets you out of bed in the morning? Do you want to work with a world-class team to make those games? We want to hear from you!Core Responsibilities
- Implement and author interactive, real-time sound using middleware, scripting tools and/or in-engine to bring soundscapes to life.
- Work closely with the audio director and audio team to build, debug, and maintain effective audio systems that support the experiential and narrative pillars of our game
- Problem-solve and devise creative solutions to complex challenges that can arise within interactive audio
- Edit and implement a wide range of high-quality sound assets
- Perform audio playtests, performance profiling, bug-fixing and optimization
- Contribute as a key stakeholder in designing and managing sound prioritization systems
- Collaborate with audio engineers, other sound designers and departments to design and document audio systems, own and deliver on audio features.
Our Ideal Candidate Possesses
- 5+ years of professional experience in AAA game audio with a minimum of one AAA title shipped as Sound Designer or equivalent.
- Expertise with Unreal Engine (including Blueprint) and Wwise and ideally the Wwise/Unreal integration
- Experience creating and optimizing UE Blueprints
- Proven experience with the Wwise middleware tool
- Understanding of, and experience in creating and authoring real-time, parameter-controlled sounds such as vehicle engines, weather systems, ambiences.
- Solid understanding of spatial audio concepts in gaming and related technologies
- Proven capability in sound design and content creation
- Adaptive growth mindset and a passion for solving complex problems with other people
- Advanced profiling experience in middleware to identify and troubleshoot audio issues
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining interactive music systems
- Experience designing and implementing modern weapon audio systems and hierarchies in Wwise
- Experience working on environmental audio, sound propagation and 3D audio
- Experience with dialogue/VO editing, mastering, and implementation
Salary
- $90k-$110k
Location
- This position is fully remote and open to applicants across the US and Canada.
Expected salary: $90000 – 110000 per year
Location: USA
Job date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:35:32 GMT
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