AI Sound Design Lead

Meta•Fremont, CA

2d•$142,000 - $195,000

About The Position

Meta's Creative Audio team is seeking an experienced Sound Design Lead to drive AI sound effects and AI sound design work across Meta. The role sits at the intersection of creative sound design and emerging AI audio technology, with a focus on high-quality product sound and enhancing user experience through carefully crafted and implemented audio. It combines creative sound design expertise with technical proficiency in audio tools and systems, and calls for a background in technical sound design and enthusiasm for innovative audio design. The position is part of the Creative Audio team and works closely with other Audio Leads and cross-functional AI teams in Engineering, Research, and Product Design. The role advocates for high-quality standards in AI-generated audio across products, from generative sound effects to procedural physical modeling synthesis. It is a creative leadership role with a strategic focus, opportunities for innovation, and influence across Meta's products and ecosystem.

Requirements

10+ years of professional sound design experience in games, interactive media, film/TV, or other sound design or audio disciplines.
Deep understanding of generative and procedural audio techniques.
Ability to think creatively and technically about audio problems.
Scripting and markup proficiency, including experience authoring or modifying structured data formats such as XML, JSON, Markdown, or YAML in technical workflows.
Strong understanding of audio signal flow, DSP, synthesis techniques, and digital audio fundamentals.
Experience with sound effect production or audio post-production, including recording, editing, mastering, and authoring audio with middleware or game engines.
Experience leading project teams and demonstrating cross-functional communication in a fast-paced environment with rapidly evolving technology; ability to influence without authority.
Strategic thinking and ability to assess how technology or creative approaches can scale across products and teams.
Strong critical evaluation skills and ability to verify and maintain audio quality across software and hardware.
Ability to create and present in a digital design tool such as Figma.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing authored sounds in game engines.
Experience with generative AI audio tools, models, or workflows, including text-to-audio, text-to-speech, and sound effect or music generation.
Familiarity with procedural audio techniques, physical modeling synthesis, or algorithmic sound generation.
Ability to integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and produce measurable impact, such as efficiency gains or quality improvements.
Ongoing AI skill development, such as prompt or context engineering and agent orchestration, and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
Scripting or lightweight programming experience in Python, JavaScript, Lua, or similar.
Applied understanding of prompt engineering, model evaluation, or human-in-the-loop creative AI workflows.
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices, such as risk assessment, bias mitigation, and quality and accuracy reviews.
Experience working with research teams or translating research outputs into production-ready creative assets.
Background evaluating or curating AI-generated creative content at scale.
Familiarity with QA processes, test plans, and bug tracking.
Experience tuning audio hardware experiences using sound tools and/or DSP.
Experience developing for AR/VR or spatial audio environments.

Responsibilities

Manage and drive projects through all phases of AI sound design, production, implementation, deployment, and ongoing quality control support.
Define quality standards, creative direction, and technical requirements for generative audio outputs, including sound effects and integration with AI agent workflows.
Develop evaluation frameworks for the quality, coherence, and expressiveness of AI-generated audio.
Collaborate with Engineering, Research, and Product teams to shape AI audio features and tooling.
Partner with AI Audio team leadership, including the AI Audio Lead, Voice Design Lead, and Product Management, to contribute sound design perspectives to strategic direction and creative decisions.
Oversee multiple projects and manage sound effect audio libraries using content management systems.
Advocate for new approaches to AI sound design, such as physical modeling synthesis, as strategic capabilities across Meta products.
Identify strategic opportunities for AI and sound design across products, platforms, and teams.
Support and mentor Sound Designers on AI audio tools, workflows, and creative integration.
Champion high audio quality standards and creative craft throughout the AI product development lifecycle.