Senior Sound Designer

Tencent • Irvine, CA

93d • $93,100 - $216,700 • Onsite

About The Position

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, passionate, creative and technical Senior Sound Designer to join our in-house audio team and help create world-class audio on a new and exciting open-world AAA game. We are seeking someone who will bring passion to the role, collaborating with sound and other disciplinary teams, creating sonically rich, high-quality AAA audio. Your primary focus will be on sound design, sound systems and implementation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in AAA game audio with a minimum of one AAA title shipped as Senior Sound Designer or equivalent.
• Expert in at least one DAW (preferably Nuendo or Reaper, with ProTools as a secondary option).
• Imaginative and creative use of audio production tools, foley performance and capture, props, and recording techniques to create high quality original content.
• Expertise in interactive audio, sound design, recording and post production techniques.
• Understanding of, and experience in creating and authoring real-time, parameter-controlled sounds such as vehicle engines, weather systems, ambiences.
• Proven experience with the Wwise middleware tool (or proficiency in similar middleware).
• A grasp of logic and simple scripting methods for interactive audio implementation within a game engine.
• Experience working with other departments and understanding their workflow.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on environmental audio, sound propagation and 3D audio.
• Familiarity and experience with the Unreal Engine.
• Experience with music editing and implementation of interactive music.
• Experience with dialogue/VO editing, mastering, implementation and localization.

Responsibilities

• Design, edit, mix, master and implement immersive, next-gen audio content and systems to engage players and enrich game narrative with the goal to raise the bar in game audio.
• Create and edit new sound effects and record real-world sounds using various recording techniques, professional audio editing tools, plug-ins, hardware and props both in the field and in the studio.
• Implement and author interactive, real-time sound using middleware, scripting tools and/or in-engine to bring soundscapes to life.
• Collaborate with audio engineers, other sound designers and departments to design and document audio systems, own and deliver on audio features.
• Sound design and mix cinematic audio content to blend seamlessly with gameplay audio.

Benefits

• Free daily lunch
• Beverages, fresh fruit, and snacks
• 401k with employer match
• Monthly Cell phone bill reimbursement
• Financial wellness sessions
• Flexible spending account
• Team building and company outings
• Parental leave for new parents
• Company paid health insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness training
• Travel insurance
• Preventive care

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries