Senior Technical Sound Designer - Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA

Activision Blizzard

97d • $80,800 - $149,400

About The Position

At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms, borders, backgrounds, and generations -- only made possible by building a work environment that cultivates the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people. We are looking for a Senior Technical Sound Designer to help craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work from home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

Requirements

• 5+ years combined experience in the game industry as a sound designer/technical sound designer.
• Expertise in AAA game engines with a solid understanding of audio implementation and integration workflows.
• Deep understanding of Wwise.
• Fluent with scripting and level design tools, and a strong understanding of the workflows and pipelines used across the entire game team.
• Experience developing custom audio workflow improvements.
• Showcases a team-oriented approach to all work, understanding the importance of collaboration and partnering with all departments.
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, solves problems proactively, and quickly adapts to feedback.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working through early development and R&D phases of a project.
• Experience with Unreal Engine, blueprints, and Wwise integration into Unreal.
• A passion for video games and a deep understanding of game audio.
• Scripting skills in Python, MEL, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Create audio assets as directed, leveraging expertise in sound design and using commercial and proprietary software and tools.
• Design features, tools, or workflows that support the game's vision and improve efficiency with direction from audio director and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with other game team tech experts to optimize workflows and improve product quality.
• Work closely with audio programmer to realize pipelines at scale.
• Optimize audio assets and workflows to the needs of the project.
• Documentation of workflows and best practices.
• Troubleshoot problems across disciplines.
• Maintain strong relationship with QA, escalate issues, assist with bug testing, and track critical fixes to resolution.
• Anticipate and solve performance and memory issues without affecting quality or player experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
• 401(k) with Company match.
• Tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others.
• Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees