Sound Designer

Gravity Well is seeking a highly creative and skilled Sound Designer (Senior to Principal) for a full-time remote role. This position focuses on asset creation and implementation using Unreal Engine and Wwise. The successful candidate will design sounds for a wide range of characters, environments, weapons, and abilities, authoring them in Wwise and collaborating with the Technical Sound Designer to implement them for an immersive player experience. The role requires close collaboration with audio, design, engineering, and animation teams.

Must Have

• Collaborate closely with the Audio Director to determine scope of work, planning and execution of sound design creation and implementation.
• Design, record, edit, and integrate world-class sound effects, ambience using DAWs and middleware (Wwise).
• Prepare and test for implementation accuracy, as well as collaborating with internal and external team members to address bugs and optimize sounds in the product.
• Communicate effectively with technical teams and software developers to ensure seamless and efficient sound implementation.
• Work closely with design, engineering, and animation teams to meet creative and technical goals.
• Troubleshoot audio issues, manage performance, and ensure high-quality, efficient audio integration.
• 5+ years of experience creating sonic experiences for AAA games.
• Experience with Wwise.
• Experience working on Unreal Engine 5.
• Experience with sound design synthesis and latest plugins.
• Proven communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated skills in professional DAWs.
• Experience testing implementation of sounds.
• Troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Time-management and organizational skills to meet delivery specifications and deadlines.
• Understanding of Design Systems and systems thinking.
• Understand accessibility requirements.

Good to Have

• Experience scripting sounds in different programming languages.
• Experience in Unreal Audio Implementation using Wwise.

Perks & Benefits

• Profit sharing and company equity to all employees.
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Employer sponsored basic life insurance & AD&D.
• 401k retirement program (for US employees).
• Flexible work hours.
• Unlimited PTO and sick time.
• Paid parental leave.

Note: We have been made aware that there are individuals reaching out to artists claiming to be from Gravity Well. If you receive any information about a job listing that is not from a gravitywell.games domain, it did not come from Gravity Well. Please be wary of contact coming from anything other than a gravitywell.games domain.

Additionally, we are not working with any external recruiters or agencies at this time. Our website has an up to date roster of all current employees. If anyone reaches out to you and they are not listed on our website, they are not part of our team.

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We are seeking a highly creative and skilled Sound Designer (Senior to Principal) to join our team at Gravity Well. This full-time role will focus on asset creation and implementation using Unreal & Wwise. You will design sounds for a wide range of characters, environments, weapons and abilities; author them in Wwise and work with our Technical Sound Designer to implement them and achieve the most immersive experience for our players.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate closely with the Audio Director to determine scope of work, planning and execution of sound design creation and implementation.
• Design, record, edit, and integrate world -class sound effects, ambience using DAWs (of preference) and middleware (Wwise).
• Preparing and testing for implementation accuracy, as well as collaborating with internal and external team members to address bugs and optimize sounds in the product.
• Communicate effectively with technical teams and software developers to ensure seamless and efficient sound implementation.
• Work closely with design, engineering, and animation teams to meet creative and technical goals.
• Troubleshoot audio issues, manage performance, and ensure high-quality, efficient audio integration.

Ideally You'll Have:

• 5+ years of experience creating sonic experiences for AAA games
• Experience with Wwise
• Experience working on Unreal Engine 5
• Experience with sound design synthesis and latest plugins
• Proven communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated skills in professional DAW’s
• Experience testing implementation of sounds
• Troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Time-management and organizational skills to meet delivery specifications and deadlines
• Understanding of Design Systems and systems thinking
• Understand accessibility requirements

Bonus Points:

• You have experience scripting sounds in different programming languages
• Experience in Unreal Audio Implementation using Wwise

What You’ll Get:

The base pay for this role is:

• Senior Audio Designer: $125,000 to $175,000 USD per year
• Principal Audio Designer: $175,000 to $200,000 per year;

(or equivalent in your local currency). We pay fairly across our global team regardless of your location but it will differ based on factors such as experience, qualifications etc.

In addition to the base pay, we also offer the following:

• Profit sharing and company equity to all employees, regardless of location
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision plans
• Employer sponsored basic life insurance & AD&D
• 401k retirement program
• Flexible work hours
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Paid parental leave

Some benefits listed may vary depending on your employee status and location, such as the 401k plan for employees in the United States.

Where You'll Work:

This position is for US and Canadian residents. We have an office in California if you like to come to an office, but most employees work from home across different US time zones and that's totally fine.

Misc:

As part of the interview process, we may ask you to take a paid test.