Senior Sound Designer

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.