Senior Audio Tools Engineer - High Moon Studios (Remote)
Activision
- Carlsbad, CA
- $101,000-186,754 per year
- Temporary
- Full-time
- Architect and implement game audio tools and workflows for our proprietary game engine
- Design, develop and implement run-time game audio features across a variety of platforms and operating systems
- Collaborate with other members of the engineering and sound departments at High Moon and throughout the organization, helping to push the boundaries of game audio technology
- A passion for game audio and desire to work on the technology, tools and back-end systems to immerse players in 3D worlds
- Strong computer science fundamentals in areas including algorithms and data structures, thread synchronization, and time and space complexity trade-offs
- Industry experience creating and maintaining run-time, driver-level audio systems and tools
- Proficiency in C++
- Familiarity with C#/.NET
- Experience with one or more scripting languages (Python, Lua, etc.)
- A team player personality and be capable of working in a fast-paced team environment
- 6+ years of proven experience in an Audio Engineering role or similar position with multiple shipped titles
- A degree in Computer Science, or similar technology related field, ideally with an emphasis on low-level programming, or equivalent experience
- Experience as a musician or vocalist
- Familiarity with DAWs like Pro-Tools, Reaper, Adobe Audition, Ableton Live or similar
- Experience with middleware solutions such as Wwise and FMOD
- 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;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.