We are Turtle Rock Studios. An award-winning game developer of AAA first person shooters and other games, including the latest co-op shooter franchise, Back 4 Blood. We are located in the heart of Orange County, CA. We thrive in an open and collaborative environment which is led to this day by co-founders Chris Ashton and Phil Robb.
Join our exceptional development team as a Technical Sound Designer on Back 4 Blood! This is a support role which focuses on helping sound designers realize their audio vision for the game. The employee will work extensively with the audio team helping to develop and maintain asset pipelines, become an expert resource for others regarding our current workflows, and optimize sound assets to meet memory and performance requirements. Applicant must be highly motivated and organized, able to work as part of a large team, while communicating effectively with multiple disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Be a resource for the audio team for our various audio pipelines and workflows
- Assist with dialogue implementation and related pipelines
- Perform audio implementation using Unreal's blueprint scripting language and map markup
- Assess audio bugs and behaviors using the Wwise Profiler and internal debugging tools
- Monitor performance and memory usage while collaborating with the audio team to find creative solutions to these problems
Requirements
- Passionate about game audio
- Fluent in audio properties and terminology
- Resourceful when problem solving or tackling unique audio requests
- Collaborative team player who can effectively communicate and problem solve with our sound design team
- Proven experience with audio implementation or signal processing in Unreal Blueprint, Unity C# Scripting, Max/MSP, or other similar environments
- A short demo reel of relevant work including professional, school, or personal projects
Preferences
- Demonstrated experience working with audio middleware such as Wwise or FMOD
- Demonstrated experience with Unity or UE4
- Demonstrated experience in sound design
Benefits
Some of the benefits and perks our employees get to enjoy, include:
- Competitive salary
- 100% healthcare coverage
- 401k matching
- Profit sharing plan
- Generous time off
- Flexible spending accounts
- Career improvement program
- Pet friendly office
- Fully stocked kitchen, sponsored food trucks, etc.
