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WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

Audio Research Intern

Epic Games is on the lookout for dynamic interns to join our dev teams in 2024. Whether you work on Fortnite, Unreal Engine, or any of our other games, products, and services, you'll join a team that's pushing the limits of interactive entertainment.

Our Interns are given challenging projects throughout the work term and are provided with a meaningful experience with high expectations for performance. If you want to build something Epic, this is the opportunity for you!

ENGINEERING – UNREAL ENGINE

What We Do

Unreal-powered projects have been on the bleeding edge of real-time entertainment for over 20 years. Our team of engineering experts are always innovating to improve the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

What You'll Do

As an Audio Research Intern on the Unreal Engine (UE) Audio Team you’ll be joining a team of audio programming experts working at the forefront of interactive real-time audio. The team is responsible for the suite of audio tools inside UE5, and are uniquely positioned to get novel audio tools into the hands of artists and sound designers. Unlike many traditional audio technology companies, audio tech introduced into the Unreal Engine can be utilized almost immediately by our first party games such as Fortnite or by external licensees.

In this role, you will

• This position focuses on applied research in the field of real-time interactive audio and music in games and virtual spaces.
• Interns will work with the members of the UE Audio team to develop a research project which is applicable to the intern’s interests and the interests of the UE Audio team.
• The UE Audio team will advise continuously throughout the internship and the intern will present their work internally at Epic at the end of the internship with the goal of having a working prototype.

What we're looking for

• Experience with C++ or Python
• Experience with audio digital signal processing
• Experience with real-time interactive audio
• Ability to perform self directed research
• Existing Audio Research
• Experience with UE5
• Experience in a domain-specific language or environment for audio

This internship has a flexible start date in 2024. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic’s Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers.

This is going to be Epic!

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Job description

Gravity Well is looking for a creative and technical Audio Director who will be responsible for creating and implementing immersive and dynamic soundscapes that enhance the gameplay experience and bring our games to life. As a champion of sound, you will help us in designing, implementing, and optimizing a wide variety of audio assets, including music, sound effects, voice-overs, and marketing materials.

What You'll Do:

• Establish and articulate the studio’s creative audio direction, maintaining throughout the project through reviews, feedback and modification as needed.
• Direct, manage, and collaborate with external audio design partner(s).
• Collaborate with the Creative Director and other department Directors to ensure audio direction is both synergised with and able to enhance all aspects of our games.
• Oversee, develop, and document project pipelines.
• Hire, build up, and mentor an audio team to create world-class audio for our games.

Ideally You’ll Have:

• 5+ years in audio production at a leadership level.
• Experience with industry standard AAA game audio technology.
• Solid foundation in audio equipment setup and usage.
• Deep understanding of audio principles, techniques, and formats.

Bonus Points:

• Involvement with full development cycles of multiple shipped titles, from prototype to live service.
• Ability to collaborate effectively, take creative direction, and provide constructive feedback.
• Experience working with composers, soundtrack recording, and production.

What You’ll Get:

• The base pay for this role is $170,000 to $220,000 USD per year and is applicable to US-based employees only. 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 offer 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, such as the 401k plan for employees in the US, may vary depending on your employee status and location.

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.

Job description

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium. You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar North is on the lookout for a talented Machine Learning Engineer who is passionate about applying ML to a variety of audio-related applications in order to create unique player experiences. This is a full-time permanent position based out of Rockstar’s unique game development studio in Edinburgh, Scotland.

WHAT WE DO

• We bring the latest breakthroughs in audio-related machine learning research into production.
• We apply ML to both immediate production use-cases and longer-term research goals.
• We work in a highly creative environment, contributing to world-class interactive experiences.
• We are a small, ambitious and fast-moving team within the wider audio department with plenty of opportunities for impact and individual contribution

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement and deploy robust audio-related generative models and classifiers.
• Work closely with researchers to convert research prototypes into production-ready systems.
• Set up, monitor and maintain inference pipelines.
• Optimize models for on-device inference.
• Perform statistical analysis of data, creating visualizations as required.
• Prepare and manage audio and text data, creating robust pipelines as required.
• Keep up to date with the latest ML/AI research trends and industry best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience.

SKILLS

• Strong Python programming skills.
• Expertise with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow and Pytorch.
• Experience with data management and pipelines best practices.
• Good communication skills.

PLUSES

• C/C++ and C# programming skills.
• Passion for video games and the opportunities for ML to create exciting new player experiences.
• Audio domain experience (speech, music, digital signal processing).
• Experience implementing models directly from research papers.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a CV and cover-letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

If you’ve got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or race.

Job description

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Electronic Arts is looking for students to join our world-class internship experience. Summer 2024 will be better than ever as we bring all interns together on-site for orientation week and prep students for the future ways of work by offering remote and hybrid opportunities depending on your location. For more information about our Next-Gen Program, visit https://www.ea.com/careers/interns-and-university-graduates

Our teams build meaningful relationships with hundreds of millions of players around the world who love our games. We aim to be the best at meeting players where they are and supporting them throughout their journey with EA. Our teams develop the strategic vision of our products, run outstanding multi-channel campaigns, build global engagement across all touch points, develop global insights, and propel sales and global publishing. We understand the dynamic global landscape so we can bring relevant content, promotions, and help to players anywhere

Music is a language that speaks to emotion. Composers are artists who communicate that emotion. But to inherently understand music’s emotional elements, to pop open a composition’s hood, peer inside, and know instinctively how it all works, is a gift. This internship is focused on a single project to become one of EA’s most important tools: Creating a detailed database of all music and music cues created over the past 20 years by EA Music.

Responsibilities:

• You will listen to and become familiar with the entire EA Music library and you will learn to identify unique ways to break down and categorize its music and music cues.
• You will Understand what and how different music elements can be pitched and placed
• You will create a catalog based on potential user search needs
• You will identify how other libraries categorize their music, then creating categories similar to – and beyond – existing templates
• Understand and identify how Audio Directors, Music Editors and Music Supervisors might search for music cues for game, movie and television projects
• Further determine which cues could be worth pitching to multiple genre producers to build a sample library
• You will think out-of-the-box for ways into audio libraries, music placement companies and industry-wide 3rd party usage

Qualifications:

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree granting program
• You understand different music genres and their place in pop culture
• You have an interest in orchestration
• You have interest in research
• You have a significant knowledge of composition and music cues

Must be available for a full-time paid internship in the summer of 2024. We are only considering students who will be enrolled in an accredited degree program in the summer of 2024, slated to graduate no earlier than May, 2025. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis during the 12-week internship. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.