At Fun Waffle Game Studios, we are passionate about crafting immersive, story-driven gaming experiences. Our unannounced Narrative Adventure project draws inspiration from the golden era of point-and-click adventure games, combining intricate storytelling with modern aesthetics. We are seeking a talented Audio Composer to create a captivating audio landscape that enhances our game’s emotional and narrative depth.

As an Audio Composer, you will design and implement a rich and immersive soundscape that includes original music, sound effects, and ambient audio. Collaborating closely with the Narrative Director and Design Team, you’ll ensure the audio elements support gameplay mechanics, enhance storytelling, and elevate the player’s emotional experience.

• Compose and produce original music that aligns with the game’s tone, narrative, and setting.
• Design and implement sound effects that enhance gameplay, character actions, and environmental interactions.
• Create ambient audio to bring game environments to life and deepen immersion.
• Collaborate with the Design and Narrative teams to align audio with story beats, gameplay pacing, and emotional arcs.
• Integrate audio assets into Unreal Engine, ensuring proper implementation and optimization.
• Mix and master audio tracks for consistent quality and performance.
• Develop and maintain an audio style guide to ensure consistency across all sound elements.
• Troubleshoot and refine audio assets based on team feedback and playtesting.

• Proven experience as an Audio Composer in the gaming industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing music and sound design.
• Proficiency in audio production tools such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Reaper, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with implementing audio in Unreal Engine, including the use of audio cues and Blueprints.
• Strong understanding of adaptive and interactive audio systems in games.
• Ability to compose in various musical styles, with a focus on creating mood and atmosphere.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines.
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for storytelling through audio.

• Experience with foley recording and implementation.
• Knowledge of spatial audio techniques and 3D soundscapes.
• Familiarity with dynamic music systems and middleware such as Wwise or FMOD.
• Experience composing for narrative or adventure games.

This role is part of an equity-based project. You’ll earn a percentage of the profits when the game ships within a 12-month rolling calendar.

This is a fixed term 6-month contract, with a 3-day work week.

We’re Futurlab, the award-winning game studio behind PowerWash Simulator, the Velocity. series, Peaky Blinders Mastermind, and many more awesome games.

We are looking for a Technical Audio Designer with a strong eye for detail and a passion for creating unique experiences to join our team and either work remotely or based out of our sunny seaside office in the vibrant city of Brighton and Hove. We foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, check out the Life at Futurlab page for reasons why you’d love working here!

As a Technical Audio Designer, you will have sole responsibility for the creation and implementation of all the audio in an exciting new project – driving the audio identity of our new ‘ultra satisfying’ IP. Your goal will be to help the team deliver a charming, warm and satisfying experience – with SFX that tickles the brain and feels ‘just right’.

This will involve taking creative direction from the Game Director and technical direction from the Lead Programmer, using your both your strong technical ability and creative sensibility to understand, define, track, deliver and implement audio across the game.

You will intimately learn and understand the creative vision of the project, its mechanical documentation, how we work across Unity/FMOD and be confident and effective having sole responsibility for delivering the game’s audio to spec and on time.

Please note that we are only able to employ those who are both a UK resident and/or have a valid UK work permit.

• Strong FMOD Experience
• Optimised event and parameter design based on audio event trigger/parameter modulation requirements
• Considered event grouping and mix bus routing for audio quality and accessibility
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical audio problems
• Ensuring memory/performance requirements are met when producing audio assets and behaviours using FMOD debug tooling
• Comfortable working as the ‘sole audio professional’ within the development team – bringing both technical audio expertise and the ability to translate both technical and creative direction into high quality and tonally appropriate SFX and Ambience.
• Strong creative instincts across a range of genres and tones, with an established portfolio that includes references to the brief you were given and the corresponding work you delivered. An ability to go beyond the brief, challenging your direction to arrive at the core of what will be needed to deliver the most satisfying experience to players.
• Good Technical Experience
• Unity
• Proficient in integrating FMOD audio assets into Unity projects
• Proficient in implementing or providing technical direction for setting up event triggers and parameter modulation with Unity/C#
• Version Control
• Proficient in asset management and source control workflows (Git and/or Perforce)

• Programming experience with implementing/debugging audio behaviours in Unity using C and FMOD SDK APIs.
• Knowledge of spatial audio and occlusion (Resonance audio or 3rd party solutions).

• Experience with multi-platform development (PC/Mobile/Consoles).
• Experience with audio-driven haptic feedback design and implementation.
• Experience in ‘cosy’ or ‘soothing’ game projects.
• Demonstrable familiarity, interest and/or experience with ‘satisfying’ or ‘ASMR’ type SFX.

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Performance related bonus.
• Bi-annual salary reviews based on your performance.
• Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (No weekends, No overtime, No Crunch!)
• Opportunity to work from home (UK only), out of our Brighton office, or hybrid.
• 21 days annual leave + 9 Bank Holidays, which includes our very own FuturLab Bank Holiday!
• 2 Duvet Days. (No questions asked)
• Extra day off for your birthday.
• Studio closure over the Christmas period.
• 5 paid training and 2 paid volunteer days per year to work on your personal development.
• Opportunities to attend and speak at gaming events/conferences.
• Free MS Game Pass or PS+ subscription
• Free game codes, game swag and merchandise.
• Bike2work scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity – 9 months full pay (statutory benefit topped up by FL)
• Paternity leave – 8 weeks full pay
• Enhanced Sick Pay.
• Enhanced Pension.
• Private Healthcare, includes dental and optical cover.
• Remote therapy service through Spill -8 x 50-minute virtual sessions over 6 months whenever you need them. Unlimited ‘ask a therapist’ text questions.
• Eye tests & standard glasses for display work.
• Amazing offices with a great culture. E.g. Regular social activities, Free fresh fruit, Free iced treats in the Summer and Free locally roasted, Small Batch Coffee and Speciality Teas!

Sledgehammer Games is a leading developer in the video game industry, best known for its work on the Call of Duty franchise. Since our inception in 2009, the studio has delivered iconic titles like including Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: WWII (2017), and, most recently, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III.

As industry leaders in first-person shooter development, our commitment to excellence is reflected in every detail of our games, from highly polished multiplayer experiences to emotionally engaging single-player campaigns. At Sledgehammer Games, we believe in pushing boundaries, redefining the possibilities of interactive storytelling, and setting new standards for visual and gameplay fidelity. Together, we aim to deliver world-class gaming content that continues to set the bar for quality, innovation, and player engagement.

We are excited to invite a talented and passionate Sound Designer to join our growing team based in our Guildford, UK studio. In this role, you will work collaboratively with our talented teams across the globe, including our locations in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. If you’re ready to be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment where your skills can make a real impact, we invite you to explore career opportunities with us.

Sledgehammer Games is looking for a passionate and experienced Sound Designer to help create a fresh new AAA aural experience for our next project. You will be involved in virtually every aspect of game audio content development alongside one of the most passionate and experienced audio teams in the industry.

• Interactive and linear sound effects design.
• Audio asset implementation.
• Field recording.
• Music editing.
• Audio tools & run-time systems design collaboration.

• Demonstrated creative and technical achievements in sound design.
• Prior working experience in game audio development – able to demonstrate this experience with a portfolio/demo reel of work.
• Strong knowledge of audio middleware tools such as Wwise or Fmod.
• Understanding of PS5, XBox Series X, and PC audio functionality, capabilities, and limitations.
• Experience with major digital audio workstations such as Pro Tools or Reaper.
• Solid understanding of technical audio theory and audio engineering.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Exceptional organization skills.
• College degree preferred.
• Continuing Education Certificate, Professional or advanced degree in audio engineering, music, or similar preferred.

• FPS/Multi-player experience a plus.
• Experience with audio scripting tools or languages.