Job description
The Acoustics team at Beats Electronics is responsible for the acoustic design and overall sound quality of music playback on Beats products. We share a passion for music, audio acoustics and developing the highest quality sound systems. We are a dynamic, innovative and fast-paced team based in sunny Culver City, CA. We are seeking a transducer engineer to conceive and develop innovative drivers for Beats headphone, earphone, and speaker products.

Key Qualifications

• Experience developing transducers for high-fidelity loudspeakers, headphones and earphones
• Expertise in lumped-parameter, FEA and BE modeling of electroacoustics, magnetics, and mechanics
• Comprehensive understanding of transducer components, materials, assembly and manufacturing processes
• Expertise in standard methods for specifying and evaluating audio transducers and acoustic systems
• Working knowledge of audio analyzers – e.g. Klippel R&D/QC, Listen SoundCheck, Audio Precision APx
• Competency in statistical data analysis; competency with Matlab is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with high-volume, offshore manufacturers, and able to travel internationally

Description

You will model transducers at the component-level and in their housings, using lumped-parameter, FEA, and BEM simulation tools, to optimize acoustic performance of Beats products. You will work on product development teams, interacting with Beats/Apple engineering counterparts (e.g. AE, EE, ME, ID, QA, etc.) to ensure acoustic design objectives are maintained. You will work independently as the main point of contact for transducers with the internal team, as well as driver suppliers and finished-product contract manufacturers. You will be responsible for the specification of transducer design requirements and for design verification. You will collaborate with transducer suppliers, providing oversight on driver assembly and production test processes and implementations, monitor their test results, and visit their production facilities, to ensure product performance and quality requirements are met with a high degree of consistency. You will conceive and explore innovative areas of audio transducer research, and mentor associate engineers in these areas and on development projects.

Education & Experience

BS or MS, or equivalent, with specialization in acoustics 5+ years experience developing audio transducers Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

Job description

Playground Games is looking for a highly skilled Audio Designer to join our Forza Team. In this role, you will use your talent within the field of game audio production to help shape the soundscape of our titles.

We are looking for a passionate sound designer, always looking for ways to improve the sound and technology used in our games. You will be a team player, eager to share your own expertise and ideas in a collaborative environment. You should have a keen ear demonstrating an attention to detail with an understanding of what makes something sound truly amazing.

Skill Summary:

• Experience of working on current-gen consoles.
• Knowledge of modern implementation software such as FMOD or Wwise, ideally having shipped AAA games using either.
• A detailed knowledge of the most common DAWs and plugins a must.
• An incredibly keen ear for audio production detail.
• The ability to adapt to new technology and game engine tools.
• Location and studio based recording experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in a post-production environment is a bonus, but not essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the world’s most exciting games studio’s, using cutting edge technology to create world class games, within a successful, highly talented and collaborative team. 

Job description
Hello! We’re Cloud Chamber: a collaborative team of inspired minds who create games together. We strive to make unique, entertaining, and thoughtful game experiences that engage the world.    We believe in the beauty and strength of diversity, in both the makeup of the studio and the nature of our thinking.  Our focus on open communication and overall well-being allows each of us to strive for excellence in our work, and happiness in our lives.   Oh, almost forgot to mention that we’re currently making the next BioShock!! I know, right? Our passion and love for this iconic franchise is what brought us together. The thrill and responsibility of creating the next iteration of such a beloved game is what keeps us going.  

What We Need:

We are looking for an audio engineer to build gameplay audio and music systems for a strongly narrative and systemic game. You will work closely with our Audio Director and audio team to advance and implement the vision for our audio systems. You will also work closely with our gameplay team and support them as they prototype and develop new AI and Gameplay features. We understand that audio is a direct line to the player’s brain and we hope to incorporate audio feedback as a primary feature into nearly everything we make.

Who We Think Will Be a Great Fit:  
Someone who has been a contributor as an audio engineer on previous AAA games. You should be comfortable and excited to work in an iterative, experimental paradigm. We think you should be familiar with the demands of the role but also still hoping to learn and improve. You should have a passion for audio and be excited to experiment with audio systems in order to create a fantastically immersive experience for players.

Minimum Requirements:

• 3+ years industry or related experience
• 1 or more published titles
• Previous experience working in an Audio Engineering role
• Strong Math Skills
• Strong C++ experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Current gen AAA console experience
• Experience with Audiokinetic Wwise is a plus

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate with the Audio Director to design and build features like:
• Acoustic physics simulation
• Dynamic music
• AI Bark systems & pipeline
• In-engine tools for sound designers
• Maintain and modify UE4 WWise engine plugin
• Work between audio and gameplay to deliver best-in-class game audio

If all of this sounds as exciting to you as it is to us, we’d love to meet you. Join us in creating worlds that move people.

Job description

Notre raison d’être chez EA : inspirer le monde par le jeu. Nous créons des expériences exceptionnelles pour nos joueurs partout dans le monde et nous mettons l’expérience des joueurs à l’avant-plan de toutes nos activités. La création d’expériences évolutives exige une innovation constante et des gens brillants et passionnés. Nous développons des expériences de jeu extraordinaires en réunissant des gens d’excellence qui allient créativité, technologie et expertise pour proposer de nouvelles façons de jouer.

L’équipe EA Create Audio – une équipe primée de création de contenu audio pour les titres des studios EA – unit talents créatifs et expertise technique pour proposer un contenu audio à l’avant-garde de l’industrie, alliant partenariat, professionnalisme, expertise, innovation et qualité irréprochable. De nombreux projets captivants sont en cours, en plus du contenu audio révolutionnaire que nous produisons pour les produits intrajeux de multiples studios. 

L’équipe EA Create Audio du studio Motive de Montréal, Canada est à la recherche d’un artiste audio à temps plein assigné au volet musique pour contribuer à l’aspect créatif de nos prochaines PI.

Rôle

Le candidat sera appelé à collaborer avec des partenaires d’équipe de jeu de base et l’équipe audio pour concevoir une expérience musicale et un paysage sonore de bout en bout destinés à de nouveaux projets ambitieux. À titre d’artiste audio de l’équipe EA Create Audio, le candidat sera responsable d’assurer une expérience audio de haute qualité et captivante tout en étant un important contributeur de notre communauté audio.

Responsabilités

Le candidat idéal aura une passion pour les jeux vidéo, un désir de créer un contenu audio de calibre mondial et la capacité de tirer le meilleur des membres de son équipe de ses pairs.

• Collaborer avec les compositeurs et les chefs créatifs pour assurer l’harmonisation de la musique à la direction audio définie ainsi que le respect des échéances et des exigences techniques établies aux fins d’interactivité
• S’approprier la lecture de musique et la mise au point interactives dans les mécanismes de jeu
• Déterminer les aspects clés de l’examen du contrôle de la qualité pour l’exécution de la musique
• Collaborer à la postproduction audio du contenu vidéo intrajeu
• Offrir du soutien aux domaines extérieurs à la musique, comme la conception sonore
• Collaborer avec l’équipe de jeu pour établir le concept global et mettre en œuvre des caractéristiques précises
• Soumettre des actifs de jeu masterisés selon l’échéance et la qualité exigées
• Participer à l’évaluation de la portée, à l’établissement des priorités et à la planification
• Défendre et concevoir les caractéristiques du pipeline audio et les processus de travail
• Participer à bâtir une communauté audio plus forte à l’échelle de multiples studios de EA

Exigences

Le candidat doit posséder de l’expérience dans toutes les phases de la conception et de la production musicales, et maîtriser chaque étape du processus : du montage de précision à la mise en œuvre technique.

• Minimum de cinq ans d’expérience en audio ou en postproduction de jeu
• Grande compréhension de la théorie musicale et expérience de travail avec la musique symphonique/classique; toutefois, il ne s’agit pas d’un rôle de compositeur
• Maîtrise de l’utilisation des outils de développement de jeu, de la technologie et des pipelines (Wwise, FMOD)
• Expertise des techniques d’enregistrement, de l’équipement et des logiciels de création audio modernes, et maîtrise d’au moins un poste de travail audionumérique
• Connaissance de Reaper un atout
• Bonnes compétences de conception sonore et d’écoute
• Compétences exceptionnelles de communication et de résolution de problèmes
• Excellente pensée créative et technique
• Collaborateur hors pair et volonté de partager ses connaissances avec l’équipe et la communauté audio élargie de EA
• Personne automotivée et proactive

Qu’avons-nous à vous offrir? Bonne question!

Nous adorons vanter les avantages que nous offrons comme des régimes d’assurance-maladie et d’avantages sociaux complets, le remboursement des frais de cours, un REER avec cotisation de la société et, bien sûr, plusieurs autres à-côtés! Nous savons que pour créer des jeux de renommée mondiale, il nous faut des talents de renommée mondiale. C’est pourquoi nous offrons une rémunération concurrentielle ainsi qu’une culture basée sur la créativité et l’individualité. Chez EA, nous incarnons le modèle « savoir travailler et savoir s’amuser » chaque jour.

Plus sur notre emplacement : http://carreers.ea.com/our-locations/montreal

Les studios Motive vous offrent les moyens et l’occasion. Venez découvrir ce dont vous êtes capable!

EA est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Toutes les décisions en matière d’emploi sont prises sans égard à la race, à la couleur, à l’origine nationale, à l’ascendance, au sexe, au genre, à l’identité ou à l’expression sexuelle, à l’orientation sexuelle, à l’âge, à l’information génétique, à la religion, à l’invalidité, à l’état de santé, à la grossesse, à l’état matrimonial, à la situation familiale, au statut d’ancien combattant ou à toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi. De plus, EA offre des mesures d’adaptation en milieu de travail aux personnes compétentes ayant une incapacité comme l’exige la loi applicable.

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At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and brilliant, passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to deliver new ways to play.

EA Create Audio is an award-winning team creating audio content for titles within EA STUDIOS that unites creative talent and technical expertise to drive industry leading audio through partnership, professionalism, expertise, innovation and uncompromising quality. There are many exciting projects underway and we produce progressive audio content for in-game products from multiple studio locations. 

The EA Create Audio team has a full-time Audio Artist opportunity with a focus on Music at our Motive studio in Montreal, Canada to contribute creatively to our future IPs.

Role

This role is working with core game team partners and the audio team to craft an end to end music experience and soundscape for ambitious new projects. As an audio artist on the EA Create Audio team you are responsible for delivering a high quality and engaging audio experience, as well as being a major contributor to our audio community.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have a passion for video games, a drive to create world-class audio and an ability to bring the best out of their team members and peers.

• Work with composers and Creative leads to ensure music fits the established audio direction, is delivered on time and meets established technical requirements for interactivity
• Own interactive music playback and tuning in gameplay
• Provide key input for quality control review for music deliveries
• Work on audio post production for in-game video content
• Support areas outside of music, such as sound design
• Collaborate with game team to establish overall design and implement specific features
• Submit mastered game assets on time and on quality
• Participate in scope assessment, priorities and planning
• Advocate and design audio pipeline features and workflow processes
• Participate in building a stronger audio community across multiple studios within EA

Requirements

You have experience in all phases of music design and production, with proficiency in every step of the pipeline; from precision editing and design to technical implementation.

• Minimum of five years game audio and/or post-production experience
• Solid understanding of music theory and experience working with symphonic/classical music, however this is not a composer role
• Proficient in using game development tools, technology and pipelines (Wwise, FMOD)
• An expert in modern audio creation equipment, software and recording techniques with a proficiency in at least one DAW
• Knowledge of Reaper an asset
• Strong sound design and listening skills
• Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills
• Excel as a creative and technical thinker
• Strong collaborator with a desire to share knowledge within the team and larger EA audio community
• Self-motivated and proactive

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, RRSP company match and, of course, many other perks! And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/montreal

Motive Studios has the Means and Opportunity. Come see what you can do!

EA 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. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.