Immersive VR Sound Designer — Unity

Doge Labs, Inc.; Unity Township (PA); In loco; USD 70.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

DLVR, a leading VR studio, is seeking a Sound Designer to craft, implement, and polish audio across our VR titles. You will collaborate with designers, artists, and engineers to bring gameplay moments to life through sound and help engage our player community on Discord.

This role emphasizes immersive audio, spatial cues, and performance optimization for VR headsets, with a focus on readability, immersion, and comfort across fast iteration cycles.

Competenze

• 3+ years in sound design for games, interactive media, or VR/AR.
• Experience implementing audio in Unity with middleware such as Meta XR Audio SDK, Wwise or FMOD.
• Knowledge of VR audio best practices, including spatial audio and clarity in dense scenes.
• Proficiency with DAWs and audio tools (Reaper, Pro Tools, Ableton, Audition) and common plugins.
• Understanding of audio editing, mixing, mastering, and asset optimization.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; able to take feedback and iterate quickly.
• Comfortable working independently while coordinating closely with a small team.

Mansioni

• Collaborate with a small, high-performance team to create compelling audio experiences across all DLVR games
• Design and produce high-quality sound effects for gameplay, UI, environments, and player interactions
• Implement and iterate audio in Unity (mixing, routing, real-time parameters, spatialization, snapshots, ducking)
• Build and maintain audio systems and workflows that support fast iteration and consistent quality
• Optimize audio performance for VR (CPU, memory, streaming, voice counts) while maintaining clarity and impact
• Test and troubleshoot audio behavior in VR headsets to ensure sound supports comfort, readability, and immersion
• Work closely with designers and artists to ensure audio supports gameplay clarity and enhances “feel”
• Maintain audio documentation, naming conventions, versioning, and asset organization
• Stay up-to-date on VR audio trends and tools (spatial audio, haptics integration, accessibility, loudness best practices)

Conoscenze

Experience in game sound design

Unity audio implementation

VR audio best practices

DAWs and audio tools

Audio editing & mixing

Collaboration & communication

Independent work in small teams

Strumenti

Meta XR Audio SDK

Wwise

FMOD

Unity native audio tools

Descrizione del lavoro

DLVR, a leading VR studio, is seeking a Sound Designer to craft, implement, and polish audio across our VR titles. You will collaborate with designers, artists, and engineers to bring gameplay moments to life through sound and help engage our player community on Discord.

This role emphasizes immersive audio, spatial cues, and performance optimization for VR headsets, with a focus on readability, immersion, and comfort across fast iteration cycles.