Senior Audio Designer: Immersive Narrative Systems

HoYoverse; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid healthcare premiums

Generous paid time off

401K / RRSP plan

Employer-paid life and disability ins.

Team-building activities

Flexible working hours

Job summary

HoYoverse is building a game where narrative emerges through dialogue choices and emergent gameplay, and we’re seeking a senior game audio designer to craft a coherent, systemic audio experience.

You will collaborate with design, narrative and engineering to implement audio systems in Unreal Engine 5 and Wwise, guide in-house audio talent, and help define the standard for systemic narrative audio across the project.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of game audio design experience.
• Portfolio or demo reel showing systemic or non-linear audio design.
• Mastery of dynamic audio implementation in a modern game engine (Unreal Engine 5 preferred).

Responsibilities

• Co-create audio vision for narrative cohesion and implement dynamic systems in Wwise and UE5.
• Collaborate with designers across disciplines to surface how story emerges through play and propose audio solutions.
• Identify risks and keep the audio vision moving forward as design evolves.
• Partner with tools engineers and audio programmers to translate systemic narrative design into technical requirements.
• Establish and document best practices for systemic audio design with a shared team language.
• Play the game to identify stylistic inconsistencies and advocate for the audio experience across disciplines.

Skills

Game audio design

Portfolio/demo reel

Unreal Engine 5

Wwise or FMOD

Excellent communication

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Wwise

FMOD

Job description

HoYoverse is building a game where narrative emerges through dialogue choices and emergent gameplay, and we’re seeking a senior game audio designer to craft a coherent, systemic audio experience.

You will collaborate with design, narrative and engineering to implement audio systems in Unreal Engine 5 and Wwise, guide in-house audio talent, and help define the standard for systemic narrative audio across the project.