Senior Audio Systems Designer — Unreal, Wwise, MetaSounds

Game Companies; United States; On-site; USD 121,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

FSA/HSA

Paid time off

Sick time

Holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Mob Entertainment is a startup studio known for Poppy Playtime and ambitious horror projects. We seek a Principal Technical Sound Designer to architect and ship high-quality audio systems for AA/AAA games, with hands-on production as needed.

You will own modular audio architectures, integrate Wwise with Unreal Engine, optimize for performance, and build editor tools to streamline workflows across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Architect and build modular audio systems using C++, Blueprints, Wwise, and Unreal Engine.
• Develop deep integrations using the Wwise Unreal Engine API.
• Design and maintain dynamic mixing and spatial audio systems in Wwise for gameplay, dialogue, environments.
• Develop advanced audio functionality using Unreal Engine MetaSounds.
• Profile and optimize audio for CPU, memory, runtime performance, and platform constraints.
• Architect and refine scalable dialogue systems balancing immersion and clarity.
• Build Unreal Editor modules, utilities, and tools to improve audio workflows.
• Create clear technical documentation and guides enabling sound designers to use the systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute hands-on sound design when needed.
• Deliver high-quality, production-ready results under short deadlines and high-pressure development conditions.
• Collaborate across multiple projects to design scalable audio solutions.

Skills

Audio systems architecture

Unreal Engine expertise

Wwise integration

C++ programming

Blueprint scripting

MetaSounds

Performance optimization

Documentation/knowledge transfer

Hands-on sound production

Tools

Unreal Engine

Wwise

C++

Blueprints

MetaSounds

Job description

Mob Entertainment is a startup studio known for Poppy Playtime and ambitious horror projects. We seek a Principal Technical Sound Designer to architect and ship high-quality audio systems for AA/AAA games, with hands-on production as needed.

You will own modular audio architectures, integrate Wwise with Unreal Engine, optimize for performance, and build editor tools to streamline workflows across multiple projects.