Oculus Studios is searching for a Sound Designer to join our Central Audio team! As a Sound Designer on the Oculus Studios Central Audio Team, you will use your creative and technical skills to explore, define, and bring-to-life a new class of audio experiences on the forefront of new and emerging platforms, with a heavy emphasis on virtual reality.Senior Sound Designer – Oculus Studios Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the cross functional art and engineering teams to bring industry leading interactive experiences to life through audio
- Partner with Creative Leadership to define and bring to life the high level sonic identity of Oculus Studios games/apps/projects
- Use your craft mastery to mentor cross-functional and audio team members
- Design, record, and implement SFX, VO, and audio content of all kinds
- Collaborate with XR Audio and Research to develop platform tools
- Manage project external talent such as music composition and VO auditioning
- Set clear audio vision and goals in pre-production through ship
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of creative audio project ownership
- 5+ years experience working as an interactive audio designer/developer
- Proven ownership and delivery of large scope features / projects
- Proven craft mastery achieving high impact audio outcomes on multiple AAA titles
- Proficiency in recording, designing and implementing high quality innovative audio experiences across multiple platforms, genres, and styles
- Demonstrated mastery of driving interactive audio via script and other runtime tools
- Experience working in all phases of game development from ideation to pre-production, to ship and post-ship states
- Proven self-management, organizational and problem solving skills
- Knowledge of audio and its role in VR, AR, and other emerging technologies
Preferred Qualifications
- VR, AR and/or Mixed Reality development experience
- Programming Experience
- Experience in Unreal Engine 5, Unity a plus
- Experience in Wwise or FMOD a plus
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$113,000/year to $162,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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