Description
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.
Battlefield is a storied franchise renowned for uncompromising combat gameplay and all-out warfare, for over two decades. 100 million players and 5 billion hours played later, Battlefield Studios is defining the future of the first-person shooter with the biggest launch in franchise history with Battlefield 6, and a new era beginning with Battlefield REDSEC.
United under the banner of Battlefield Studios, 4 world-class teams across Criterion, DICE, Motive, and Ripple Effect have come together to focus on the future of the franchise, a connected Battlefield universe filled with immersive experiences built on our unique DNA.
The DICE Audio department is looking for a sound designer to join the Battlefield audio team in our mission to create amazing sounding games and player experiences. You are driven, curious, creative and have a passion for sound design. You are a problem solver and have a strong willingness to learn more about audio as a craft and push the boundaries of what is possible in game audio to create the best audible experience for our players.
Responsibilities:
- Produce content aligned with existing designs and audio direction, ensuring each piece contributes to a cohesive and high-quality soundscape by creating assets and implementations that meet both creative and technical goals.
- Collaborate under the guidance of a Lead to develop sounds for environments, game modes, destruction, and animations.
- Implement your work into the game using the Frostbite engine.
- Deliver high-quality audio within a given budget and timeline.
- Be structured; estimate your work, update plans, submit good data into the branch.
- Refine content and its underlying logic through playtesting and feedback sessions to ensure it meets quality standards and serves its intended purpose.
- Ask for and act on feedback concerning your work. Also provide feedback within the sound team, with a focus on audio execution.
- Be an active mixer for your assets and provide feedback on the title's overall mix.
Qualifications:
- Experience in designing sounds for interactive or linear media.
- Strong understanding of how sound functions in real life, with an ability to balance realism and gameplay readability.
- Developed artistic skills, with a talent for interpreting references and following direction.
- Proficiency with modern studio hardware, editing and design techniques, and software like Reaper, ProTools, Sound Forge, Waves, iZotope RX, and FabFilter.
- Eagerness to enhance game audio production, implementation, and engineering skills.
- Exceptional critical listening abilities.
- Familiarity with audio middleware such as Unreal, FMOD, Unity, and WWISE is beneficial but not essential.
- Excellent communication skills.
- A team player who thrives in a collaborative creative environment.
- Passionate about teamwork and collaboration.
- Experience as a sound designer in AA-AAA game development is beneficial.
- Avid gamer with an interest in creating complex and realistic soundscapes.