Junior Audio Engineer

Foundry 42 is looking for a Junior Audio Programmer to work on our exciting PC space combat sim, Star Citizen.

You will work in-house at our studio in Manchester, UK, in a cooperative, cross-disciplinary team environment to implement game audio features and systems in Cloud Imperium’s games.

Responsibilities:

• Working day-to-day with members of the CIG Audio department on audio implementation
• Collaborating closely with sound designers, and dialogue & music implementation specialists on designing and engineering high level audio systems to maximise the end-user’s sonic experience
• Developing, enhancing and optimising the audio engine wherever possible
• Maintaining and improving tools, assistive tech and audio workflow within the game and editor
• Contributing to maintenance of audio asset build systems, including the dialogue/localisation pipeline
• Designing and producing unit testing/automated testing systems with an emphasis on audio
• Taking ownership of aforementioned systems and iterating upon them; documenting where appropriate
• Sharing knowledge and expertise to improve the CIG Audio programming team as a whole
• Continually learning and improving upon your audio programming skills and how to apply them

Requirements:

• Strong C++ programming skills
• Good, relevant qualifications
• A passion for making and playing games
• Can work well in a cooperative team environment
• Knowledge of or strong interest in audio engineering, principles of sound, acoustics, digital signal processing
• Ability to adapt and learn quickly

Bonus points can include:

• Familiarity with WWise, and/or other game audio systems
• Working demos
• Familiarity with game engines and middleware
• Multi-threaded programming skills and knowledge
• Understanding of networking code
• An interest in procedural audio techniques

Location:

Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK