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Senior Technical Audio Designer

Relic Entertainment is a wholly owned studio of SEGA. We are an award-winning developer of genre-defining games like Homeworld, Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, and Age of Empires. We have delivered rich, thoughtful strategy games throughout our history and our vision is to continue making games that people love to play.

This is a full-time permanent position requiring English language proficiency.

Salary: Approx. $105,000 - $125,000 CAD. Salary to be negotiated based on experience.

The Senior Technical Audio Designer acts as a bridge between the audio designers and programmers. They are considered part of the Core Tech team and work closely with Project Sound Designers, Project Managers, Programmers, and the Technical Art team. Their main areas of responsibility include improving and centralizing audio workflows, tools, pipelines, asset integration, and optimization. The Senior Technical Audio Designer will also work within the overall vision and roadmap for Core Tech.

As a Senior Technical Audio Designer, you will ...

• Work with audio and production teams to design and implement tools, workflows and functionality for audio
• Work closely with the dev test team to identify pipelines and workflows that require automated and regular testing, and assist with debugging and testing
• Document new and existing tools and workflows

You are a great fit if you have ...

• Shipped multiple AAA titles in the role of a Technical Audio Designer, or equivalent Technical Art or Programming
• Previous experience in audio recording, editing, mastering, publishing, custom audio tool development, debugging, testing audio in a commercial environment
• Working knowledge of Wwise or comparable technology (FMOD, Proprietary)
• Experience working with commercial audio software (Protools, Reaper, Cubase, Logic Pro, etc.) and/or equipment
• Fundamental understanding of data pipelines as they apply to game development
• Knowledge of digital signal processing
• Scripting experience in Lua, Python, or similar and a fundamental understanding of programming concepts

It's a bonus if you have ...

• Experience with visual scripting languages such as Blueprint, Kismet, Max/MSP, etc
• Experience in developing and distributing custom development tools
• Worked with a game studio’s proprietary game engine

We have a culture of kindness, transparency, and play. There is a lot of heart and passion at this studio – we get to work on projects we’re proud of and we work hard to be the best at what we do. We are curious, we strive for excellence, we build on each other’s ideas, and we celebrate each other’s great work. Relicans organize movie nights, game tournaments, life drawing, community and charity events, and more. Basically, we believe that good work starts with a community you’re excited to spend your day with, both in and out of the studio.

Email: hr@relic.com

Address: 500–285 West 5th Ave, Vancouver B.C. V5Y 1J3