Battlefield is a storied franchise renowned for uncompromising combat gameplay for over two decades. 100 million players and 5 billion hours played later, the Battlefield team is looking to define the future of the first-person shooter. United the banner of Battlefield Studios, 4 world-class teams across Criterion, DICE, Motive and Ripple Effect – all powered by the Battlefield Central Technology (BCT) team – have come together to focus on the future of the franchise, a connected Battlefield universe filled with immersive experiences built on our unique DNA.

Criterion

At Criterion Games we cherish our rich, award-winning, history of crafting quality games with joy and passion. You’ll find us playing, creating, breathing, and talking games. As we look to the future, we're excited to continue innovating and being part of building the future of Battlefield.

Role overview:

Technical Audio Designers work closely with the audio design and programming teams to create, implement, maintain and debug complex audio playback systems for our games. 

You will support the Audio Design team by offering technical advice where needed, as well as looking for opportunities to improve and create workflows and processes. 

The ideal candidate thrives on bridging the gap between creative and technical implementation challenges, is always keen to deepen their understanding of systems and workflows and is excellent at communicating complex topics equally with both creative and technically minded audiences. 

What you will do:

• Work along-side audio programmers and sound designers to develop the framework of audio playback systems based on creative vision and gameplay needs

• Collaborate with various disciplines (e.g: art, design, and code) to ensure audio systems are considered and incorporated into all aspects of gameplay

• Design, script and support advanced interactive audio in our proprietary engine

• Help establish best practices for sound designers (implementation guidelines, naming conventions…)

• Troubleshoot and debug audio tools, systems and functionalities

• Provide technical support to audio designers as needed

Is this you?

• Outstanding collaborator, solution oriented

• Thrive in supporting the broader team’s technical growth

• Great attention to detail and great organisational skills

• Find satisfaction in problem solving

• Experienced with debugging systems

• Interest in emerging technologies

• Well-organised and detailed orientated

• Basic scripting in Python or Lua or C++

• Experience in AAA development or equivalent

• Interest in first person shooters