Microsoft AR/VR Job | Senior Audio Engineer
Job（岗位）: Senior Audio Engineer
Type（岗位类型）: Engineering
Citys（岗位城市）: Redmond, United States
Date（发布日期）: 2022-1-15
Summary（岗位介绍）
AltspaceVR is the leading platform for live mixed reality experiences, offering cross-device live immersive virtual experiences using Microsoft’s Mixed Reality technologies (HoloLens,Holocapture, Azure Kinect) to emulate presence and connection, while building and fostering community. Our mission, to enable creators to easily produce, host andeventuallymonetize events successfully. Our goal, to enable the next level of social interaction and engagement between artists and audiences to keep people wanting to come back for more.
Bringing people together from all over the world, theAltspaceVRplatform has been the venue for countless live events, including virtual concerts, festivals, comedy shows, tech talks, LGBTQ meetups, meditation groups, dance parties, conferences and more. All our events are hosted by our community of creators, as well as celebrities and brands, including Burning Man, Diplo, Reggie Watts, NBC, Pitbull, Accenture, Rapsody, Baobab Studios, Mix Master Mike, and Bill Nye. Sitting at the intersection of experience, content and community, theAltspaceVRteam is forging the future of virtual events.
You are drawn to working on the latest and most innovative products in the world. You seek projects that will transform how people interact with technology. You have a drive to grow your skillset by finding unique challenges that have yet to be solved. This is an opportunity to be an innovator!
Qualifications（岗位要求）
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ year(s) experience or equivalent in Audio programming, or equivalent career
- 2+ year(s) experience or equivalent with Unity 3D and C#
Preferred Qualifications:
- Understanding the technical audio constraints regarding audio implementation of XR & PC to understand dependencies
- Strong cross-discipline collaboration skills
- Great communication, written and verbal
- Experience in AR or VR is a bonus
- Experience with other game engines like Unreal is a bonus
- Experience working with VOIP solutions
- Understanding in digital audio and voice data management
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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Description（岗位职责）
- Develop an audio strategy and execution plan to provide the best virtual event sound experience for concerts and live music in VR, to include offering stereo and spatial audio
- Determine the features and functionality necessary to improve audio fidelity of our networked/streaming communications solutions
- Work with the engineering team to develop a plan to integrate real-life acoustics into the AltspaceVR
- Work with the engineering team on additional audio features cone attenuation for voice to provide directionality, as well as crowd reactions
- Continue to improve and evolve AltspaceVR’s sound capabilities
