Senior Audio Design QA Analyst

CD PROJEKT RED is a company creating revolutionary, story-driven RPGs. The team shares behind-the-scenes insights through social media, a YouTube channel, and a blog called Beyond the Game.

• 5+ years of professional experience in game QA, audio, or relevant development discipline, owning quality for complex systems throughout production.
• Critical listening skills to evaluate audio consistency, balance, creative intent, and alignment with player experience.
• Deep understanding of interactive game audio systems: sound effects, ambience, music, dialogue.
• Proficiency in Wwise (or comparable middleware) and modern game engines like Unreal Engine, with ability to investigate implementation-related audio issues.
• Experience creating and maintaining robust test strategies, test plans, and structured coverage for complex features.
• Ability to assess quality risks, prioritize issues, and communicate clear recommendations.
• Ability to provide detailed, constructive, and actionable feedback to creative and technical specialists.
• Experience improving QA workflows, testing approaches, and mentoring less experienced team members.
• Strong spoken and written English.

Nice to have:

• Professional background in Sound Design, Technical Sound Design, or Audio Implementation, with experience shipping at least one PC or console title.
• Strong command of audio production fundamentals, including mixing, dynamics, and signal flow.
• Experience with standard DAWs like Reaper or Pro Tools.
• Expertise in 3D/spatial audio systems and testing complex interactive audio.
• Experience with accessibility and gameplay readability considerations, and evaluating audio across diverse hardware and playback environments.
• Proven ability to coordinate testing with external QA teams and build custom test maps or debug tools for audio validation.

• Take end-to-end responsibility for complex audio features, from early development through final release.
• Define test plans, coverage, and quality benchmarks across all audio domains (SFX, music, dialogue, ambience, systems, mix).
• Assess audio for technical functionality and creative goals, prioritizing gameplay readability, immersion, and emotional impact.
• Diagnose complex issues across assets, logic, and systems using Wwise, Unreal Engine, and Blueprints.
• Partner with sound/music designers and programmers to communicate risks, offer feedback, and drive solutions.
• Lead testing efforts for major audio features, establishing priorities, validation approaches, and dedicated test environments.
• Provide data-driven quality recommendations and highlight critical blockers requiring pre-release fixes.
• Identify inefficiencies in audio QA processes and drive improvements to testing methodologies and tools.
• Elevate bug reporting quality, maintain documentation, and mentor junior team members on audio testing practices.
• Research advances in interactive audio and modern QA practices to continually refine evaluation methods.

Office-First working mode primarily from Warsaw studio in full-time or hybrid mode.