About the Role

The Senior Director, Sound leads the creative, technical, and strategic vision for sound, dialogue and talent casting across PlayStation Studios globally. This leader sets the standard for world-class audio experiences, guiding teams and collaborating with internal studios and external partners to deliver groundbreaking, emotionally resonant sound for PlayStation’s portfolio of AAA titles.

As the global head of the sound function, the Senior Director partners with studio leadership, technology groups, and executive management to drive innovation, quality, and alignment with PlayStation Studios’ creative and strategic goals.

Why Join Us

At PlayStation Studios, you’ll help define the future of sound in interactive entertainment. Collaborating with award-winning teams across the globe, you will influence the sonic identity of world-class titles while shaping the next generation of immersive PlayStation audio experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Direction

• Establish and drive global sound direction and creative vision that aligns with PlayStation Studios.

• Partner directly with executive and senior leadership to align sound strategy with overall PlayStation Studios goals.

• Partner with Studio and Audio Directors to ensure the quality of sound across studios, ensuring world-class consistency.

• Define and champion long-term initiatives that enhance creative and technical excellence globally.

Creative Design & Implementation

• Drive Audio best practices across all PlayStation Studios titles.

• Lead research and development initiatives with internal teams, hardware partners, and external vendors.

• Oversee implementation pipelines and raise overall sound quality and performance standards.

• Present innovation and technology recommendations to executive leadership.

Tools, Technology & Asset Management

• Partner with various technology groups to define and guide PlayStation Studios’ global sound technical roadmap.

• Direct investment in new tools and technologies impacting audio creation and delivery.

• Develop new approaches to tracking, analyzing, and improving audio production workflows.

• Ensure all sound content meets or exceeds the PlayStation Studios quality bar.

Recording & Audio Capture

• Maintain strong global relationships with external recording and production partners.

• Own PlayStation Studios standards and processes for audio acquisition and recording.

Communication & Collaboration

• Lead global communication efforts for the sound department.

• Represent PlayStation Studios’ sound innovations through conferences, PR, and industry forums.

• Partner with leadership to maintain consistent and transparent communication across regions.

• Cultivate collaboration and knowledge sharing across all sound teams and development partners.

Process & Strategic Planning

• Monitor and forecast global sound team resources, staffing, and budgets to ensure the organization is both sustainable and future ready.

• Translate executive decisions into regional or studio-level action plans.

• Collaborate to enhance production processes, improve efficiency, and strengthen cross-studio coordination.

• Oversee budgeting, scheduling, and headcount allocation globally to maintain a responsive and efficient organization.

Innovation

• Lead global sound innovation initiatives and foster creative experimentation.

• Regularly benchmark and research emerging industry practices and technologies.

• Encourage risk-taking and creative excellence within the sound and technology teams.

Talent Acquisition & Performance Management

• Oversee headcount planning and talent strategy for the global sound department.

• Participate in senior recruiting and key leadership interviews.

• Define global workforce and succession plans for the sound function.

• Build a culture of performance, development, and mentorship across the organization.

• Serve as a model for coaching, feedback, and professional growth.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of audio leadership experience within AAA game development.

• Minimum of 6 shipped AAA games in a senior sound leadership role.

• Proven record of managing, mentoring, and inspiring high-performing sound teams.

• Deep expertise in interactive audio, post-production, and advanced authoring tools (Wwise, FMOD, or proprietary engines).

• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary development workflows (animation, level design, AI, physics, mechanics).

• Exceptional executive communication, presentation, and organizational leadership skills.

• History of delivering innovative, high-quality sound experiences under tight time constraints.

• Collaborative, visionary leader with a passion for pushing audio boundaries in gaming.

Open World Game Test Analyst at Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind PlayStation - San Diego, CA 

This position is for a temporary engagement through our staffing partner Yoh Enterprise Solutions.

Willing to make the shift from gamer to game tester? We need skilled Game Test Analysts familiar with immersive third person combat, open world RPG elements, and challenging gameplay.

If you speedrun games, hunt for PlayStation Platinum trophies, or just enjoy breaking games, we can use your help.

We are looking for individuals that are analytical thinkers, problem solvers, have excellent grammar, and want to contribute their talents to help craft an exceptional entertainment experience. 

Principle Duties/Responsibilities:

• Executing test plans on pre-release versions of software
• Assessing product functionality against official SIE quality standards
• Research and documenting product defects and violations
• Logging issues for development team review in concise written report formats
• Collaborating with other team members to ensure quality and accuracy in online games and functionality
• Utilize past experience exploring open worlds to provide feedback that will help improve the title for fans of games with RPG and Puzzle elements.

Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication (needs to be able to communicate bugs – how did you find them? What exact steps are needed to make it happen again?)
• Basic to intermediate understanding of networking setup and hardware, as well as how its principles and components apply to modern console, PC, and mobile gaming / functionality
• Ability to work in both an individual and team environment
• Flexible schedule

Preferred Experience

• 1+ years of previous QA experience in a related field
• 4-year college degree

Game Test Analyst at Sony Interactive Entertainment, the company behind PlayStation - San Diego, CA

This position is for a temporary engagement through our staffing partner Yoh Enterprise Solutions.

The anticipated duration of this engagement will vary. This is an entry level role and great for a recent grad!

Game Testers at SIE are responsible for finding and replicating bugs/glitches and accurately reporting them to the game developers. The ideal candidate is a passionate and driven gamer who dreams of playing it first!

We are looking for individuals that are analytical thinkers and problem solvers, have excellent grammar, and want to contribute their talents to PlayStation Studios to help craft an exceptional entertainment experience.

Quality Assurance is a great way to get into the gaming industry and possibly grow into other positions/fields.

The Game Test Analyst is expected to support the PlayStation Studios QA department in all areas including:

Principle Duties/Responsibilities

• Executing test plans on pre-release versions of software
• Assessing product functionality against official SIE quality standards
• Researching and documenting product defects and violations
• Logging issues for development team review in concise written report formats
• Applying knowledge of basic to intermediate networking principles and online console, PC, and mobile gaming / functionality elements
• Collaborating on miscellaneous QA test process related tasks / projects

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication (needs to be able to communicate bugs how did you find them? What exact steps are needed to make it happen again?)
• Basic to intermediate understanding of networking setup and hardware, as well as how its principles and components apply to modern console, PC, and mobile gaming / functionality
• Ability to work in both an individual and team environment
• Flexible schedule

Preferred Experience

1+ years of previous QA experience in a related field

4 year college degree

This position is for a temporary engagement through our staffing partner Yoh Enterprise Solutions. This is an onsite role in San Diego. 

Position Overview

• Analysis of game audio content and test execution throughout the PlayStation Studios Audio QA test process.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Defect detection, diagnosis and reporting
• Understanding and Executing PlayStation Studios QA test processes.
• Monitoring and updating of defect tracking database.
• Reporting on testing status or progress.
• Direct communication with audio development teams to understand audio design intent.
• Use of game engine based and audio middleware debug tools such as Wwise to diagnose and profile audio issues.
• Creation and execution of test cases.
• On-site testing if applicable.
• Identifies, documents, and escalates title risk.
• Adheres to PlayStation Studios QA standards of performance.

Key Skills & Attributes

• Able to interact appropriately with people within a team and with external studios.
• Has an understanding of audio terminology, inside and outside of the context of the games industry.
• Clear and effective communication skills.
• Works well within a team.
• Open to, and willing to adapt to change.
• Demonstrate thought process behind solutions (i.e. the “why” and “how”; not just the “what”).
• Able to take feedback on board and action it.
• Awareness of testing methodologies.
• Highlights risk and proposes potential solutions.
• Able to work autonomously.
• Makes pertinent suggestions without prompting.
• Doesn’t let fear of failure prevent innovation.
• Has an interest in the advances and applications of audio technology

Senior Graphics Programmer, Mobile (iOS/Android)

PlayStation Studios / San Diego Studio

Why PlayStation? Why San Diego Studio?

Come join San Diego Studio in bringing MLB The Show to mobile platforms. Our focus is on delivering innovative, high-quality gaming experiences, and we are seeking a Senior Mobile Graphics Programmer to help advance the visual and technical quality of our mobile title on iOS and Android.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing real-time graphics systems specifically for mobile devices, ensuring strong performance, scalability, and visual fidelity across a wide range of hardware configurations and device capabilities.

You will focus on writing and optimizing our mobile rendering engine, debugging graphics and performance issues, implementing new visual features, and ensuring the game takes full advantage of platform-specific capabilities across Apple and Android ecosystems.

The ideal candidate possesses strong problem-solving abilities, sharp attention to detail, and thrives both independently and in collaborative, cross-functional teams. They are passionate about GPU architecture and real-time rendering innovation, skilled in profiling and optimizing complex graphics systems, and experienced in shipping high-quality graphics features on constrained mobile hardware.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, optimize, and maintain real-time rendering systems and graphics features specifically for mobile platforms (iOS and Android)

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks related to rendering, memory usage, thermal constraints, battery usage, and device-specific hardware limitations

• Ensure compatibility, stability, and performance across a broad range of mobile devices, from high-end flagship phones/tablets to lower-spec hardware

• Implement scalable graphics systems that support varying performance tiers, screen resolutions, refresh rates, and GPU capabilities

• Work with platform-specific graphics APIs and technologies such as Metal and Vulkan

• Optimize shaders, rendering pipelines, texture usage, and asset memory footprint for mobile GPU architectures

• Implement requested graphics features and enhancements in collaboration with the broader engineering, art, and rendering teams

• Debug graphics issues across different chipsets and vendors

• Stay current with emerging rendering techniques, mobile GPU technologies, and platform advancements to drive visual improvements and technical innovation

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field

• 5+ years of experience programming in C++ with a focus on performance-critical applications

• Strong experience with graphics programming on mobile platforms, including low-level graphics APIs such as Metal or Vulkan

• Proficiency in GPU shader programming and optimization for mobile platforms

• Strong foundational math skills, especially linear algebra, geometry, and trigonometry

• Hands-on experience with graphics profiling and debugging tools for mobile development

• Proven ability to debug and optimize rendering performance across a wide range of mobile hardware and operating system versions

• Strong understanding of the constraints and tradeoffs involved in mobile rendering, including memory bandwidth, battery usage, thermal throttling, frame pacing, and device fragmentation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience shipping one or more mobile games or interactive applications on iOS and/or Android

• Familiarity with platform-specific development environments and tools such as Xcode, Microsoft Visual Studio, GPU frame debuggers, and mobile performance analyzers

• Experience optimizing rendering systems for a variety of mobile GPU architectures

• Understanding of scalable rendering techniques for mobile, including dynamic resolution, LOD systems, texture streaming, and efficient post-processing

• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python is a plus

• Experience working on cross-platform rendering systems is highly desirable

• Passion for sports games and delivering visually compelling real-time experiences on mobile devices

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