Sr Sound Designer at General Motors Sunnyvale, CA

Sr Sound Designer job at General Motors. Sunnyvale, CA.Description

Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Sunnyvale, CA, Austin, TX, or Warren, MI three times per week, at minimum, or other frequency dictated by the business.

The Role

We are seeking a highly creative and technically skilled

Sound/ Audio Designer to join our team at General Motors. This role will focus on developing and integrating innovativesoundexperiences across our portfolio of vehicles and brands. You will balance user needs, technical constraints, and product objectives to solve problems effectively, creating world-class multimodal user experiences. You will also participate in design-related forums and meetings, contributing to Global Brand Strategy boards for all GM Brands.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong background insoundcreation and production, coupled with expertise in classical music, music theory, or musical history. Join us in shaping the future ofsoundand audio experiences in vehicles at General Motors!

What You'll Do

Develop an advancedsoundstrategy for the GM portfolio, collaborating with leadership to convert brand identities into musical language and frequency.

Collaborate with Advanced Design, UX/UI teams, and the Noise & Vibration (N&V) center to create a comprehensive

Sound

Journey Map for vehicle audio. Integrate audio considerations into all areas of vehicle design and development.

Design AI-based conversational and multimodal experiences, advocating for usability and user-centered design principles. Leverage usability testing, various research methodologies, and user stories to contribute to requirements.

Utilize expertise insoundcreation/production tools (Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Matlab) to craft compelling audio experiences for all GM brands.

Promote conversation design best practice standards, reusable interactional patterns, and processes. Document design requirements, including sample dialogs, conversational flow diagrams, prototypes, and multimodal flows to communicate convey voice and haptic interactions and design ideas that leverage AI.

Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand priorities, collaborate on actions to implement product and service solutions, and ensure a connected end-to-end user experience.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

5+ years of experience creating conversational design or automotive audio experiences.

Formal education in classical music, music theory, musical history, or commensurate work experience.

Proficient in common design tools(e.g.Figma,Voice Flow,Proto Pie, etc).

Proven experience in sound design and production, with a portfolio demonstrating expertise, craft, aesthetics, research, and depth of thought.

Demonstrated experience with creatinginteractiveprototypesfor multimodalexperiences(voice, sound, visuals, touch, chat, etc).

Previous experience designing for Generative or Agentive AI-powered experiences (prompt engineering/prompt chaining). Basic understanding of machine learning & natural language processing (NLP) fundamentals.

Skilled in creative problem-solving, effective communication, and maintaining meticulous attention to detail while working independently in a dynamic production environment.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

Advanced understanding of Conversational AI Technologies, foundational elements of Conversation Design and LLMs.

Proven demonstration of excellence in storytelling to executive audiences and cross-functional stakeholder groups. Ability to communicate technical concepts verbally and in writing to non-technical audiences.

Demonstrated subject matterexpertiseinresearch and testing for…