Audio Engineers can either be on a fixed-term contract or can be a freelance audio engineer. Sometimes musicians and voice actors will also be outsourced for the game but an Audio engineer will have to assist in the recording and editing of these sounds. As well as syncing the voice actors with the game characters.
There is no set hours for an Audio Engineer or Sound designer, because of this these job roles can result in long, irregular hours. These roles would usually be working in recording studios. Working times for these roles could be either morning, night or weekends.
(National Careers Service, 2015)
What salary does this job role attract?
Depending on if the Audio engineer is a freelance engineer or employed