Audio Engineering Workflow Design Specialist

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• Remote contractor opportunity
• Specialized work at the intersection of audio engineering and AI development
• A profile-building opportunity for experienced audio professionals

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. People with professional expertise create realistic examples, complete representative tasks, and evaluate technically correct results so AI systems can better understand how work is performed in the real world.

In this assignment, your audio knowledge will help shape training environments that reflect authentic production, mixing, mastering, routing, and export workflows.

• Contribute to cutting-edge AI development
• Use professional judgment to define measurable, accurate outcomes
• Work remotely with a flexible contractor model

The Audio Engineering Workflow Design SME Role

OpenTrain is seeking an Audio Engineering Workflow Design SME to translate professional audio practice into realistic AI training environments. You will design reusable templates that represent how audio engineers, producers, and sound designers work, define technically correct outcomes, and create authentic project materials for representative tasks.

The role requires you to combine hands-on audio production experience with precise documentation. You will explain the reasoning behind decisions involving mixes, stems, exports, routing, and processing so engineering teams can turn professional workflows into measurable task requirements.

• Design reusable audio workflow templates
• Define technically correct outcomes and evaluation criteria
• Create authentic materials for representative audio tasks
• Translate professional practice into structured requirements

What You’ll Do

You will map the capabilities of audio applications and document workflows that can be used in AI training environments. You will also complete representative tasks in target applications and provide reference solutions demonstrating technically correct results.

• Map application capabilities, supported formats, workflows, processing operations, and export behavior
• Document realistic workflows in structured requirements for engineering teams
• Create multitrack raw audio sessions and REAPER or Ardour project files
• Develop effect-chain and plugin presets
• Create mastering targets and stem or mixdown specifications
• Complete representative tasks in target applications
• Provide technically correct reference solutions
• Explain decisions involving mixes, stems, exports, routing, and processing
• Check that project materials are realistic, technically accurate, and internally consistent

Required Experience And Skills

This assignment requires more than five years of professional experience in audio engineering, sound design, music production, mixing, or mastering. You must have hands-on experience producing, mixing, or mastering real multitrack audio projects and practical experience with REAPER or Ardour.

You should be able to assess why a mix, stem, or export is technically correct and explain that judgment clearly. Precise written English, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work independently are also important.

• More than five years of professional experience in audio engineering, sound design, music production, mixing, or mastering
• Hands-on experience with real multitrack audio projects
• Hands-on ability with REAPER or Ardour
• Strong knowledge of audio routing and signal flow
• Strong knowledge of effects processing and VST or AU plugins
• Working knowledge of EBU R128 and ITU-R BS.1770/LUFS loudness standards
• Ability to explain why a mix, stem, or export is technically correct
• Precision in documenting realistic audio workflows
• Strong attention to detail and precise written English
• Ability to work independently

Schedule And Engagement

This is a remote contractor assignment scheduled for five weeks. The role description requires 40 hours per week, including at least four hours of PST overlap; the listing is also marked as requiring 20 or more hours per week. Compensation details are undisclosed.

• Contractor engagement
• Remote work
• Five-week assignment
• 40 hours per week described in the role schedule
• At least four hours of PST overlap
• English-language work
• Compensation undisclosed

Who Should Apply

This opportunity is designed for experienced audio professionals who can connect practical production knowledge with structured technical documentation. It is a strong fit if you have worked on real multitrack projects and can communicate the technical reasoning behind routing, processing, loudness, mixing, mastering, and export decisions.

The source listing categorizes the opportunity as entry level, but the stated requirements call for more than five years of professional experience and substantial hands-on audio expertise.

• Audio engineers with professional multitrack experience
• Sound designers, music producers, mixing engineers, or mastering engineers
• REAPER or Ardour users comfortable creating complete project materials
• Professionals who can document workflows with precision
• Candidates who can evaluate and explain technically correct audio results

How To Apply Through OpenTrain

Create or update your free OpenTrain profile with your audio engineering experience, multitrack project background, REAPER or Ardour skills, and knowledge of loudness standards. Then apply through OpenTrain in minutes.

OpenTrain helps people build careers in the fast-growing AI training industry, where specialists contribute the human expertise behind better AI systems.

• Highlight more than five years of relevant professional experience
• Describe hands-on REAPER or Ardour work
• Show your experience with routing, signal flow, plugins, mixing, and mastering
• Mention your familiarity with EBU R128 and ITU-R BS.1770/LUFS
• Apply through your OpenTrain profile