Audio engineering refers to a wide range of jobs, typically in the entertainment industry, that all involve setting up, operating and maintaining equipment utilized in working with sound to create a more polished or complex end product. Jobs under the audio engineer blanket can vary from music producers to post-production sound design for movies, but a key element of the job is being knowledgeable in a subject and personable enough to help bring out a creator’s best work.

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The typical “day in the life” of an audio engineer varies based on what kind of industry the engineer works in. For example:

• In the music industry, most of the day is spent working with musicians and singers on developing an album by interlacing various sound files together on mixing software.

• In post-production film audio, days are spent recording scores that are performed by orchestras and producing a final version to play over the movie.