FPGA Engineer

A globally leading trading firm is seeking a FPGA Engineer to join one of their trading teams in Chicago. While the company has been utilizing FPGA technology for a number of years, you will have the opportunity to build an FPGA application from scratch for an existing team.

Responsibilities:

Use cutting-edge technology while working on high performance/low latency systems

Collaborate with team members to investigate and create automated trading algorithms

Work on high-performance computing systems to break speed and performance boundaries

Build next-generation algorithmic trading systems;

Solve low latency trading problems and optimization of performance-critical code

Develop new hardware platforms

Identifying opportunities for improvement and experimenting with performance optimizations;

Apply industry knowledge and technical skills in new and innovative ways

Candidate Requirements:

Development experience with FPGAs (Verilog/VHDL, functional verification, and static timing closure)

Demonstrated experience with Bash, TCL, and/or Python scripts

Experience with FPGA design, simulation, and verification tools (Synopsys, Riviera, ModelSim, Questasim, etc.)

Experience with FPGAs and CPLDs from vendors (Xilinx, Altera)

A desire to push the boundaries on performance and lower latency

Passion for innovation and building systems from the ground up

Demonstrated experience with Bash, TCL, and/or Python scripts

Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment

Careful attention to detail, and the vision and skill to push beyond expectations