FPGA Lead - High-Frequency Trading Systems
Our client, a leading prop trading firm in Chicago, is seeking an exceptional Lead FPGA Engineer. You will have the opportunity to build an FPGA application from scratch for an existing team in a greenfield environment. We're seeking a candidate that has a strong understanding of software and hardware interaction, and the full development lifecycle of low latency high throughput FPGA platform designs.
In this role, you will architect and implement new FPGA applications from the ground up, and propose creative solutions to overcome FPGA/hardware limitations. Facilitating software integration efforts by developing new APIs and optimizing low level code while lab debugging and support deployed solutions. You will collaborate directly with software/strategy team and other design teams as well.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher, Computer/Electrical Engineering with 4+ years of experience within the field.
- Solid Hardware Engineering experience, especially with FPGA.
- Lead an FPGA based project from system requirements to production.
- Evaluate FPGA based project feasibility based on hardware limitation.
- Strong skills in RTL logic design (Verilog) and verification; strong experience writing Verilog.
- Experience in FPGA design flow including synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis
- Experience with the design of system-on-chip (SOC) architectures, memory & processor subsystems, networking, and peripheral interconnect is required.
- Knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and on-chip networking applications.
- Strong working knowledge of either XILINX or ALTERA FPGA design flow.
- Strong system level debugging and data analysis skills.
This role offers competitive compensation, a performance-based bonus structure and an attractive benefits package. in addition to an opportunity to collaborate with top talent in the field of high-frequency trading and cutting-edge hardware engineering.