DRW is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to join one of their trading teams. This role offers the opportunity to build an FPGA application from scratch for an existing team. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of software and hardware interaction and will participate in the full development lifecycle of low latency high throughput FPGA design.
Responsibilities include:
- Architecting and implementing new FPGA applications from the ground up
- Facilitating software integration efforts by developing new APIs and optimizing low level code
- Proposing creative solutions to overcome FPGA/hardware limitations
- Collaborating directly with software/strategy team and other design teams
- Conducting lab debugging and supporting deployed solutions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer/Electrical Engineering with 4+ years of experience
- Solid Hardware Engineering experience, especially with FPGA
- Highly autonomous with a can-do attitude
- Strong capacity to quickly evaluate FPGA based project feasibility
- Strong skills in RTL logic design (Verilog) and verification; 2+ years of experience writing Verilog
- Experience in FPGA design flow including synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis
- Experience with system-on-chip (SOC) architectures, memory & processor subsystems, networking, and peripheral interconnect
- Knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and on-chip networking applications
- Strong working knowledge of either XILINX or ALTERA FPGA design flow
DRW offers a competitive salary range of $200,000 to $250,000, depending on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The company values autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, operating with their own capital and trading at their own risk.
DRW is headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, trading a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. They have also expanded into real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.